Boost Bahrain Sprint Relay Triathlon - 28April2017

The most recent adventure the took undertook was the Boost Bahrain Sprint Relay Triathlon. I know what your thinking, what the heck is Boost Bahrain. Well they have been around for a while but are really making waves on the sports event scene here in Bahrain. From what I can see it looks to be some of the same folks that help run IM70.3 Bahrain. This was my first Boost Bahrain event...BRAVO. I have never participated in a Triathlon relay before. So to explain it quickly you have a three member team and each member completes a Super Sprint Triathlon before handing the chip off to the next team member. 375m swim, 10km bike, and 2.5 km run, the most important thing to consider here is the placement of the weakest team member. In our team I am the slowest so I went second while Brandon and Anthony negotiated first and third. It was a very warm morning in Bahrain so the third member would be running at the peak of the heat. Our line up was Anthony, Cody, Brandon and seemed to be a good mix. The venue was a bit run down but Boost put it together well for this event. You could tell there was a lot of thought in the running and biking lanes. As with all venues the spectators and finished athletes clog those lanes up and you have to be on your toes to not knock anyone over. There was a star studded line up with some of the Bahrain Endurance 13 Team showing up. We finished 27 out of 36 for the male category and  went home happy!

This is the Missing Links! 

A rare appearance from Abdhulmoshen from TriLife! He is part of the triathlon foundation here in Bahrain. 

Anthony grabbed a quick selfie with MG, another foundation member to the sport and huge part of the Bahrain Endurance 13 Team. 

FIT always representing! In fact it was several members first triathlon! Well Done!

Eric Watson is a Pro Triathlete here in Bahrain and a good mentor. He likes showing off his 4% body fat. 

 

...until the next adventure!