Racing for Recovery half ironman

Aussie Rob, Bruce MacDonald, and Rob Reddy all raced in the Racing for Recovery half ironman in Monroe, MI on June 7th.  The swim is in Lake Erie, followed by a bike around the farm land of Monroe and a run around a lagoon.  Of course, this leads to the bike and run courses being very flat – touted by the race website as ‘probably the flattest half ironman distance bike course you will ever ride on.’  Well, this fast course handed PRs to Aussie and Bruce – great job boys!  Bruce gave a short summary of the race, noting a PR by about 20 seconds.  He “suffered on the swim, had a decent bike, and ran a very painful 1h 40min half marathon.”  Aussie had a bit more to say: Continue reading