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South African triathlete wins Ultraman Florida event

By Karla Brown11th Mar, 20161 min read

South African triathlete, Rob Gray, currently living in the USA recently won the Ultraman Florida event. This event is a three-day, 320 mile (515-km) endurance race, which took place from 20 - 22 February 2016.

“Last weekend I won Ultraman Florida, a 3 day event that includes a 6.2 mile swim and 90 mile bike on day 1, a bike ride of 171 miles on day 2, and a double marathon (52.4 miles) on day 3. It was an exciting last day, where my 56 minute lead was whittled down to a narrow winning margin of 8 minutes. Half way through the run, the projected finish time had my winning margin down to only a minute!”

Click here to read more on Rob Gray’s race report.

Rob was also interviewed by Slowtwitch on his Ultraman Florida win:
“I was leading on day 1 and day 2, and then had to fight like crazy to keep it on day 3. So I had over 30 miles of deep pain where I was fighting for the win, and getting to that finish line was very real!”....click here to read more on the interview.

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