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But the more I think about it the more I can't face doing the training again. I love running that's not a problem.
I love swimming but it really affects me, it took me 10 hours to get over the bunged up feeling caused by yesterday's swim and the constant runny nose as well it's like having a permanent cold.
And I just hate cycling.
Right I've just convinced myself that IM races are off and thinking about it this could very well be my triathlon farewell. Back to Bob Graham training I guess.
Ironmans like anything else, they are only as hard as you make them.
The swim is easy all you are doing is lying down and moving your arms a bit.
And on the bike you get to sit down and eat for 5-7 hours, easy.
Then you've got to run a marathon, which is the thing that will niggle be as I walked some of my IM marathon, that's why I wanted to do another one, just to complete the run.
The thing with the Bob Graham Round is as long as you finish within 24 hours it doesn't matter if you walked (probably wont walk properly for weeks after tho)
Right that's settled.
Quimby - I promised myself a marathon before I was 40 and did Abingdon last year, was thinking of an ultra next year or 40 races for my 40th year, could possibly talk myself into an IM though:-)
Marshallini - do you think it's cos the pool's too chlorinated? I have much less of a problem in the pool at my gym than I did in the council pool.
OK, found it. It's called Beconase Nasal Spray. <dislaimer> Read instructions, check for contraindications, probably don't recommend extended use... etc etc </disclaimer>.
I did more meters in the pool during January '04 than Feb,Mar,Apr and May put together because of it.
New bike course, I measure it at 6.2 miles (assuming I've followed the route details correctly) and I don't know how it compares for hills either.
I still have no idea where the run goes though or how good/bad, road/offroad it is.
I guess I'll find out on the day.
Thanks for the picture Quimby - will definitely look out for you at the start and finish as unlikely to be near you any other time! I think I can safely say that I shall be the only competitor (I use the term loosely) on a Townsend Avalanche in light metallic blue:-)
I shall be on a blue/grey Trek 1000, but I suspect they're a little more common.
I'll be on a blue, white and black Fausto Coppi Torino with yellowy orange tyres.
Marshallini - hope you're feeling a bit better too. I was thinking if you can't rack until ten minutes before the off isn't it just going to get really crowded if everyone is trying to register at 0700hrs? How do these things work normally?
Hope everyone's feeling a bit brighter today :-)
LMH - My friend's doing mental health nursing at the moment. She probably does more hours than I do as a med student but I'm sure there'll be plenty of time to fulfill the ironman ambitions!
Does anyone know how far the run is now that the course has changed?
Still, should be a good day!
I'm feeling better, not a lot, but enough. I will be there.
I'm guessing you can register anytime before you're scheduled to start, obviously it makes sense for that to be at least 20 minutes, I'm not off till 08:08 but I'll register as soon as I get there, hopefully about 07:00 (05:30 depart from home).
Then you go away and get everything sorted then show up again 10 mins before you start and rack your bike and wait at poolside.
I'm still guessing and I don't know how much room they do have for T1, but because the first two or three waves of swimmers will take longer than 10 minutes they'll need room for upto 20 bikes, but once things are underway you'll be filling spaces vacated by people who've completed the swim and set off on the bike.
It should get smoother as the race progress and the swim times come down.
For T1 what happens to your towel etc when you have set off on the bike? do they clear it away for you?
Glad to hear you're feeling a bit better
As it looks like it's going to be raining tomorrow you won't stay dry very long anyway, but I do know how hard it is to get a dry top on over a wet body.
For T2 I am dithering about whether to take a little hand-held bottle of water/sports drink. When I'm running hard I like to have something to dampen my mouth if it gets a bit, erm, claggy is probably the politest word I can think of - ideally I would be able to spit, but I just can't. If I leave the bottle in my shoes, though, I fear leakage. So I guess that means it'll have to be water, not sports drink.
Also starting to worry about handing my bike over at T2 - where will they take it? Will they have some sort of system to match you to your bike so they know it's yours when you collect it? Normally your bike has a number as well as you, and they have to match before you're allowed to take your bike.
On a more positive note, we had a quick trip up to Matlock this morning to check out the lay of the land. The pool is right next door to Somerfield, and there is parking for about 125 there. Parking costs 20p from 10pm to 8am, then it's supposed to be short stay only - 2 hours? But if it's not open on a Sunday we should be OK. (Should have gone in and checked, shouldn't I?) There is also plenty of on-street parking in the area, though.
We had a look at the park and identified the bandstand where we finish. Also located the toilets - although whether they'll be open early I don't know. There is an excellent chippy over the road from the park - a few doors away from Woolies. (I was carbo-loading, OK?)
We then drove back through Matlock Bath and boggled at the HUGE queue of traffic on the other side of the road - everyone seemed to be trying to get to Abraham's Heights. We should be OK at the time we'll be travelling tomorrow, though!
- 17 - BexManc
17 - Not Greased Lightning
21 - Little Miss Happy
46 - Quimby
50 - mark*w (Mr LMH)
68 - marshallini
Quimby - no worries with my bike, can't see anyone else claiming it unless they're a collector of antiques! Likely to be unique too:-) Wonder if Somerfield is open with it being a BH? Any parking at the pool?
Marshallini - glad to hear that you're feeling better.
Bexmanc - hadn't thought of that - will take a disposable towel!
Really didn't see any parking at the pool itself - there are about 12 spaces opposite, in front of a place called Imperial Court or something.