GRAAFF-REINET SPORT NEWS - Participants from the Graaff-Reinet area preparing for the Ironman 70.3 Mossel Bay that is to be held on 6 November.
Elise Steynberg, Malinda Piek, Tanya Fourie, Katjana (Kat) Ott, Sarel Botha and Ampie Jordaan from Graaff-Reinet will be participating in the Ironman 70.3 Mossel Bay.
They will take on a 1.9km swim, beginning opposite the iconic Santos Beach Pavilion and ending at Santos Bay, at De Bakke. From there, athletes will start with a 90km cycling course.
Athletes will cycle out and back on George Road, then Louis Fourie Road toward Albertina, onto the N2, before reaching the turnaround at Gouritz River valley just short of Herbertsdale and return to Mossel Bay as they prepare for transition in De Bakke.
Athletes will then take on a 21.1km two-and-a-half loop run course which takes them past the harbour, through Central Mossel Bay and The Point to the finish line at Cape St Blaize Lighthouse.
Ironman 70.3 Mossel Bay will offer qualifying slots to the 2023 Ironman 70.3 World Championship taking place in Lahti, Finland on 26 and 27 August 2023.
the fit Malinda Piek on the run during a previous Ironman competition
Tanya Fourie making the running look easy.
Ilse Steynberg prepaing for the swimming at the ironman Competition
Kat Ott on her bicycle during previous competition
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