Ironman Africa Championship - South Africa 2017 🇿🇦
Ironman Africa Championship - South Africa 2017 🇿🇦 Woke just before 4:30 myself, before the alarms and with 8 hours sleep. Began the ritual, worried about my stomach, I was in the bathroom twice, had porridge, dressed, sun cream, chaffing cream, wetsuit, chip. Bottles in the freezer. Everything was going to plan. 5:00 out the door, walked to the start about 15mins, all was good there, special needs in, bike computer was on, wheels were still inflated. Bottles.....where are my bottles? They are in the freezer.....still time I walked back home and picked up the bottles from the freezer. Walked back again, put them on the bike and was set. Toilet break, wetsuit on and down by the beach for a stretch. No queues anywhere, the organisation is amazing. The atmosphere was electric as African dancers and cheerleaders sang and danced, the sun slowly rose behind them and the ocean came to life. Swim Into the pen, I went for under an hour, seems impossible but I did not ...