Subic Bay is a bay on the west coast of the island of Luzon in the Philippines, about 100 kilometres northwest of Manila. An extension of the South China Sea, its shores were formerly the site of a major United States Navy facility
Sunrise events host the Ironman Brand 5150 Olympic Distance Triathlon out of the Acea Resort in Subic. Typically known for its extreme humidity and hot weather Subic bay turner it around for this years race with massive down pours resulting in flash flooding on the run course.
After as stressful 48hrs prior to the race, I was very happy to get the race underway with the 1500m swim leg in the bay. The start of the race was not the ideal start with my goggles coming off in the first drive into the surf. This ruffled me a bit and also put me behind the everyone in the swim resulting in being caught behind some slow swimmers.
On to the bike leg to where we were treated to an immense amount of rain so much that I was struggling to see at one point. I tried to ride as hard as I could in the rain but with a trip to the USA coming up I started to ride a bit more conservative on the second and third bike lap. I cam into transition in 5th place.
The run leg was a bit uneventful with no threats from behind and the podium out of reach I settled in after running the first 5km hard. The day for me didn't go as planned but I was happy to go through the paces and get another race under my belt in Asia.
