Tropical North Queensland Part 3 (and Final)

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June 9, 2013 by abaconyoung

DAY 7

We had a fairly relaxing day, I kicked off the morning with a little stretch session in the gym, followed by a VERY little swim
In the afternoon we headed down to the IronKids triathlon, I love watching these kids race. So talented and always having so much fun.

I was expecting to just cheer the kids on but we were lucky enough to get to go to the finish and give out medals to these amazing young athletes. We were in very good company:

Yep that is Pete Jacobs, current Ironman World Champion.

After the IronKids we grabbed dinner and had a quiet night ready for tomorrow’s racing.

DAY 8

Our last day on this amazing trip, I can’t believe it’s ending. Today we raced Cairns 70.3 finishing an awesome week together. We finished 4th out of the Open men’s teams. I felt ok in the swim, coming in, in 2nd. Reidy had a great ride in tough cons

Corey finished strong on the run, we got to be out on coarse with him and then run down the finishes shoot together.

In the 70.3 Pros, it was:
1st Courtney Atkinson
2nd Brad Kahlefeldt
3rd Tim Reed

And in the Ironman, it was:
1st Luke Ma
2nd Tim Berkel
3rd Chris Mccormack

WRAP

What a week, I was truly blessed to spend a week with great guys, I met some awesome people, experienced some mind blowing places. I will be forever grateful to be able to have this amazing experience!
Thank you everyone!