Well I didn't really think this week's blog would be about something so mundane - the weather - but it is sort of dominating my consciousness at the moment - look at tomorrow's forecast:
It is a real old batten-down-the hatches Storm. "Destructive gales"and heavy rain. Single digit temperatures. Well, I love a challenge! Fortunately I've had all week to get in the right headspace and prepare for wet and wind and cold. What I am now most worried about is that the race will get shortened, or worse, cancelled. I want to be an "Ironman", not a wishy-washy "Ironman less a swim". Duathlon is not what I signed on for. But having said that, it would be a pretty hardcore duathlon. I might not be Ironmatron, but I would still be "Cycled through destructive gales then ran a marathon in pouring rain Matron". It doesn't trip off the tongue quite so sweetly, but it will still be cool!
So regardless of the forecast, and the thinly veiled warnings from the Race Organisers to expect the worst, I am packing my bags and still hoping that tomorrow the Storm will decide to blow right on through and go visit Auckland instead. Or Australia.
Wish me luck, and if you have any weather-god influence, could you put in a good word?
Who knows what next week will bring?
love
Ironmaiden
if it's a washout and you feel ripped off for a foreshortened course, you could always do the whole thing again next weekend on your own time.
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