in a sprint YES you just need to go! But she probably hasn’t practised transitions and getting wetsuits off etc it is an art.
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That’s what she said. And her post was all about things that went wrong. So either she didn’t pay attention and swam the wrong course or she’s lying to cover up how bad she is at swimming.
I can’t see her story but that doesn’t make sense - she can’t have done what the swimmers were doing for the longer swim as they swam 1.9 km ?! So how did she manage to do 1200m?! She didn’t did she?! She’s just trying to cover up a tit swim. 
and for arguments sake even if she DID swim 1200 metres- it still took her 45 mins which still means she’d be unlikely to make the cut off point at Swansea??
So bets on.
Is it going to be a DNS for her with a cryptic hospital boomerang the night before
OR
She’ll attempt it but won’t make the cut off point because of a diabetes related emergency which means she loses her sight but still battles in bravely to the end of the swim despite not being able to see a SINGLE thing in the water
and for arguments sake even if she DID swim 1200 metres- it still took her 45 mins which still means she’d be unlikely to make the cut off point at Swansea??
So bets on.
Is it going to be a DNS for her with a cryptic hospital boomerang the night before
OR
She’ll attempt it but won’t make the cut off point because of a diabetes related emergency which means she loses her sight but still battles in bravely to the end of the swim despite not being able to see a SINGLE thing in the water
Some sleuthing on strava and appears the swim courses were completely screwed up. 1.2k for the sprint and 3.2k for the half! Holy crap I’d have been beyond fuming!
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And the ‘1.9k’ was two laps, I’d have probably thought it was wrong and tried to get on the bike after one lap
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And the ‘1.9k’ was two laps, I’d have probably thought it was wrong and tried to get on the bike after one lap
For anyone blocked… hope she tackles the Ironman in a better way and doesn’t wait til the week before to start swim training
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How though, was it supposed to be two laps of 1.2km?
Someone comments that the ‘buoys moved apparently’. This actually happened to me in a one lap 1.9k swim in Ireland a few years ago, a lot of people, especially the slower swimmers swam a lot further as one of the buoys came untethered. It is hella demoralising, especially when the conditions are choppy and I think I was only a few hundred metres long. So to be fair for a first sea swim race to be that much longer, at least she kept going!
She could prob do ok with a job in PR cos she loves spinning stuff! I just think entering an Ironman / half Ironman is hilarious. I mean ultimately it’s a mix of pure ignorance and arrogance cos if you’re struggling to get round a “sprint” course how can that translate to a 70.3 in the same area a few weeks later 
The Swansea 70.3 bike course will chew her up and spit her out if she makes it out of the swim on time.She could prob do ok with a job in PR cos she loves spinning stuff! I just think entering an Ironman / half Ironman is hilarious. I mean ultimately it’s a mix of pure ignorance and arrogance cos if you’re struggling to get round a “sprint” course how can that translate to a 70.3 in the same area a few weeks later
Did we confirm she's def on the start list for Swansea? Or was it jus vague "70.3" hashtags? She said she was going to do a tri, she's publicly ticked that box now. I wouldn't be surprised if she DNFs and just never mentions it again. She'll hopefully realise now a 70.3 in a few weeks (with a mara in between) is insane?
I forget, this is Kel's who thinks a BQ is round the corner when she's taken years to get to a 4hr mara...
I forget, this is Kel's who thinks a BQ is round the corner when she's taken years to get to a 4hr mara...
I think she shared an Ironman confirmation email
Thank you from a blocked person! She’s lucky she got through that swim in one piece from the sounds of it! Poor from the organisers!
If she makes it as far as the run we can tell by yesterday's run that she will be walking most of it
She has lots of work to do on her swim. If you are reading kels, I would highly recommend a group coaching session to help with technique over the winter so you are good to go for the following season, this kind of thing has transformed my swimming
Certainly not an elite like our Kels.
Tits has a new adjusted time for Newport
2:30:17
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newportwalesmarathon.co.uk
2:30:17
59 seconds removed.
2024 Adjusted Marathon Times | ABP Newport Marathon Festival
Following reports querying the accuracy of the Marathon course distance at the Newport Marathon Festival on Sunday 28 April, Run 4 Wales asked the Association of UK Course Measurers (AUKCM) to review…
newportwalesmarathon.co.uk
Still not a pb or sub 2:22Tits has a new adjusted time for Newport
2:30:17
59 seconds removed.
2024 Adjusted Marathon Times | ABP Newport Marathon Festival
Following reports querying the accuracy of the Marathon course distance at the Newport Marathon Festival on Sunday 28 April, Run 4 Wales asked the Association of UK Course Measurers (AUKCM) to review…
