Another triathlon, another new blog ;). Janelle and I competed in the 19th annual PDO sprint triathlon last weekend. The race was 750m swim, 16.5km bike and 5.5km run. Janelle had an excellent result, finishing first overall for women and coming in 8th place overall in a time of 1:18:00, her first win! I finished 10th overall, 9th out of the men in a time of 1:19:09. It was a great race with transition at the Ras Al Hamra club basketball court (same spot the Canadian Stampede was). We had perfectly calm water, with the only concern being the jellyfish warning flags up at the boat club. Luckily no jellyfish were spotted during the swim, although with the recent surf we've had a lot of sand had been pushed into the bay and with start of the race being at low tide the swim was actually more like a 700m swim and 50m run through the water. The bike and run course followed the same loop (3x for the bike, 1x for the run). It was a fairly technical loop with substantial climbing (over 300ft in less than 1km on the bike and less than 2km on the run). There was a fantastic breakfast afterwards and Janelle received a new pair of swim googles and a rose for winning. We also met another new expat couple from South Africa and quickly hit it off as we shared much in common.
Two days after the PDO tri we went to see Russell Peters on St. Patricks day with Tom, Donna, Joanna and Darryl, all Canadians. Before the show we enjoyed a great bbq with everyone and managed to down a couple green beers, along with green lemon meringue pie for dessert (our contribution to the potluck). The venue for Russell Peter's show was at the Qurm Ampitheatre, an amazing venue outside built into a hillside. For the next 2 hours we were in stitches laughing, sitting out under the stars in 28 degree weather with the ocean just meters away. If anyone's familiar with Russell Peter's comedy, he did not disappoint and was surprisingly uncensored for the Middle East. There was a large percentage of the audience that were Indian and absolutely adored him, complete with large signs displaying one of his famous jokes "Somebody's gonna get a hurt real bad!"
Two days after the PDO tri we went to see Russell Peters on St. Patricks day with Tom, Donna, Joanna and Darryl, all Canadians. Before the show we enjoyed a great bbq with everyone and managed to down a couple green beers, along with green lemon meringue pie for dessert (our contribution to the potluck). The venue for Russell Peter's show was at the Qurm Ampitheatre, an amazing venue outside built into a hillside. For the next 2 hours we were in stitches laughing, sitting out under the stars in 28 degree weather with the ocean just meters away. If anyone's familiar with Russell Peter's comedy, he did not disappoint and was surprisingly uncensored for the Middle East. There was a large percentage of the audience that were Indian and absolutely adored him, complete with large signs displaying one of his famous jokes "Somebody's gonna get a hurt real bad!"
Hey there,
ReplyDeleteCame upon your blog today, I'm also from Saskatchewan (although have been living in the Caymans for the past three years) and am moving to Oman this summer to teach. Thanks for shedding some light on what to expect! :)