In the restaurant tonight, For some reason a table of IMers were glaring at me as they ate their bowls of pasta and dranks their coke..... could have been the bottle of red me amd the missus were sipping
Everyone has gone to bed.... no stamina these piratey types
Breakfast at 4:30... fuck. Better set the alarm for 4:25 then
Game over all too soon for me, I'm afraid. Think I chose the wrong pen to start from (1hr10?!). Started off & jumped in to be immediately landed on. Couldn't get a clean stroke in at all. The ones in front were too slow (feet in my face) and the ones behind were crawling all over me and I got dunked and punched more times than I care to remember. Lots of water swallowed and thought I was drowning at one point. Managed to swim over to the side to try to catch my breath, but even that was a struggle too. I expected some biff, but thought it would ease after 500 or so metres, it didn't. Every time I looked up I was struggling.
It was always going to be a very long day and I guess my heart just wasn't in it! I had looked forward to taking the piss out of crap swimmers! Guess I'm one of 'em now!
If I'd done the training I'd have been gutted. I'm just disappointed and feel I've let myself and some others down.
No miracle for me today, just a bloody expensive back pack! Thanks for your thoughts though!
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Sleep well all and see you on the beach. In true pirate fashion I bought a brand new (sleeveless) wetsuit today to try out tomorrow!!
That's awful, Meldy, I am so sorry. I hope you have a great time anyway.
... and go to bed, the rest of you!
Good luck all, will be viewing electronically!
Just read back about Meldy... How shit is that!
Everyone has gone to bed.... no stamina these piratey types
Breakfast at 4:30... fuck. Better set the alarm for 4:25 then
2197 to see me go backwards on the run
Would love to be with you all, just make sure you all race well and then drink well afterwards / on Monday
OC - are you sure it wasn't the huge burger you likely had in front of you they were glaring at
Goooooooooo Pirates!
Good luck pirates!!
Go pirates!
remember that first little hill is a bugger and if you're not in the right gear when you go round the corner you'll be walking
habe fun all you supporters, especially Melds
I shall have an awesome day
speedy pirate swimmers out on bike already!
Quite a few out now.
Golden boots, Pingu, flyaway, funkin, mouse, Cpt Jck Sparrow, RBM, Symes out the water.
Still waiting for Siggy
Bit late to the party, but GO PIRATES!
Meldy, that is just shite.
Nothing on tracker.
just back from camping.will look at tracker later/...........
go pirates......
meldy........you are always awesome...........
Game over all too soon for me, I'm afraid. Think I chose the wrong pen to start from (1hr10?!). Started off & jumped in to be immediately landed on. Couldn't get a clean stroke in at all. The ones in front were too slow (feet in my face) and the ones behind were crawling all over me and I got dunked and punched more times than I care to remember. Lots of water swallowed and thought I was drowning at one point. Managed to swim over to the side to try to catch my breath, but even that was a struggle too. I expected some biff, but thought it would ease after 500 or so metres, it didn't. Every time I looked up I was struggling.
It was always going to be a very long day and I guess my heart just wasn't in it! I had looked forward to taking the piss out of crap swimmers! Guess I'm one of 'em now!
If I'd done the training I'd have been gutted. I'm just disappointed and feel I've let myself and some others down.
No miracle for me today, just a bloody expensive back pack! Thanks for your thoughts though!
thats tough Siggy don't beat yourself up about it, it's just a bad day at the office. xx
Oh no Siggy, must have been hard if you were struggling Go and get some top supporting done instead.
Oh poop that's really tough. It must have been a nightmare
according to the tracker mr Funkin, goldon boots, Orange cannon and flyaway are all past the 144km on the bikes and are flying
Funkin is off the bike with a 5:23 bike split