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And for those first timers having a major wibble on Saturday 30th June, I notice they have set aside an hour in the race programme for prayer
. I think by then, I may even be tempted 
BB....you'll be fine I'm sure, don't think you'll need divine intervention, you looked good 6 weeks ago so just enjoy yourself and i'll be hurling abuse at you with SA, Jordy and co and everyone as they go past the bike feedstation...
Nice list Max .....totally fekkin useless on the feed station.....
Feedstation Volunteers List
Warm clothes
wellies (you never know)
waterproofs (just in case)
Cakes
Biscuits
More cakes
Gallons of booze to make the bottle throwing easier
Camping chair to sit on if you get the chance
Well I can honestly say I would not be able to race with all that kit because for me THE most important item is missing.
Sports Bra!!!
Good last long bike at the weekend, 135km bike into 5km run in 6 hours. Was supposed to do my last long run last night but it didn't happen and I think at this stage it's cutting it a bit fine so I will leave it. My bike gets shipped to Austria this weekend!
Bruv perhaps i should have added to the list:
Working bike - not needing a last minute service
Well i have tempted fate- as last year was gonna be my last IM (ha ha) i threw my lucky IM sun hat into the crowd at the finish
Ah yes wet wipes...
I wont go into the having to wash my bike shorts in the loo of a pub outside Chorley at IMUK in 2010, or the 17 minutes T2, where I needed a quick shower to clean myself up before I stuck run shorts on... Thank Dog I don't wear a trisuit
I still have nightmares about handing my brand new bike to a woman in a pub car park and saying "Hang on to that I need the loo".... Not sure what th einsurance company would have said if it hadn't been there when I got back ?
That loo in the car park at the start of the river bank..... I staggered out and some poor woman on the feed station said "They could hear that at the finish line" !!! I felt wonderful afterwards tho
My mate had "digestion issues" on the run in Lanzarote this year. He was seriously dehydrated, and whipped out his manhood to pee, unfortunately at the same time that his stomach exploded and he threw up all over said manhood and surrounding area.
Luckily it didn't have carrots in it.
If it's set up the same as last year, there's no portaloos at the first food station on the bike. Don't say I didn't tell you if you plough in there looking for blessed relief, only to have to hobble back to your bike and try to make it to FS2!
IMUK 2010 I used hedges, behind a wall and a couple of pubs....
Oh yeah.... and if you're wearing your pirate kit, don't use the portaloos in the transition area. Strange things have happened
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3km open water swim at Salford last night. Sooooo much easier in a wetsuit, where the basic laws of flotation look after themselves and my hefty little legs don't act like an anchor. Saw AN Other pirate there who was swimming so wonderfully slowly that he might have made better progress by taking his swim hat off, and using it as a sail.
Fat Monitor says I've lost no weight, but fat's down to 9.8%. After a little browse of that "Racing Weight" book by Matt Fitzgerald, i'm going to try for 8% by race day.
Mt only had one problem in that department as well and that wasn't even a tri was Manchester cycle ride. Poor Frodo was right behind me to poor thing.
Plan for the worst and race for the best chuck. Any problems and the rest of us will help anyway we can.
STIL........that wa proberbly Horse you saw at Salford Quays.
I greatly admire his patience, Razor!
Immodium.....how long does it last for, and what happens when it wears off and 15hrs of gels arrive en masse?
45min run this morning, and 3 laps OW tonight. Eating less this week.
Cat. Pooey pooey yuk yuk time.
1st OW of the year tonight. Yay. Went for the straight 1500 loop, got scared at 200M, fought it off, attacked by laser guided weed debris at 750M, turned and realised its a fecking long way back but the footie is on so tucked in and piled on back. Even overtook a couple of swimmers!
Had to stop a few times to rest back but all in all a successful 1st outing. Now to do it in the morning at the weekend.!
No side effects for me just finish the race saunter over to a portaloo and fill it
Max: Kill it with Vit C.
Will have a splash in the pool at lunch, swimming in the sea is too hot! Still have myself doing 9 hours this week, but it seems very little after previous weeks. Only 8 days until I leave the sandpit for 5 weeks
Load of sh@t at work this week means no training so far
Can anyone who has camped before tell me whether any food is available on the campsite/nearby or do i have to bring my camping stove?
SLIM: Just reccie the local chippy