i would say the bike at the vit is a bit harder than bala but the swim and the run are easier. the swim is the easiest I have done - shallow, very well marked, enough people to draft /not feel lonely but a long way from a washing machine. bala swim is quite hard i think - very cold and sort of big - you can feel as though you are the only one left in the water. it was better this year when the senior men went in the second wave so they over took me (er.....before i'd even got to the turn around point!)
lol! didn't we go last in the swim? my memory isn't what it used to be
the Vit run is easier too - lots of people because of it being two laps so not lonely like Bala, and not those enormous hills and spongy straw to run through at the end just when you think your legs are about to drop off
in 2006 it was women+old men first; in 2007 the other way round. do you mean you failed to cop a feel as the fast boys went past? though, with one or two of them, skinny as they are, it would be like feeling up a bicycle
the vit has lots of more waves. yes i remember male waves going first. me, fb, petal and debbo had substantial time to pee down the legs of our wetsuits and compare transit time.
I was getting confused there and thought you were talking about the Vit, not Bala for the men going past, but no, I didn't 'cop a feel' - or if I did I didn't notice as my hands were numb
Meldy are you implying that BtS and Symes can't swim?
I'm worried about my pee transit time - I think my wetsuit is too tight
Hmm considering this... haven't done a tri: will be doing a tri in July, 2 1/2maras in Oct and this seems to fit as an end of year target (have to IM next year )
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2.5?
done! sold to the lady in the school boy's hat
lol! didn't we go last in the swim? my memory isn't what it used to be
the Vit run is easier too - lots of people because of it being two laps so not lonely like Bala, and not those enormous hills and spongy straw to run through at the end just when you think your legs are about to drop off
Men went second at Bala last year, think it may well be the same set again this year.
At the Vit, I think the men went first. If my memory is correct.
in 2006 it was women+old men first; in 2007 the other way round. do you mean you failed to cop a feel as the fast boys went past? though, with one or two of them, skinny as they are, it would be like feeling up a bicycle
cept Bryan and Symes
You only waved to me when I went passed you on the bike
Or was that some other of hand gesture?
I was getting confused there and thought you were talking about the Vit, not Bala for the men going past, but no, I didn't 'cop a feel' - or if I did I didn't notice as my hands were numb
Meldy are you implying that BtS and Symes can't swim?
I'm worried about my pee transit time - I think my wetsuit is too tight
the Vit always puts the ladeez and old farts (45+) together
I'm worried about my pee transit time - I think my wetsuit is too tight
well, I am pretty sure isn't because your legs are too long
true, which makes it even worse, as mine should have been the quickest owing to being nearest to the ground to start with
it's sad when being over 45 makes you an old fart
that's not a problem most girls have Barlos
you can't convince me to buy a skin
PMSL.... Most blokes dress to the left, so overtake on the right!
One of those things you learn in a boarding school!
Or I could have said, my tailor told me!
I might stick my toe in the water for this one again. Might be a nice one to focus on for after Nice.
Just need to sort out the finances.
Yeahhh I missed not having you there to beat me last year