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Triple (yes triple) Ironman lunacy this weekend
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Pathetic race report follows
I "Lived the dream" that was the triple.
Yes I came back with more americanisms, better than the Yehaw! I got in florida. It took me all weekend to get from rubbish to trash and pertol to gas but managed to Surge (power word of a certain soloist I managed to hold back all race long), very quickly.
The swim was hard considering I was used to salt water helping me out. The Canadian team swapped over each two laps (1300m) and I managed to stay neck and neck till the second last lap. I lost 2 mins in 1300m. Also remember both of them continued on to the bike and run. They made me work for that swim.
I missed the start of Lindi's bike as I was getting one of my many massages. But took over sherpa duties in the evening when Candy and Mel went 'around the corner' to ATM, which I might point out was 21 miles away. I was up all night with Mel while Candy slept, force feeding Lindi. Julian (crew from Richie another brit) joined us as we relocated our base forward. We each took turns for a sleep, (about an hour and a hald each). By morning Lindi was finished and fed up with peanut butter bagels.
Candy started running in the early hours of saturday and I will leave the rest to him, but we all got about another hours sleep that night, Lindi came back on duty that evening. I started crewing more for a soloist as his one man band crew sort of fell apart.
All I will say is if there are a couple of teams going next year then the crew can share more and make it easier on all. Massive amout of food and energy gunk eaten all weekend.
And '10' refers to where you are on the happy scale.
Congratulations to all involved.
Hope you are all recovering well.
I can post Lindi's report when I get home. It's concise, to say the least.
With this double-speak from Melissa, I have to think she's doing a really nice job acting sane while in my presence. I'll send her to the loony bin this weekend to be checked out. She swears she has gotten some sleep, even.
Zuppy- you walkin' okay?
Yeagermeister - I thought I did quite well considering the limited vocab on offer!
Good news - I can now wear my jeans and sit with my legs crossed - the wonder of savlon!
Hope to be back on a bike by the weekend
twisted? says the girl with a little bit of added ultra!
no, not a little bit......
I couldnt begin to imagine the state of ones undercarriage !!!
gorgeous lake
delicate crush
I stink
am delirious
little sleep
Lindi is right- it's a great report when all she had to use was my magnetic poetry kit. Besides, her mental capacity probably wasn't up to making much more sense...
photos from the weekend... I only took about 5. And three were absolute crap.Then there was Lindi's creative moment...
Candy on the run #1
Candy on the run #2
Lindi's refrigerator magnet race report
Wow Lindi, what a recovery!! Jeans too!!
Well added to that I feel wonderful, still not walking well or pain free but that should take awhile.
Surge baby surge
Can't do the double obviously - too gaylord. That's worse than a year of sprints and a year of olympics, innit?!
(Don't keep stopping every lap and showing Zuppy 'the hand', like one competitor did..!)
Well one I did derserve the hand as I told her to get off her ass and start moving. If you have time to stand around and chat with your crew then you should be moving. You sit in half sleep or sit while your being worked on, other than that you have to be in motion.
As for my dearest doing the triple, not really an option as there is no trailer park or gun range for me to disappear to.
oi - get off my territory......