I am sorry to hear that Monique has decided to do a half deca IM competion.
I feel for you, no really I do. I realise you are going to be in a world of pain, what with Mon getting more and more tired and grumpy. I would suggest the following survival techniques.
Learn to sleep with your eyes open thus kidding her you are being attentive
Hire the Major to bring a load of his Ghurka chaps, they must be good sherpas.
Buy the nations supply of Freddy Frogs
Feign death, or at least a serious Neural illness prior to the event.
Invest in a deep fat fryer and take up the oxy challenge. A one handed sherpa is next to useless.
Get yourself imprisoned, or failing that join the Navy.
If however you find that none of these ploys are successful please do not ring or mail me under any circumstances. I would feel obliged to come if asked, so Im telling you now .... DONT ASK.
I would rather boil my buttocks in a bowl of custard than support a 5x....
as a new wearer of yellow/black lycra, I am getting more and more concerned with the level of insanity being displayed by thiose that have been wearing it for a few years........
thats like saying I'm gonna swim 13 miles ride a bike for nearly 600 hundred miles then run something like 130 miles, I suppose 5 x IM can't be that bad
good luck Mon. I remember a chat with you at IMCH in 2005 when you said you wanted to do the Deca sometime just to see "what it feels like psychologically"........I thought you were barking then, and I think you're barking now but if anyone can do this, you can
FB- When you get amongst the likes of Tony Raynor, Dave Clamp et al it seems the most natural normal thing in the world, the deca is for the following year now. Just like Pirating has made IM a normal thing to do of a Sunday morning
I think if you look at the way the challenges have got bigger for many of us since starting the pirate thing, normal is not a word that describes any of us
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This is going to lead to one heck of a laminated spreadsheet.........
The swim should be fairly straightforward...Bodmin pool is quite nice.
The bike is neither flat nor wind-free.
The run is neither flat nor wind-free.
Lovely part of the world, but not for a penta...
Yip me too, I'll be there at some point to support too!
Dear Dave,
I am sorry to hear that Monique has decided to do a half deca IM competion.
I feel for you, no really I do. I realise you are going to be in a world of pain, what with Mon getting more and more tired and grumpy. I would suggest the following survival techniques.
If however you find that none of these ploys are successful please do not ring or mail me under any circumstances. I would feel obliged to come if asked, so Im telling you now .... DONT ASK.
I would rather boil my buttocks in a bowl of custard than support a 5x....
lots of love and caring thoughts....
as a new wearer of yellow/black lycra, I am getting more and more concerned with the level of insanity being displayed by thiose that have been wearing it for a few years........
penta!!
Lol Bassy
Everytime I think of joining the pirates you find a new crazy thing to do which un-nerves me slightly!
5 x IM
thats like saying I'm gonna swim 13 miles ride a bike for nearly 600 hundred miles then run something like 130 miles, I suppose 5 x IM can't be that bad
Surely that would take all day though.
If you can promise that it won't rain I'll come and support just to see if it can be done
If you are seriously going to do it you'll get my support you nutter
Nam It's the 5th of June,
And thanks everyone for all the offers if Dave follows any of Bassy's advice I will need it.
multiple IM, hardcore ultras, channel swims, etc
IM is the R4L for many now
It really is only me* and Mon who enjoy this isn't it?
[*in a supporting role]