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GregP
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Oh come now. Maldon's nice. It's a pretty little town.
GlennR
GlennR
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I'm pretty sure I've been there, but my main memory is of mud.
GregP
GregP
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It's famous firstly for Maldon Salt, and secondly for the Maldon Mud Race, so sounds like you have.

Regarding cloacae, you will be unsurprised to learn they are clustered almost exclusively in the south of the county. It was Grays Triathlon yesterday. That's pool-based, even though Grays has a beach. Have a google and you may see why.
GlennR
GlennR
Jul 2017
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~shudder~
GlennR
GlennR
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I have Maldon salt at home, of course, like everybody else who shops at Waitrose.
Atonal Miserabilist (AFKA TRO)
Atonal Miserabilist (AFKA TRO)
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Maldon is a Dengie events thing, so you may die anyway without needing any meteorological catastrophes caused by me and Gobi racing.

My last Dengie event they had a sportive running at the same time as an Olympic and a middle distance tri. Roads with both packs of sportiveists and non drafting triathletes were chaotic.

Both events used the same finishing chute as well....

The whole thing took place near a nuclear power station, so assuming you aren't killed on the roads or in the finishing chute then bits of you are likely to go scabby and fall off in the weeks after the event.

Enjoy...:-)
GregP
GregP
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That's a fair point. Last time me and Argie did a Dengie event, there were marshals at zebra crossings but none on the right turn off a major road.

I don't think I posted the report on Fetch - hold on.
Angus Clydesdale
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GregP
GregP
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While you're waiting,... I found this :)
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12 Jul 2010
Going Long


Triathlon, as we all know, is a lifestyle sport, and as such it tends to impact on everything one does.

Having said that, if it wasn't for the endless hours dedicated to 'doing what needs to be done', there wouldn't be the same sense of achievement when, after much pain, a lot of soul searching and endless cries of 'never again' you can look yourself in the eye and say...

"I read to the end of Deenzy's blog".
Atonal Miserabilist (AFKA TRO)
Atonal Miserabilist (AFKA TRO)
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So Greppers has a secret stash of race reports that have never been published......

Deenzy's IMDE 2010 Blog remains the Gold Standard.

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