{"id":29930,"date":"2019-05-22T08:04:35","date_gmt":"2019-05-22T07:04:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.alananna.co.uk\/blog\/?p=29930"},"modified":"2019-05-20T17:50:49","modified_gmt":"2019-05-20T16:50:49","slug":"quad-camp-day-5","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.alananna.co.uk\/blog\/2019\/05\/quad-camp-day-5\/","title":{"rendered":"Quad Camp Day 5"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Another glorious day at Llyn Gwynant. I didn\u2019t manage to sleep at all but that\u2019s nothing unusual. I therefore busied myself in the morning with some washing up and then breakfast in the van. The cuckoos were calling from 4:30am and soon the sun was rising.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The plan for today was a full on Quadrathlon. Apparently there was a choice of routes and distances. A short option, a middle option and an option for me! However, my legs were in agony from my run up and down Snowdon and I wasn\u2019t really feeling like any heroics today. I therefore planned to do the longest swim option and then see how things went from there.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Quad Time<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

We set up an informal transition area in front of the campers lined up for a few photos and then got in the water for the start. No one really seemed that enthusiastic.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Informal Transition<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n

I headed off in the front and soon lost sight of everyone else. I have to admit that it did cross my mind that maybe it was all an elaborate joke. Maybe they\u2019d set us off, left me to it while everyone else just got back out and headed to the pub. I wouldn\u2019t have known if they had and might have done the whole thing oblivious to the fact that I was the only one doing it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Swim<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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Despite doing the longer swim option I think I was still first out of the water as all the bikes seemed to still be there. Maybe they were all actually at the pub, or more likely all laughing at me from inside Jeans van. Nope, it was OK I looked out over the lake and could just about make out a few heads still swimming. 1350 yards in 18:30. Not too bad.<\/p>\n\n\n\n