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Now that's impressive - keeping it secret for so long
Glad Mrs DD is on board though now - must make it a tad easier 
Oh dear Dustboy
you're not having the best of times are you....
Well I managed to keep it quiet as a) I have trained 10 -12 a week for years b) Mrs DD knew I was doing Marshman c) I don't think Mrs DD has ever really considered just how far I can cycle in 5 hours!
I long ago discovered that I could a) change bikes at will as long as they were Black and b) change wheels as long as they say Zipp on the side. God help me if the bike colour changed though, the kids always notice but their sworn to secrecy.
Just brilliant DD
Well I am truly on the injury train
My ankle is slowly getting better but I cannot run yet at all and still feel pain walking up and down stairs... but now after a longish ride at the weekend my knee is truly buggered! Not sure what the problem is but it is so tight on the front of the kneecap and painful. Did 10 minutes on the Turbo this morning before realising the pain was a sign to STOP. Will see what the physio says tomorrow when I go to see him tomorrow.
2012 really is not my year!
Doesn't look that way GB!
Just to join you though, it seems that when I fell over running at the weekend I cracked a rib. Or at least they feel exactly the same as they did when I broke one a few years ago. It's manageable on the bike, tolerable running (well, IM pace running anyway) and I'll find out today if it affects swimming. Hopefully nothing beyond discomfort, but I could do without it at this stage.
LOL DD - you'd best hope then that Mrs DD doesn't read this thread!!
Oh dear GB
Well look at it this way, you'll have a great swim and a great bike (could the knee be strained from compensating, even subconciously, for the ankle?) and then you'll have plenty of time to pootle very gently on the run and in the meantime those of us somewhat less talented in the splash and wobble departments will at least get your company on the plod bit 
Oops sorry C Dave - didn't mean to ignore you there
, sympathy for you aches and pains too!
I am thinking it is certainly possible...it was done on my first ride without wearing tape to supprort it and my ankle was hurting during the ride... so it is certainly possible i was changing my technique ever so slightly which over a few hours became a real problem.
No riding either at the minute though... this could be one expensive 75 minute swim!!!
And just what is IM pace for you're running??
Good luck swimming tonight!
The Pearson one ...starts in Surrey somewhere? (forecast is still dodgy)
I hope these injuries are not contagious, GWS guys!
Ah, good luck Meldy - it's a bit far to travel for me this weekend.
Hope the injuries heal soon GB and CD.
I cracked two ribs a few weeks out from IMUK in 2010. I found swimming very painful and decided not to aggravate the injury by swimming again until the event. On the day it was fine with only a small dull ache and I found i was as slow as ever
Slim you are not wrong ... just checked the mielage and its nearly 60 miles for me ! I could quite easily talk myself out of this one !!
Goes past my house on the way back and within spitting distance of Gladys, if you felt so inclined.
Swimming was OK - fortunately the pain is just down to breathing hard and not aggravated by the swimming stroke. I'm due a slightly lighter weekend anyway, and it'll be fine by race day.
IM run pace is (hopefully) somewhere around 7:15/mi, GB. Assuming I don't overcook the bike like I did at Outlaw last year.
No one told me it was down hill with roller skates available
You're a dark horse, ajf. A 64-min distance pool swim and 41 min 10k splits..... despite the terrain?
In best pirate sandbagging fashion, it might be a good time for you to tell us you're "rubbish on the bike".
I believe Gladys is partaking so I shall be able to spit at him for as long as I can keep up which wont be long
and I am here to tell you he most certainly is not ... !!
Bleedin' nora
LOL - I think you've been outed AJF
I can't be arsed to look back, but I think AJF had a handy run time at Marshman.
I also notice he's in GB's AG, and so should be playing with crayons and drinking heavily into the wee hours instead of training to beat us lot.
I've been drinking heavily into the wee small hours recently, but haven't combined it with crayons. Is that the secret formula for achieving a sub-10 finish? Hang on a mo.... I'll dig out the Crayola and a bottle of Cinzano
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No training again tonight off for more culture tonight its Henry V i am determined to stay awake throughout this one
Nice early morning swim in the very warm hotel pool may be a little temperature differnce to Padarn on Sunday!!
Sorry .. post from Schmunks was for Pirate stickers for those that ordered
Max I think you may well havedug your hole previously ... would you like me to fill it in for you?!!
On another note, it's still too cold for OW, even at 15deg. Hand like monkey claws, and burnt in the shower as I couldn't feel the scalding water.
Next weeks forecast is up to 20degs!!! Its nearly summer
Melds Flowerpower is one of those continental types with continental habits
Good on you Cat for getting in there, I would still like to be getting my face wet to build my confidence.
I missed my running all this week to give this infernal achilles injury a chance to get better. I know I can run a race on it if I get to the start line, but I don't want to chance the risk of hurting it before even arriving.
I'll just take whatever the dip in training gives me.