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Cheshire Traithlon, May 22nd
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Calling hair and makeup for Mr Holg's......
Must dig out the DTeS T shirt for heckling duties
I think this was £45 last year and I thought that was a lot then. Can't see them doing medals somehow but I do enjoy this race so I'll be there in black n' yellow. It will cost be more than that in petrol too coming up from the Sarf so not a cheap do. Its good though.
Cake - don't be fickle now. Come and play in Nantwich, or are you one of those celeb stalkers?
Talking about hair and makeup, wheres LB?
I've just looked up the tri there and it's full. Send a checky e-mail to the events company to see if they have had any drop outs. If they get back will play there and if now will play here.
Why has no-one ever told me about this festival before? It looks great. Climbing, canueing, tri, bike, nature etc... I'm on that beast next year regardless.
I'll be at the festival from Wednesday til Sat afternoon.
Did the first Keswick Tri a couple of years back and it nearly killed me.
They usually do a Splash & Dash on the Friday night 500m swim & 5km run, Then the Derwent swim on Saturday, and back home in time for Nantwich after I have heckled Holgs
The Sportif looks good as well
About the cost - they did warn us in September that the cost would be going up this year and that if you put your race number in a box at the North West tri then they would hold the price for you in the May event. Unfortunatly for me I didn't enter the September one so have had to pay full price.
They did say that they had kept the prices the same for many years and that due to inflation they were going to have to put the prices up. It was worded such that it implied that they were hardly making a profit last year, but then any company would say that.
The cost is comparable to other events that I have done locally. Triathlons are always pricy.
Well done on the bike Caz. And I agree on the price - although its a lot I paid £70 for the bananaman tri at Dorney which was half way between a sprint and an oli. Makes the Vit at £105 look almost cheap! Big half marathons are around £30 now so I'm just doing less events. At least the camping is free at Nantwich is why I'm doing this and not Stratford.
I'm off for a bike ride and a swim later. Anything to avoid the telly which will be nothing but wedding <wrings hands bah humbug>
Fraid not.
Having a gynae op next week (11th) so I can't swim for a month. Bastard timing.
Aw thats a shame - but hope you recover well so good luck with that.
Its going to be a select group this year I think.
And IronM.in might be popping over for Sat evening.
Biking sounds promising Caz. Well dones and you know you can always get a head start on the swim. Not many of us can say that!
I'm soooooooo looking forward to this. Just need to order a new tent now.
Not the legend that is Iron Min ..........................................
I'm not sure about seeing you guys Saturday night, I've offered Cake a lift down from the Lake District Saturday and can drop him off at Nantwich Saturday evening, But he hasn't got back to me yet
If not see you all Sunday morning
Cycled the bike course again today, twice, and I have to say that the road surface is absolutely shocking in places, potholes all over the place and no sign of the temporary traffic lights being taken away so it'll probably be down to the luck of the draw come race day.
Got my first tri top the other day which I'll wear with my cycling shorts on the day, I'm sure they've given me a junior size, there's nowhere to hide in these bad boys is there? It's er, figure hugging, to say the least
You need it tight otherwise you get too much drag in the pool. And everyone else is going to be dressed the same, so you will fit right in.
Done one more session on the bike - 10 miles, sea swim, 10 miles. Got most of the gears sorted now, but I think I could do with a bit more practice on hills, where the gearing is important.
You might as well forget this. The world is ending on May 21st apparently.
Again.
Another end of the world?
So all my training has been futile?!
At least I won't have to wear this sausage skin,er, I mean tri top on the 22nd
Got your mail ta Cake.
I got it wrong didn't I? I can't pb before the world ends cos its ending the day before. Rats. And I've just ordered a new tent as well. Tent tours will be conducted on Saturday evening if the earth is still in one piece.
Is it time to get excited yet? And where are all the Flaps and Tits that usually frequent this?