Ironman 70.3 Singapore Triathlon 2011
Last Sunday saw me at East Coast Park bright and early, supporting a friend at the Aviva Ironman 70.3 Singapore Triathlon 2011. The weather was perfect for some endurance sports actions!
Ironman 70.3 races consist of a 1.9km / 1.2 mile swim, a 90-kilometre / 56-mile bike and a 21.1km /13.1 mile run, which adds up to 70.3 miles of total racing, hence the name. in this 5th edition of the Aviva Ironman 70.3 Singapore series, Kris Gemmell of New Zealand won the men’s category and Mary Beth Ellis of USA won the women’s category.
Here’s a look at the day’s hardwork for the triathletes:
Anticipation built up to its highest as the triathletes waited anxiously for the flag off. And once the horn sounded, everyone charged towards the open sea!
Here we can see a trio of women’s triathletes going for the second loop of the swim. Go! Go!! Go!!!
After the 1.9km swim, it was a short run to the transition area to find their bikes and gear up for the 90km bike leg.
Here we see some of the men’s pro-triathletes coming in after their 90km bike ride and next up for them was the 21km run.
Hiro Nishiuchi, a pro triathlete from Fukushima, and his wife competed and helped to raise more than S$30,000 for victims of the Japan quake. The couple had just touched down Singapore when the earthquake and tsunami struck Japan. Both still have relatives in Fukushima prefecture, and some are unaccounted for.
