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Whisk
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| explorerJC wrote: | apparently, with the reduced bike distance, IMUK no longer offers vfm...
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Presumably the people who are taking to social media in outrage read the Ts & Cs of the event when they signed-up 
There must be a clause in there that allows the organisers to change the route as they see fit
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| Whisk wrote: |
Presumably the people who are taking to social media in outrage read the Ts & Cs of the event when they signed-up
There must be a clause in there that allows the organisers to change the route as they see fit |
Ironman will be watertight on that, and old hands like us know the score anyway. But generally, I bet most of us don't read T&Cs on most things, unless they involve very big lumps of £.
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| explorerJC wrote: | two days to the UK duathlon...
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sprint distance duathlon 
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moonmonkey02
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| Posted: Fri Jul 13, 2018 2:36 pm Post subject: |
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| explorerJC wrote: | | doug wrote: | | explorerJC wrote: | two days to the UK duathlon...
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sprint distance duathlon |
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The race briefing must be today: has anyone been?
Guess it'll be quite lively.
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There's been quite a lot of rain in the last 24 hours which should increase the likelihood of the swim happening.
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| r0bh wrote: | | There's been quite a lot of rain in the last 24 hours which should increase the likelihood of the swim happening. |
Not necessarily. Rain brings nutrients into the water which the algae feed on. Can actually make it worse.
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| Posted: Sat Jul 14, 2018 3:03 pm Post subject: |
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| iwaters wrote: | | r0bh wrote: | | There's been quite a lot of rain in the last 24 hours which should increase the likelihood of the swim happening. |
Not necessarily. Rain brings nutrients into the water which the algae feed on. Can actually make it worse. |
From my diving days, I believe it disturbs the sediment too.
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Surely we know by now if there's going to be a swim or what?
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Looks like the swim has taken place after all
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Only three women in the pro race, and one of them’s apparently had a bit of a disaster. Can’t remember who’s in second but makes it a touch easy for Gossage no?
Balazs just had to give up the lead due to a mechanical.
Coverage on FB is pretty good no?
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The aerial shots make it look much nicer than I recall it from the ground, I just don’t think you see that much of the landscape from the road. It is making me jealous though...especially of the paltry 19°C 
Don’t know what happened to the lead Frenchman but he’s out now. German leading (shocking) with Cartmel 2.5min and Skipper 4.5kin behind.
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In terms of intensity, with 25km knocked off how much do you adjust the pace? Or stick to your plan and enjoy the fresher legs o the run?
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| I always find the lack of female pros at certain events strange. Surely this would be a very easy pay cheque and some KPR points for someone wanting a long training day if they took it easy and didn’t race at 100%?
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explorerJC
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Not a good elite female field because you have to be able to ride to get around this Bolton course which is a bit of a limiter....
Great tracker for following athletes but the rolling start has feked any chance of category updates....
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| tuckandgo wrote: | | The chap who won IM Wales AG and posted the fastest bike split overall must be licking his lips. He'll be done in 7 hours. |
Laying it down on the bike. From 394th overall, to 4th. 4.10.29. Boom.
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