Silvia Andonie of Mexico, and Jorge’s wife, was the last to get out at 11 hours and 18 minutes. That is a long t
ime to be in the water.Here is a pic of Emmanuel Conraux (France) feet after 11 hours and 15 minutes. He is currently on a stretcher trying to warm up from hypothermia. Even tho the water is warm – swimming this long can cause problems.
Peter Lefferts has been rotating all kinds of swim strokes in trying to loosen up and change his muscle fatigue. This is the longest he has ever swum and he still has a ways to go. I just got yelled at by the French that I need to learn to speak French. The Spanish have been saying that to me a couple times today. Guess I need to learn all kinds of languages. Or maybe get one of those high tech translators that the military uses – yeah. That’s the ticket.
Well ~ Michael Gaertner was first out of the water for the Deca athletes with a time of 13 hours and 17 minutes. Beto Villa should be next, he has 363 laps done and Carlos Ochoa of Spain will be third with 348 laps done. They have 380 to complete. Emmanuel Conraux is not fairing so well, he has really fallen behind – between stomach issues earlier in the race (he started the race with his stomach not feeling the greatest, he had problems at breakfast, and was throwing up at 1:30 into the swim, and also his hypothermia problem earlier. He is really swimming slow at this point.
Well Michael exited soon after his swim to head back to the Parque to check in, then head to the room to get some Heed, some other items from the room, rest a few minutes to calm down then get a few laps in on the bike before calling it quits for a few hours. He is ahead of his schedule so that is good. We will see what the next couple of days will do for him and what he might be able to pump out.
As is usual – I stayed behind and will ride back to the Parque with Beto’s escort (there are two cops cars escorting the athletes back for safety) so I can crew for Peter Lefferts for awhile. He is here without a crew and a few people have been assisting him. I will do it for an hour then head back. Not sure why – but I also get approached by a few of the other crews to help get things handled for them, I guess they know I have a good repoire with Jorge and can get things done or requested. It is vice versa – Jorge relies on me to get the word out to the athletes a lot of the time. Keeps me busy and makes the time pass quickly.
Will post more tomorrow during the day.
14:22 Race Time
2 comments:
Dear brother Steve
give all my best wishes to all participants,especially to Emmanuel,Micheal,Eillen,Arthur,Carlos,Beto,Silvia.
Your friend Vincenzo is praying for all of you!
My heart is with all of you in Mexico!
Will do V. Mary is sitting across from me in her usual seat reading waiting on Arthur. ALl are doing well - Emmanuel had a rough start as you can read. Good luck with the wife and baby and see you next year hopefully.
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