Windsor Olympic Tri- PIRATE OUTING!!!

Hollywood (busy on runsaturday.com)

Well since it is our local race...



Competitors:

Firestar
Barley
Leo M
Gavo
FB
Petal
Shiraz
Hollywood

[Deleted User]

Have entered this as is near home

Competitors:

Firestar
Barley
Leo M
Gavo
FB
Petal
Shiraz
Hollywood
Dermot

Firestar

entries are now open for the sprint distance too if you dont want to tackle the full Oly.

[Deleted User]

I'm in for this as well, and hopefully have full pirate kit by then as well.

Website says they have had over 1,000 entries already so worth getting in soon.

Competitors:

Firestar
Barley
Leo M
Gavo
FB
Petal
Shiraz
Hollywood
Dermot
TW

[Deleted User]

Cheque's in the post

Competitors:

Firestar
Barley
Leo M
Gavo
FB
Petal
Shiraz
Hollywood
Dermot
TW
GregW

[Deleted User]

No sure I count as a pirate, even though I read most of the threads. However, I will be joining you all at Windsor! Hollywood, I need some inspiration on the swim!! Cheques in the post today.

2006: Fleet HM, FLM, various 10k-10m XC races, Eton, Dorney Olympic, Royal Windsor and Helvellyn Tris to finish (poss Saab Hell and Grim8 to come)

2007: Son's school exams make a mess of May next year but probably: Eton, Windsor, Dorney, Helvellyn or New Forest Mid, and poss Abingdon Mara. Was hoping to have a crack at Mont Blanc ultra but they have changed the entry requirements for 2007. Usual XC races in Jan-March for training.

Looking forward to an active Windsor thread as need insipiration to break 2:30 this time.

Competitors:

Firestar
Barley
Leo M
Gavo
FB
Petal
Shiraz
Hollywood
Dermot
TW
GregW
Team Hurtmore

[Deleted User]

TH2 - going slightly off topic for a mo : they changed the entry reqs at UTMB because there were some very very scary moments this year when peeps who had never done an ultra (or indeed a marathon or trail race)were spending a second night on top of a mountain in the wind, fog and rain...

[Deleted User]

Greg, yes I heard about this and having done the route as a backpacking expedition in my youth I have always been amazed at the challenge of doing it in 45 hours. Still trying to find time to do an offroad 80k plus of two 50k races next year will be a challenge if I want o have a crack at 2008.

Did you compete in 2006?

[Deleted User]

I didn't. A good friend did. He has lived in Chamonix all his life. Ascended Mt Blanc half a dozen times. Done many alpine marathons and cycle races. Had done thousands of miles on night runs in the mountain in training. He was in tears and ready to give up at km 120, 9000 feet up, at 3 am and after being rained on continuously for the previous 8 hours. He made it to the finish in 41 hours (which he was disappointed by!!!)

Dustboy

U R all as mad as a box of frogs. Why am I even reading this? Why have you made me enter Stratford? Why am I considering Windsor to follow it up when I have never done a Tri?

All this for a sodding yellow T shirt with a skull and crossbones and a silly smile.

3 years ago I was happily smoking 20 a day, had been for 30 years, drank like a fish and easily 70 units a week, lived off of fried sandwiches and dodgy takeaways and was 3 stone heavier. Happiness was face down in the gutter at 3am with your face in dog faeces and wondering why it didn't stink after 10 pints of speshy boo.

You have corrupted me, all of you.

However, I thank you all for keeping me alive. I think.

Hollywood (busy on runsaturday.com)

Dustboy - when you do Windsor, you can really drink like a fish.

[Deleted User]

Go on DB, you know you want to!

The Trickster

If anyone wants a buff please put your name down on this thread :-

http://www.runnersworld.co.uk/forum/forummessages.asp?dt=4&UTN=76472&last=1&V=6&SP=

If we can get the order up to 50 we can get them cheaper.

[Deleted User]

Well, got the confirmation email this week, so I now really really REALLY need to learn to swim!

Maddy.

fecking 'ell its expensive!!!

GoldStar Mdot

OOh, I'm in this one (not a pirate though but got a yellow and black bike) )).

Give a wave as you all whizz by!

The Trickster

If your bike is yellow and black it will be one of the fastest.

If you do want to do this one entries are going fast - an email from HR recently said that over 1,400 slots had already gone.

[Deleted User]

Almost 1600 entries now, there were only 1500-ish finishers last year so it must be almost full.

I've only just realised that the bike racking has to be done the day before for this event. Windsor is just far enough away for that to be a pain in ar*e, but not quite far enough to justify booking a hotel overnight....dammit!

[Deleted User]

I know this is the LAST place to look for sensible comments but....

I'm down for Austria on the 8th July and this is then third weekend before and perhaps the start of my taper so:
Saturday - do a last long bike ride, finish in Windsor, rack the bike and take the train home
Sunday do the Oly on tired legs?

[Deleted User]

Yeah, no problem. As long as you don't really "race" on Sunday but take it as a 3-stage base-level brick I would have thought you'll be fine. You should be conditioned to cope with 3 hours of exertion with no trouble by that time.

[Deleted User]

That is what I thought, I will be too tired from the long ride the day before to really race but that is probably a good thing!

Did anybody do similar last year? I'm sure I remember somebody talking about doing the same.

GoldStar Mdot

The bike might be fast but not with me on it unfortunately!! (

Hoping to go close to 2:40 (hrs that is not time of day), so no great shakes.

Firestar

I got an email today saying that they were about to close the entries for this so if you're umming and ahhing, get on with it now!

Cartman

just posted mine off today.. hope he doesn't mind taking payment in norn iron funny notes :S

Dustboy

1. If you wear yellow and black in summer and hate wasps, you WILL be fast. A wasp can fly at 35mph. Never used that 21st gear before?

2. I walked past the Thames at Hampton last night. Er, currents, eddies, undertow, need a tow, bashed a toe and probably Cabletow if I looked but crikey it looked a dangerous place.

Or is that because its tidal there?

The Trickster

It is slightly tidal but nothing too drastic. Keep in to the bank on the way up and in the middle on the way back down.

Bouncing Barlist

Bear in mind the thames will be quite high at the moment with all the rain we've had in the last week.

Oh im in, entered ages ago and have confirmation.

Bouncing Barlist

Incidentally Windsor is a week before the RFL duathlon

Iron Tractor Boy

Added myself to the list as I got the confirmation email.

Competitors:

Firestar
Barley
Leo M
Gavo
FB
Petal
Shiraz
Hollywood
Dermot
TW
GregW
Team Hurtmore
AATTB

[Deleted User]

Dustboy - the Thames at Hampton is insanely high at the moment. The path between Hampton Court bridge and Molesey Lock (on the Molesey side) is submerged under 6 inches of water. It's normaly at least 1.5 foot lower.