So it's 5 mile swim, 225 mile bike & 52 mile run - there is a 35 hour cutoff so it's a continuous event, rather than the ultraman which is split over 3 days. I'm planning to beat a time a club mate did 2 years ago (27.50) - it's a bit arbitrary .... but good to have some goal to focus on.
The main issues will be cycling ALL through the night (I think I'll be cycling from 6pm to 9am) and then tackling the double marathon. I've done the 52 miles before in ultras, so I feel confident, but with a race like this - you just can't tell until you're there and have already swum 5 and cycled 225! I'm very prone to cramp too so we'll have to see how that goes as well....
I'm very lucky to have supportive parents & fiancee who'll be writing off their weekend to stand around in the dark and try to make me eat food. It's a 'thankless' task (I do thank them ... obviously) .. but without a decent crew, these events are a lot tougher. If anyone is interested - I'll try to get Mrs skoptic to update this thread at some point during the race
I'll be wearing my vegan cyclist top and vegan runners top for as much of the race as possible ... whoop!
Roll on next week....
