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Ironman 70.3 Taiwan 2015 - Mind Game

The 6th edition of this race at Kenting, my fourth half ironman triathlon. I expected a stronger performance and chasing another PB, especially this could be the last 70.3 at Kenting such a challenging course! The race venue had been stabled in the last 5 years and we thought everything should be remain. The frustration began when the swim course change to 20km away from South Bay, and then 1 week before they change from 2 loop swim to 1 loop swim. Sometime things not always going as planned. This is how the story began. New swim course at 車城海口, 1 loop swim 800m to the middle of the ocean Usual Kenting loop, the small segment got removed due to high wind, mostly flat with a bit of rolling Run all the way south, after Yoho, 4km to the turning point, fully exposed to the heat Race Day - 1 The wind started picking up, we arrived at the swim course, rode the first 5km and back, the crosswind and gust wind was so strong that could blow you away, it was stro