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And Showtime isn't joking.

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Not cool. Goodluck with the recovery.

YES!!! Even better. The odds increased with 0.0000001% Only kidding. What's the latest update on your injury?

I'll be happy with 5:59:59.

Maybe its your lucky day and you walk away with a new Trek tt bike. Your odds will be 1:3000. So you will have a chance .

No man, you won't regret it come Sunday evening at the prize giving.

Hectic Fabes, at that pace you should finish the run in just over 15 months

That will be as close to perfect racing condition as you will get. I'll take that 50% before betting on the other 50%.

That will be a massive tailwind, but for everybody in your slip that will be a headwind.

My mother-in-law just made the cutt off last year and she never got on a road bike since.

But you've gained experience : )

One more week. Getting super excited for this.

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Yip, especially when you get to bunkers hill on the second lap in 30+ degrees heat. That's when the real mind games start me thinks. The only reason I didn't walk was because I tried to run away from the voices in my head. And the rookies are getting more nervous

which gives you a time advantage on the run as well

I'm also doing it with clip-ons this year after not using it last year. Even if there is no real time advantage, which I am sure there will be, it will be much more comfy to rest your arms on the clip-ons than sitting in the drops for almost 45km on the return. I can ride maybe 20mins in the drops before I have to sit up for a few minutes to relax the arms and hands and then become aerodynamic as a brick. So I am convinced there will be a time advantage.

I am excited, I want to go sub 6 hours after finishing just under 6h08 last year. I think my swimming and cycling is a bit better than last year, but I am not too confident looking at my goal times below. Swim 40min T1 7min Bike 3h10 T2 5min Run 1h55 Total 5h57, if I can do that, I will feel as if I've smashed the course.

The easterly wind will make the swim a bit tougher i.e. bigger swells, but it will help to cool down on the run. But I am sure the forecasts will change over the next couple of days.

Two weeks to race day! Time to look at the weather forecasts : )

It was perfect this morning. I'll be happy if it is the same in East London come the 20th of Jan.

Is it jellyfish spawning day at Hobie beach today? For a moment I thought it was a plague of blue bottles.

I also have 2XU shorts and give it a big . I still have to do a long ride in the Orca shorts (maybe tomorrow) before I can comment on that.

You get tri-shorts which has a smaller chamois so it is more comfy on the run. It is a bit of a swimming jammer, a bit of cycling shorts and a bit of running tights in one.