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MARS Triathlon, Matlock - £6 to enter!
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The cold is still there, panic attacks less frequent after mail from Dr Evil (Coleman) so it looks like back to work tomorrow
I bet your ladies have been missing you never mind your poor abandoned TP.
Gald to hear your on the mend now. So you still doing it then?
What did Dr Evil say?
LM - I think you might spot me - I'll have number 21 drawn on my leg!
I'll keep a look out for you.
(sorry, I read back and realised after I'd posted you have previously been making a list - it's a blond thing !)
Been unwell since Friday with a heavy cold, stress and panic attacks about MoB/work/life as we know it. You know, everyday normal runing probs.
Will make up my mind about D or Q on Saturday.
LM. After Rorys mail last night I realised that it was probably just me stressing about the run that made me ill in the first place. Last time I felt like that was when I moved house (into my own home).
If I can get Doc to sign medical forms and then pass ECG test then I shall be on the start line a week on Sunday ready to run. If not, then I shall be on the start line as crew (tripping up the gits that started). LOL.
*Dr Evil is the name given to Rory Coleman at last years MoB for sending the runners up hills, through nettles and across fields with chasing cows in them.
What ever it is that's bothering you, it's really not worth letting it make you poorly. It's like my gran used to say - Enjoy it as there's no dress rehersal :0)
Right enough of that... I'm off to get some nosh and walk the pooch catch you tomorrow.
Hope you feel better Muz.
LM - I'm blond too so understand perfectly:-) Also have dog walking duties later.
Someone from my club asked the very valid question "does anyone actually have an address for this thing?" I couldn't actually see any mention other than "pool in Matlock", near Somerfield, in the race notes. I assume it's this?
Off to see bank manager.
Best - cloudy and 5mph winds
Worst - showers and 15 mph winds.
My race predictions;
Swim - was 8 mins will settle for 9:30. Cycle - was 30 mins (did a 10 mile TT 4 weeks ago in 27.36) after looking at the course and riding it in 40 I'd say 35:00 now.
Run - was 21 mins I'll stick with that because I don't know how hilly it is.
Overall (inc. transition) was 59:59 now 67:00, but I'll settle for sub 70:00.
My transition plan is as follows;
Bike racked - shoes on floor - helmet on tri bars, race top on helmet, glasses on race top.
Exit pool leave googles in the goggle box (need to find some goggles I won't mind losing) - Glasses on, shoes on (no socks), top on, helmet on, grab bike and away we go.
Simple as that?
By the way - does anyone have any tips on how to mark your goggles (don't really want to lose mine - and shame on you Marshallini, what a waste of money:-)
If you don't have a label maker to hand, I reckon a bit of paper & some sellotape would suffice.
Since I discovered seal masks I wont swim in anythng else and I don't want to lose one of them, I have got loads of old googles that should survive 12 lengths if I can only find them.
Just been up in the loft and found 2 pair of hand paddles, a pair of swim fins, a pull bouy, a float, 5 pairs of goggles and a 2 swim caps.
I'd allow people to use swim fins in the pool but you would have to keep them on for the race.
I've also found my old race shoes and my tri suit another pair of tri shorts and a tri top. The tri suit will never see the light of day again, but the other items might make a come back on Monday as they are all better than what I had planned.
LOL
So far this year I have handed in numerous amounts of goggles (just drop them into a box now), a solid silver bracelet, a decent silver cased watch, a gold necklace, and vast amounts of money (one of them left £30 in a locker one morning).
I could go as a power seller on ebay with all that stuff.
Not sure what to put on the swim time though, as an average breaststroke swimmer does anyone have an estimate of time as I don't want to get it v.wrong and annoy the other swimmers!
I thought maybe 14 mins but really have no idea!
Yesterday I learnt to keep my head under the water whilst swimming and breath bilaterally every three breaths rather than every stroke on the left! May be a bit late for Monday though I shall attempt a time trial tomorrow and see if it's quicker to do it 'properly' or the way I'm used to.
Looking forward to doing this, and maybe meeting as many of you all as I can.