StuF, you and other volunteers really made the day. No idea how you all stayed so high all day! Massive help.
Mary, I had a really really bad start to the day. Rear tyre went down over night (tubeless). Put a tube in, then tyre popped off and blew the tube to reveal a snapped bead. Race director let me into the tfn tent to get a tyre. Scrounged another tube, which had a hole in it, then another!
Friend helped me rush into my wetsuit as I’m in a panicked sweat and they’re calling a 5 minute warning for the start!
Swim was good at 1:13, bike computer let me down so I had to pace the by feel. Got around in 5:44. Never run a marathon before let along after 7 hours of other stuff. Did it in about 4:40 I think. Gave a total of 11:52:37. Pretty pleased with that for a first go.
No blisters, no injuries, a little red but not burned and stiff today but not as bad as I expected. Grand day out.