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One of my favorite ones from Howard Stern. True Classic! Zurich, 26th July. If you have seen recent examples of people on the street walking backwards down steps and embankments, then you might have seen the latest crazy in Zurich, backwards walking! (Acting and video complements of Paul ‘Burner’ IM Zurich) Following a day on the course of Ironman – the organisers are staging a ‘farmers tan’ party for the athletes with prizes for the best farmers tans. Here are some pics from the contenders.
The weather was perfect, a little warm on some parts of the course. The 180 km on the bike took 5:40 min. It was pretty hilly…imagine Switzerland (right!). More news to come…but most of all – great day!
5:10 am Zurich, Sw. -2 hrs before start Its just after 5 am – and Ive already eaten quite a bit of food. About to head from the start in. No hot water in apartment – but doesnt really matter at this hour. Its going to be a long day. … 9:09 pm/ Zurich, Switzerland. The bike is secure in the Transition area now – and everything is set for tomorrow. Ciara was quite surprise how much gear this Ironman stuff attracts – and also the amount of food I am planning to carry (Thanks Harriette) !! But most of all I am looking at my rain vest – because the skies are looking pretty grey tonight. Anyway – fingers crossed it stays mostly dry. I was looking at some of the other people doing Ironman – and there is a massive spectrum of abilities. More often than not you can tell the level of athlete by the type of bike. Oh man – I was surrounded by literally thousands of Franc’s and Euros’ worth of bikes… But as always – you shouldn’t judge a book by its cover.
So now that the pasta dinner has settled, and we took a walk around the block. I have all my gear laid out – in sequence, and the only plan left is to set up breakfast.
About to lay back and watch Borat again – for a bit of a laugh.
Finally last night at midnight the bike turned like the stork in the middle of the night. I almost jumped out of bed and started building the bike at 3am. Made it to the opening/registration yesterday. Stood in the pissing rain and listened to the briefing. Its been raining for 3 days now..on and off. So tomorrow I am expecting to wear warmer gear on the bike (arm warmers and gilet-vest). Swam yesterday in Lake Zurich. Aww…it was lovely – like a bath. First images from IM Zurich: Bike 1/ Super Bottle cage made by KONRAD of Cycleways2/ Street in Zurich. Helmet 4/
Bike is packed – now its just the rest – like wetsuit, goggles, bottles bike gear, run gear and the rest…. Oh man….where do i start…? This is o ‘caption:’ Colly embarks on “Les Dix Alpes” (The 10 Alpes) on Monday June 21st 2010 in Como, Italy. The finish lies after 12 days, 1.100 kilometres and a multitude of beads of sweat at the waving palms on the boulevard in Nice, France. The famous cols of the Tour de France: Col de l’Iseran, Col du Galibier, Col d’Izoard and Col de la Bonette will be traversed. In addition, some lesser known, but no less challenging climbs like the Simplon Pass, Col du Petit St. Bernard, Col du Grand St. Bernard, Col de Vars and Col de Lautaret will also feature en route to Nice. Nine passes above 2,000 meters plus the legendary climb to the ski resort of l’Alpe d’Huez. A lot of famous professional cyclists have fought out heroic duels here in the recent past; Federico Bahamontes, Marco Pantani or Lance Armstrong. It is now Colly’s turn to follow in their tiretracks and in the process raise vitally needed funds for Cancer Care West. This event is being undertaken in loving memory of Martin O’ Gorman, a dear friend of Colly’s who succumbed to cancer in September 2009. A special word of thanks goes to those who sponsored cycling equipment and nutritional products for the training and cycle; Richies Bikestore in Swords, Asher from CycleWays Parnell St… |
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