Morning Prep

As you can imagine there was so much on my mind that I only slept about 3 hours before my 4:30 alarm sounded. I had the same breakfast I’d been having for the last week which was Porridge and Coffee. Jamie and I, Sara and Zoe got our things together and headed out the door at 05:50 to the transition area.

It was buzzing, a mix of pro’s, Elites and age grouper's. I loaded my bike up with energy drink bottles and bars and then it hit me. I needed a #2 and queues were big. I managed to find a porter loo with a small queue but it was bad! I think I now know what they mean when I hear talk about Glastonbury toilets.

With the wetsuit on and ready to go I made my way to the start where I saw Jamie, he seemed pleased to see me. We looked around and exchanged words of support, this was it. After 6 long months of focused training here we were. Then I saw Zoe and Jamie’s family, they were all wearing t-shirts with supporting slogans and his picture – Brilliant...Read on..>