{"id":3020,"date":"2007-11-06T23:57:41","date_gmt":"2007-11-07T03:57:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/adventureimaging.ca\/BEASTblog\/?p=3020"},"modified":"2015-06-27T00:13:56","modified_gmt":"2015-06-27T04:13:56","slug":"2007-eyeline-1000-ocean-swim","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/adventureimaging.ca\/BEASTblog\/?p=3020","title":{"rendered":"2007 Eyeline 1000 Ocean Swim"},"content":{"rendered":"

Conditions at Noosa’s main beach late Friday afternoon were perhaps a touch calmer than 2006. The organizers used smaller markers this year, which held their positions. Being the 25th anniversary of the Noosa Triathlon, entries in the Ocean Swim were definitely up. In the Men’s 40-49 age group 81 swimmers set out in, yet again, PINK<\/strong> caps.<\/p>\n

I’m guessing the following image was shot within 15 seconds of the start of the race. The lead part of our group is underwater and the previous start wave is seen really spread out wide heading for the first marker:<\/p>\n

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This next shot was taken 12 seconds later. We were hit by two big sand filled dumpers on the way out and I think this would be the second one approaching. I got a goggle filled by the first one when coming up a touch too quickly into the power section:<\/p>\n

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Sixty-one seconds later … the swells were big heading out to the first marker making the swim a bit more challenging. With the right turn at the marker to a long-shore segment, swimming became much easier.<\/p>\n

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Seven minutes and eighteen seconds after the first image (so close to 7:30 from the horn) I’m struggling with getting my legs going while my heart is wanting to blow up at the mid-point beach turn-around:<\/p>\n

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Full results can be found on the USM Events Noosa Results Page<\/a>, but here are some highlights:<\/p>\n