I r o n m a n   7 0 . 3   I t a l y   i n   P e s c a r a !

Race day morning at 6:00o´clock on the `ponte del mare` von Walter Pichler. In the background you can see the snowy peak of the  Gran Sasso with more than 3000m! You had a really active flushing in the transition area. Everyone prepared themselves for the 2000m of swim, 90km bike and 21,1km of running. Start of the swimming part is right in the heart of Pescara at the monument „ La Nave di Castelli“ directly at the beach. The swimming gor something of the Italien flair with swimming in the Adria. The locals were really nosey as well like the supporters while waiting for the swimmers to get out of the ocean, when they had to ran right thru the corridor of all the masses across the beach towards the transition area. In the background you see the yellow buoys  really good of the swim course. The transition area was over 2km long and got more than 2500 road bikes as well like the bikes of the pro´s… At the beginning of the bike course, the way lead right next to the ocean heading north, before you came to the first ascent. The region of Pescara, also a part of the Giro DÍtalia 2010, offers every thriathlete a wonderful bike course with a fantastic view over the Alps, like the Gran Sasso with almost 3000m. A wonderful eyecatcher are the wine hill and the Olive garden, right next to some steep ascents and fast downhill sections. Here you felt the 35degrees for sure… You really get motivated again, when you´re heading back to Pescara again, when you catch an eye of the horizon. The half marathon starts right in the center of Pescara. It leads you drectly on the beach boardwalk with its Beach Bars just to turn into a loop course, right thru the most beautiful streets of the town. Blazing heat, no shadow and you had to run 3times over a bridge with each time 80m of altitude… Luckily, I felt really good on the running course, while lots of athletes had to walk in the end of the race… The finish is also right in the middle of the town. Densely packed thousands of viewers and spectators, while you were running over a red carpet, you fell like you´re flying… A wonderful but really hard triathlon over the Ironman 70.3 distance… Place overall    Place age-group  STNR     Name                             AG                                   161 of 2500      28 of 300            1181     Ritthammer, Daniel    40-44    swim (2km)      bike (90km)           run  (21,1km)              total 40:07                  2:48:26                   1:41:13                        5:16:43    Greetings from Munich,   Grüße aus München, Daniel

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