Feels good! I am halfway through the 2012 season now! :-)- IM 70.3 South Africa (1/2 IM) - CHECK- Biking down 80 miles from Langley to Brighton and then running Brighton Marathon immediately afterwards (good IM training...) - CHECK- IM Lanzarote (full IM) - CHECK- Wiggle Dragon Ride bike sportive (136 miles, 11,000 vertical feet) - CHECK- Challenge Aarhus (1/2 IM) - CHECK- IM Frankfurt... (full IM) - CHECKFor the rest of the season I am looking to do:- Spartan Race UK 10K - 22 July - Norseman... Read full post

Ironman Frankfurt / Ironman European Championship 2012 - 8 July 2012
After a spell of hot days, the water temperature was getting very close to 24.5C (the upper limit allowed for wetsuit swims), and it looked like it might end up being a non-wetsuit swim. Luckily, it cooled down a little before the race, and it started raining, so the temperature stayed below the limit. Many of us could now relax, especially less talented swimmers such as myself. With almost 3,000 swimmers in a fairly small... Read full post

OK as ready as I can be I think! Ironman Frankfurt / Ironman European Championship tomorrow 8 July! Swim start at 07.00 am CET. Start number 2492. Aiming for 10'ish hour finish time... Wish me luck!
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** 18:18 after having waited on Avis coming back with a solution for a couple of hours:OK I know this sounds crazy, but I managed to get myself and my colleague/fellow IM Frankfurt competitor locked out of our rental car in Germany (a French Renault Scenic), with the car key in the car, and absolutely all of our belongings in the car as well. Money, phones, bikes, luggage. One of those nice keyless entry systems which are great when they work, but getting back into the car is virtually... Read full post