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SHORT REPORT
5:03:09 – 17th Male Pair, 24th Overall
~ 7.2k swim, 30k run

LONG REPORT
At the briefing we were again told that the course had to be changed due to the water quality in front a Cannes as a result of a burst sewage pipe. This meant we would do two loops of the islands and then to the jungle loop. This was still a good course and the only bit we were disappointed was removed was the hilly section above Cannes. It also meant that a fair chunk of swimming would be removed which wasn’t great for us. The overall distance though was roughly the same. We were assured it would be quite a race as the winds will pick up. The cut off before the long crossing back to the mainland was in place because they “didn’t want pairs taking 2 hours to get across”.

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