going4it

We did it

leighmitchell — Mon, 13 Jun 2011 10:21:38 +0000

Race completed, 58 hours, we did it! After finishing we went for a meal and stayed overnight in a hotel – bliss. Nick is a happy bunny Sent from my Blackberry

Nearly there

leighmitchell — Sun, 12 Jun 2011 16:26:53 +0000

Weather still raging, 6 miles to go now…
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Weather 2

leighmitchell — Sun, 12 Jun 2011 14:49:45 +0000

15:30 and the weather is horrendous. We have a violent storm that started about 12hrs ago and has been worsoning ever since.

The tent is letting in large amounts of water and we’ve had to take down the gazebo before it took off!

The tent next to ours has been blown to bits by the winds and the couple have gone home as the athlete husband had retired from his race anyway.

Nick is still plodding round and has about 14 miles to go now.

He’s been in for medical attention to some nasty blisters but apart from that, and sore feet he’s fine and still in good spirit but we’ll all be glad when this is over!

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Weather!

leighmitchell — Sun, 12 Jun 2011 09:16:46 +0000

09:45 day 3 (Sunday). A long time since my last update. Nick’s mobile phone ran out of power. I’ve managed to charge it now.

Everything going great. Bike leg completed without a hitch. Nick even stopped for some time to help a fellow competitor (who was ahead of him!).

Run leg now under way.

Nick had a second scheduled 45-minute sleep at 3am and all.went well.

Rain has really set in now, its bucketing down with no let-up in prospect. However, Nick is in good spirits and has buddied up with someone and they’re going round together, having a good chat.

2 marathons distance completed all is well – apart from the RAIN and WIND of course )

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Going great

leighmitchell — Sat, 11 Jun 2011 11:09:49 +0000

Its 12:04 and Nick is going great. He’s on lap 24, 5 more to go. Nick has just had a bacon and cream cheese roll. Its fun making snacks as calorific as possible ) The sun is now shining and we are smiling.

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Half way through cycling

leighmitchell — Sat, 11 Jun 2011 02:37:36 +0000

Its 03:30 and Nick has completed 15 laps of cycling, ahead of schedule and has had a 45minute power nap. He’s a bit cold but doing well. Half way through cycling. Sent from my Blackberry

A third of the cycling done

leighmitchell — Fri, 10 Jun 2011 21:49:45 +0000

11 laps of the cycling done, that’s a third out of the way.

Its been lashing down with rain which made it cold and difficult to see but its cleared up for the time being and Nick has had some fish n chips which has cheered him up.

Two cattle grids on the circuit rattle the bones and Nick has lost a spare tyre due to the vibrations. Sent from my Blackberry

Swim went well

leighmitchell — Fri, 10 Jun 2011 15:58:07 +0000

Swim completed in 4hrs 10mins(with a long walk up to transition area), so ahead of schedule. Water cold but not too bad. Weather holding off.

So far so good.

A change of plan

leighmitchell — Fri, 10 Jun 2011 15:29:37 +0000

7pm last night at the race briefing, there was a change of plan. The race was supposed to start Friday at 2pm but it was changed to 8am so it was a bit of a scrabble to get ready in time.

Had a poor night’s sleep but weather not too bad.

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Everyone says the Triple is going to be hard

leighmitchell — Thu, 09 Jun 2011 09:44:18 +0000

So, here we are, settling in to the crazy `universe` of endurance racing. We`ve been watching the deca-ironman competitors, wow, these guys are awesome. There were 20 starters, but now at day 7 there are only four left competing. Most retirements have been down to medical reasons, such as hypothermia, and infections, these guys don’t give up unless they’re told to by the medic. Phenomenal!

Everyone says its a tough course and its taking a lot longer to complete than expected. Everyone keeps saying ”Oh, you’re doing the triple? That’s going to be hard…”