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Checked my webmail account, Slag. And checking long-range weather forecasts too. All looks a bit gentle for your liking though.... no raging tempest to battle through
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A better question to ask would be 'when do you reckon you'd finish' and I think the answer would be 'on Tuesday'
Thanks CL for your post. I am borderline hyper over this already and more than a week to go. I dont know what I will do to relax at this point. I am also checking the weather report and everything ... I should have taken the full month off ... I am so scared right now
and still nothing
a bit frustrating when you think back to how well the communications were done last year ( or maybe thats rose coloured glasses ? ) Entry list was online months before race day .. Part of me wonders (given that even now its still open for entrys) if the numbers are a bit low and the IM team were hoping for a last minute rush ? .
Dont they realise that we are excited about this stuff god dammit !
Hope numbers are light, Slag. Gives us more chance of finishing top-1000
Heck, at this rate you'll be looking at a Kona slot
hey thats a good point
... anyone else in the 45-50 age group ?..i may be on for a kona slot lol
great minds
Well, there's me, so maybe just the two of us then.
Start list is up on the website, so time for another list:
Start List
Cheerful Dave #1311
hooray !
Start List
Cheerful Dave #1311
Bobby Nobby #203
Slag #1161
my kona slot looking highly unlikely now though .
Only 181 in our AG, slag. Go for it!
Start List
Cheerful Dave #1311
Bobby Nobby #203
Slag #1161
Barley - 1036
Start List
Cheerful Dave #1311
Bobby Nobby #203
Slag #1161
Barley #1036
Silent Assassin #1023
Start List
Cheerful Dave #1311
Bobby Nobby #203
Slag #1161
Barley - 1036
Silent Assassin - 1023
Joddly - 1146
Feeling slightly gloomy as I had started to allow Kona fantasies to creep in, but it seems the sharp end of my AG is faster than last year, when I needed it to be quite a bit slower. Better to have the disappointment now, though, and with the pressure off I can enjoy the day and concentrate on carving a repectable slice of last year's time - ready for an assault on a new AG next year?
I wouldn't rule it out just yet, joddly, but it's probably better if you start the race without the weight of expectation. Leave that to us - I still expect you to get a slot.
Cheerful Dave - 1311
Bobby Nobby - 203
Slag - 1161
Barley - 1036
Silent Assassin - 1023
Joddly - 1146
Slower - 900
About 270 in my AG. To have a chance of a slot, I'll have to grab a draft and come out of the water with the Pros.... or something
. At least I have a nice number 
Ordered by race number,
203 - Bobby Nobby
638 - Hokori
900 - Slowerthanilook
1023 - Silent Assassin
1036 - Barley
1146 - Joddly
1161 - Slag
1311 - Cheerful Dave
GIRLS
9 F Pro
5 F18-24 Category
17 F25-29 Category
31 F30-34 Category
29 F35-39 Category
22 F40-44 Category
18 F45-49 Category
12 F50-54 Category
3 F55-59 Category
1 F60-64 Category
1 F65-69 Category
148 of 1472 10.05%
BOYS
22 M Pro
56 M18-24 Category
134 M25-29 Category
260 M30-34 Category
249 M35-39 Category
279 M40-44 Category
181 M45-49 Category
97 M50-54 Category
31 M55-59 Category
10 M60-64 Category
3 M65-69 Category
1 M70+ Category
1 M70-74 Category
1324 of 1472 89.95%
There are 1492 race numbers but somehow 20 fell through the cracks. 249 in my category.
Numbers down on last year???
I almost signed up last month, but the price had gone up to nearly £400. That's a lotta dosh...
... still wish I was getting my number too though!
Hokori, are you running in a pirate top?
@Pingu. I dont have one. I am running with a custom T-Shirt with thank you acks to my support crew but it would have been nice to don the colours on The Red Hare (my bike). Been procrastinating too long to put a formal request to the dear Fairy and I will have to do with my usual bike kit.
Those are the starting numbers and there are always DNFs and DNSs so it does look like it may very well be that the race is a must do but people still approach it with caution?
Also the said T-Shirt sports "PSOF" as part of the list of power-ups