The Bribie Island Multisport
is a 100 km race through Bribie Island, Pumistone Passage and the Glass House Mountains Forests.
This is a race i have been the support crew over the past 3 years for my training buddy Wayne who i follow through the race
The full course is broken into 9 legs and sees relay teams and individuals complete approximately 55km of mountain biking, 22km of running, 23km of kayaking and 1.6 km of swimming.
The Bribie Half was a new event for 2009 and run at the same time.
The 53km race sees relay teams and individuals complete the last 4 legs of the full course. This includes 13km of trail running, 30 km of mountain biking and 10 km of kayaking.
Each leg is unique in it’s challenges and style. One of the mountain bike legs is flat and fast, while the other is technical and rocky. One run leg is on the beach while another ascends one of the Glass House Mountains.
The Bribie Island Multisport
race is a true multi-sport endurance event with top teams finishing in 6 hours and individuals in 6 and a half. Tail enders do not miss out as the course remains open for 12 hours, enabling most to make their way to the end.
The event attracts many of Australia’s top multisport athletes as well as a lot of new comers to the sport.
Competitors may enter as individuals or as a relay team of 2, 4 or 5
Unfortuantly my camera had some dificulties and i was not able to film the last stages of the race so I put up what I had up until the paddle home.
Wayne had a tough race but at the same time took a 1/2 hour of his time at 8.03 with a couple of changes to tyre type and paddle craft which seems to be a key element to getting a good time over the course. All the front runners were aboard slippery fast watercraft.
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