Cole Classic Manly 7th February

Sand run no fun








Cole Classic Manly - 2k
Grey day at Manly, Bit of a wave at Manly beach so the race started and finished in the bay at Shelly Beach which was sheltered from the Easterly swell. Water was a bit murky from all the rain last week and a bit of rubbish in the water, but not too bad.
I arrived at Shelly Beach just in time for the start, after spending 20 minutes driving around Manly trying to find a 2-hour parking spot, No time for a warm up.
I enjoyed the swim, we swam most of the way to Queenscliff and back. Nice swell most of the way once we got out of the bay. The course was well laid out, plenty of room to swim, didn't get crowded in at any time. Started slowly, took me a while to get into a relaxed stroke, felt more comfortable in the 2nd half of the race, finished quite hard. Time 43.58. A little slower with the swell and some slighty wonky navigation. I might have gone a little harder at the start with a proper warm-up and some training last week.