I would disagree about crappy road surfaces at IMWales - compared to where I live in the SE, they are positively smooth! but sure - nowhere near the billiard ball smoothness of IM Switzerland or Austria (or Challenge Roth)
Crappy weather? I love the British weather because we get ... weather. Might not say that after 112 miles on a bike in 30mph gales with hailstones, mind you.
I would challenge you to come over to IMNZ. We take your drizzle and occasional potholes and we laugh at it. Come here and get 140kph winds, a lake that had people surfing on the waves and a road surface that shakes bikes to bits with it's gravel and rough surface.
Bonus of the UK though, you actually get to race......
Crappy weather? I love the British weather because we get ... weather. Might not say that after 112 miles on a bike in 30mph gales with hailstones, mind you.
Ask the guys dragged off the bike with hypothermia in mid June at Bala Middle Distance last year.
A friend of mine has managed it before so I think it should be ok. I know its not what the rules say but it is doable none the less. If anyone has got a spare entry for the Bolton Iron Man can you let me know. The time to be able to defer entry or get a partial refund is over so if someone has got an entry they can not use I will happily take it and arrange a price for it rather than it going to waste.
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Tim - the UK ones tend not to sell out so quickly, you should be fine getting into IMW.
I would challenge you to come over to IMNZ. We take your drizzle and occasional potholes and we laugh at it. Come here and get 140kph winds, a lake that had people surfing on the waves and a road surface that shakes bikes to bits with it's gravel and rough surface.
Bonus of the UK though, you actually get to race......
Does anyone know anyone who has a spare entry for the Bolton Ironman event this year that they are not using? If so can you get in touch please.
Peter
A friend of mine has managed it before so I think it should be ok. I know its not what the rules say but it is doable none the less. If anyone has got a spare entry for the Bolton Iron Man can you let me know. The time to be able to defer entry or get a partial refund is over so if someone has got an entry they can not use I will happily take it and arrange a price for it rather than it going to waste.
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