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'It is not the critic who counts; not the man who points out how the strong man stumbles, or where the doer of deeds could have done them better. The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena, whose face is marred by dust and sweat and blood; who strives valiantly; who errs, who comes short again and again, because there is no effort without error and shortcoming; but who does actually strive to do the deeds; who knows great enthusiasms, the great devotions; who spends himself in a worthy cause; who at the best knows in the end the triumph of high achievement, and who at the worst, if he fails, at least fails while daring greatly, so that his place shall never be with those cold and timid souls who neither know victory nor defeat.' Theodore Roosevelt 23 April 1910

Thursday, 5 June 2008

Sort of Packed and Sort of Ready!

Tonight was set aside for sorting all my kit out for the weekend. First off was the bike - change cassette (not even I am mad enough to tackle the Welsh hills with an 11-21!), fit bottle cages and spare tub and check everything worked - it did. Next it was time to lay all the other kit out - wetsuit .... now where did I put that after the Vitruvian last year? That's right, I haven't done any open water swimming since the Vit! Eventually I got everything together, including the tent, sleeping bags, air bed and pillows and managed a nice soak in the bath. Feeling very relaxed now.

A complete rest day again tomorrow and then an early start on Saturday. I want to get to Bala in plenty of time to register and drive the bike route before heading to the camp site for a gentle 20-25 minute run and get everything sorted before heading to a local pub/restaurant for dinner. Reg won't be there until late but the race doesn't start until 0930 so at least we don't have to get up at some completely ridiculous hour.

I have also packed a camera so hopefully will get some decent pics for the blog.

4 comments:

Kelda said...

That will slow your time down, stopping for pictures :-)

Seriously GOOD LUCK!

Sags said...

It's ok Kelda, Turbo Man will use his relaxed transition technique to take a few pics whislt he is sitting admiring the view!

Turbo Man said...

Reg will have family support along so maybe we can persuade them to take some pics of us actually racing.

I could always take my camera on the run - it's not as if I run fast enough to induce camera shake!

Daz Sharpe said...

how did it go Turbo? hope you had a good race. Did you do the business on the bike split?