Jesus' Blood, Never failed me yet.

[baldy]

I've got a triathlon in just two weeks and I can't fucking walk.

You need to swim, cycle and run. So no need to worry about the walking?
Need some healing vibes?

[The Duke]

You need to swim, cycle and run. So no need to worry about the walking

That's just the kind of inspiration I need.

Now if only you can come up with something to get around the running and cycling?

What's puzzling me is that swimming was my weakest event two months ago and now it is my strongest!

[The Duke]

Just cracked off a 20k ride on this ...

[xrodolfox]

That is a hot piece of metal.

[The Duke]

That is a hot piece of metal.

Nice isn't she? Cost me £650 including pedals and shoes.

[Mr. Cleetus]

Just think how fresh you'll be for the tri with the time off! Not always a bad thing. You probably won't lose any fitness - it'll just be in your head. What are the distances?

[Gelert]

Have a smartie you daft old wanker.

Nice bike.

[The Duke]

What are the distances?

It's nowt but a baby pool based sprint. It'll all be over after 90 minutes.

It's just a taster for the Olymipic Tris I've entered over the summer.

But it will be the first time that I have swam,cycled,run back to back without a break. Now I know the advice would be to try it before the event but the whole purpose of this little event is that that is the time I will try it for the first time. If I tried it before doing it then I've no need to do it eh?

I just need to relax about it and stop climbing the walls.

[The Duke]

Have a smartie you

I had some rather good codeine knocking about (which I became addicted to alarmingly quickly - it's a pain killer to be used with caution - there were very obvious withdrawel symptoms after just four days)

Nice bike.

It's one of the perks of doing a job that pays an acceptable salary my friend.

[Gelert]

It's one of the perks of doing a job that pays an acceptable salary my friend.

I have heard of these things in my readings, but never actually met anyone with one.

Codeine is one to watch as one of its metabolites is morphine.

A good one is 500mg paracetamol with 10 mg of codeine, I get prescribed that as a "my back is all fooked up at 0300h and I need to be able to crawl to the toilet to avoid swamping my pit" drug.

[The Duke]

A good one is 500mg paracetamol with 10 mg of codeine, I get prescribed that as a "my back is all fooked up at 0300h and I need to be able to crawl to the toilet to avoid swamping my pit" drug.

I had a few strips of 500/30s hanging about.

[Gelert]

A good one is 500mg paracetamol with 10 mg of codeine, I get prescribed that as a "my back is all fooked up at 0300h and I need to be able to crawl to the toilet to avoid swamping my pit" drug.

I had a few strips of 500/30s hanging about.

No wonder you're hooked then! May as well just give you a morphine autoinjector and be done with it.

I don't think you can get any more than 500/7.5 OTC any more. Would stop the kids whizzing around off their tits on Meow-meow (allegedly) if they did.

[Mr. Cleetus]

Now I know the advice would be to try it before the event but the whole purpose of this little event is that that is the time I will try it for the first time. If I tried it before doing it then I've no need to do it eh?

I just need to relax about it and stop climbing the walls.

nahhh, you'll have a great time. I think sprints are the most fun distance. It's all about fun, roight? I know several people who do an Ironman as their first ever tri. The sprint will be over before you know it - except maybe that last couple of kms of the run!

[The Duke]

No wonder you're hooked then! May as well just give you a morphine autoinjector and be done with it

Oh, I definately spent a few days "on the nod" as they say - or err "apparantly" say.

It was good though!

[The Duke]

nahhh, you'll have a great time. I think sprints are the most fun distance. It's all about fun, roight? I know several people who do an Ironman as their first ever tri. The sprint will be over before you know it - except maybe that last couple of kms of the run!

I'm ready to go now. Had a good session today and it filled me with confidence ...

Fri 9th Apr

Swim 1800m 50min
Cycle 32k rural, small roads, gently undulating 80min