With only around 6 weeks to go, I thought I'd just give you all a quick update on the organisation of the event. I've decided that I'm going to start a little earlier on 26th June and that means I will be doing part of the swim in open water. Thanks to Garry and family at Blackpool Wakepark for helping out http://www.blackpoolwakepark.co.uk/. It's a great place to go swimming and it is where the local tri clubs, including Tri Preston, do much of their practice sessions. I'm now in the process of getting some promotional T Shirts printed, which I will be wearing on the event, and I've started to put together my 'Operations File' - ie my daily checklist of things I need to do, nutrition plans, equipment required, goals for the day etc. When you put it all down on paper it looks like you are planning a trip to the moon! I've just finished two very interesting books 'Nutrition Timing' by John Ivy and 'Ten Minute Toughness' by Jason Selk. I'm now reading around the topics of sleep deprivation, blister management and nutritional strategies. My oversize trainers are now well and truly broken in, although I'm still toying with the idea of some lightweight walking boots for greater ankle support. I've checked out a variety of bike courses and settled on two - one a seven mile circuit, for use in the day time and the second a shorter circuit of two miles, which will be more suitable when it is dark. So, it's all systems go at the moment. Four more weeks of hard training, then a bit of a taper as the event approaches. I'm still flip-flopping between thinking 'maybe this is possible' and 'this is totally crazy'. When I used to go do a lot of rock-climbing there is a point at which you are so far above your last bit of gear that if you fall, it won't save you. You are past the point of commitment. Before you reach that point, there is an over-riding fear that can be hard to break through, but after that point somehow it feels quite liberating. With regards to the Deca, although I still feel fearful, I also think that I've past my point of commitment. I've already started, so it's now a case of doing the best I can. That challenge will be as much mental as it is physical.
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