This is getting silly...

[andygates]

...I mean, me, the baby-eating Bishop of Bath and Wells, at a triathlon training camp? With my reputation?

Sunday, Wellington. A chance to work out what the hell happens at transitions, and ride the route so I can gauge what gear to put on the fixie. Just barely enough time for a bike day and a Saturday swim. Holy crap, that got very real very suddenly!

I'm not there to leer at tri girlies. Really, I'm not. 'ello darlin', your number's a bit smudged, let me touch it up for you...

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[arabis.livejournal.com]

Ugh, that sounds like hard work. Hope you'll enjoy it though.

[thudthwacker.livejournal.com]

...so I can gauge what gear to put on the fixie.

You're doing the triathlon on a fixie? Now, I'm no bike-rider (indeed, it took effort to type "fixie" -- I have a minorly irrational problem with using slang to which, in my mind, I have no rights), but aren't fixed-gear bikes (See? Couldn't make myself do it twice.) usually used more for training than competition? You and ravenfamily_sam were talking about them a bit, so I looked them up, but didn't really do what you might be tempted to call "research."

Oh...

[andygates.livejournal.com]

My race pack just arrived and it's shorter than I thought - some mile/km confusion here. 200m swim / 13k bike / 2.6k run. Turns out I was psyching for the Sprint. The Novice is, I have to say, so short that I think I can charge at it shouting "blaaaaaaargh!" and have a good chance.

And damn, probably end up doing a Sprint in June..!