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Chasing the Kona dream and a Mai Tai cocktail
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Me, well i am a little teapot. I heard you are going through shorts and trousers at an alarming rate, care to share with the online masses:rolleyes:Thats a good one, which one of the little lads thought that one up?
Ack i do you are a great bunch of loons. I will wait and see but for now ditching it short term.Ditch logging??? :eek::eek::eek::eek: You don't love us???
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In my own mind i am an uber fish in reality i am a faster slow swimmer. Still lots to go. I will do a sub 60 IM swim before i die, promise.griffin100 wrote: »Great report Fran. A nice way to end a season that started off so badly. Looking forward to drafting of you during the Monday night sessions in your new role as an uber fish
He is holidng the muffin in, he let out a big breath after the photo was taken and his wetsuit rolled all the way down to his ankles with the release of pressure.Great report JB and nice to see that MCOS has been taking posing tips from Celia Holmanlee C'mon Limerick!:)0 -
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Well, gosh, unless they have you standing on a milk crate, obi one isn't that much taller than you!!
Great report and nice racing. There's one thing for sure about you, JB...you've got heart and you give it your all. You're a brave man, well done.
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A report never does justice to the mindbending body crushing experience that is IM. Your report sounds cool and calm and determined but I bet the race was much more than you've put down here. I'm so glad to see you finish the year on a high, christ knows you've earned that. Youre an inspiration, weeman. 0
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I think i blinded a few people with the technicolour tri suit, you would slow down traffic with that colour scheme.:)couerdelion wrote: »Great Report JB. A great improvement in your PB too. Loving the kit!
Looking forward to a few beers alright no doubt i will have you bored regailing events from the race:)Well done Fran, really enjoyed the report and looking forward to hearing more about it over beers tomorrow night!Great read Jacky well done, Barcelona is definitely one on my radar in the coming years. Would you recommend it as
A. Somewhere you could spend a few days on holiday after
B. The race itself did it compare favorably to Bolton and Roth
C. Support for the race
D. Course difficulty
E. Easy to get there
A. Yes i would, plenty of nice coffee shops, nice crepes, usually good weather and the med to swim in. What more could you want.
B. In my book Barca is best for a few reasons. Bolton is ****, **** roads, not a big race feel, feel like you nare getting raped by the IM brand. Roth is a nice race but a logistical nightmare with split transitions. Barca, great roads, cracking swim location in the med, decent enough support, cheap to get to, cheap accom and everything in the one transition. You could literally be back in your hotel room after 20 mins of finishing the race, do not under estimate that. A big thumbs up from me and one i would recommend.
C. In places good
D. I would consider it a fast enough course, wind can play a huge part on the bike though with it being along the coast. A sub 8 course if the big guns ever raced it problem is 2nd and 3rd tier pros only racing there at the moment.
E. Take your pic, Ryanair/Aerlingus and you have options of flying into Barca/Girona.
I take it with all these questions you are contemplating it:) Entries open!!
Make sure you bring your handbag.Nice one Fran, great pb. Looking forward to the post Roth drinks we have been promising ourselves!
Make sure you bring ID with you tomorrow!A report never does justice to the mindbending body crushing experience that is IM. Your report sounds cool and calm and determined but I bet the race was much more than you've put down here. I'm so glad to see you finish the year on a high, christ knows you've earned that. Youre an inspiration, weeman.
Less of the weeman ye here:). I think the photo in the race report shows that Tunney has been telling fibs about my dwarfism/gnomism, I am slightly above average at 5ft 71/2 (the half is important).0 -
Savage race JB! Huge congrats - I can't even begin to fathom the pain of the marathon on top of those additional 6/7 hours! Loved your report - your powers of description made me feel like I was in the pain cave with you and I may have diluted my coffee with a tear or two at the emotion of it all! Enjoy the recovery (my God you deserve it!!) and best of luck with the next goal 0
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Aliya Wailing Bench wrote: »I take it with all these questions you are contemplating it:) Entries open!!
I am as I like the time of year it is at - would be able to do a few of the good races in Ireland and the Humbert as a lead up to it rather than long winter turbo sessions and freezing my nads off in Tri an Mhi
Will be more looking at 2014 though unless the family circumstances masterplan unexpectedly change 0 -
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I am waiting till I am confident of beating your time, hence postponement after postponement after postponement.
By 2014 though I will be the fastest Ironman in Corbally (north as well as South)
You better be thinking 10:30 or faster so because I'll be doing one in 2014 too and 10:30 will be the target!!! 0 -
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Just read your own exploits in Berlin, a 45min pb and a 3:08 is very impressive. You made it sound so easy that there is certainly more improvements to come. For those who don't follow the dark side this race report is certainly worth a read on how to run a marathon.Savage race JB! Huge congrats - I can't even begin to fathom the pain of the marathon on top of those additional 6/7 hours! Loved your report - your powers of description made me feel like I was in the pain cave with you and I may have diluted my coffee with a tear or two at the emotion of it all! Enjoy the recovery (my God you deserve it!!) and best of luck with the next goal
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Go for it and tell the missus after.I am as I like the time of year it is at - would be able to do a few of the good races in Ireland and the Humbert as a lead up to it rather than long winter turbo sessions and freezing my nads off in Tri an Mhi
Will be more looking at 2014 though unless the family circumstances masterplan unexpectedly change
In fairness conditions were perfect at 20 degrees, we even had some rain towards the end of the bike and a bit of cloud cover. CW should just man up, sign up and get it done:)Very enjoyable read JB. Congrats again! :cool:
What was the temperature like on the day. I totally agree with all your points to CW about the race. The wind seems to get stronger as the morning progresses. A bit of a killer for the weaker cyclists.
As for CW, he's talking through his ar$e. He was supposed to go long this year, then it was next year & now it's 2014. I'll believe it when I see his name on an entry list! :P
Apology accpeted:)Apologies for calling you wee, man. I can now see you are a statuesque figure of a man, a full one-and-half inches taller than me.C0ck, c0ck, c0ck.
Just realised I can abuse you tonight about being slower and shorter than me. Just shorter. Buggery.
Lol unless you have got lipo the last while i can get away with calling you fat & slow this evening. Should be some craic, bring a spare pair of jeans just in case you rip another pair!!0 -
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Read your report a couple of times today, well done and thanks for it. It was a pleasure meeting you and your better half, ther y'aar noiy Very pleased for you that you got your mojo back again. I'll be sure to have my bikeand runners in the car if I'm knocking around your neck of the woods
Enjoy the pacing gig!0 -
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