Come in number 1829, your time is up

Today is all about relaxing. I've fallen into the now familiar pre-race routine of taking today off and all that now remains is a quick swim-bike-run tomorrow morning all done and dusted in time for breakfast at 9. Anyone in the UK who is wanting to follow my progress www.ironmanlive.com is the place to go and my number is 1829, the privilege of being in the 18-24 AG, along with the pretty pink wrist band shown below.

I must be an athlete, my wrist band says so!

The race starts at 6pm UK time and whilst guessing at times is a total lottery here as the conditions can make a massive difference, I'd hope to be crossing the finish line before 4am Sunday morning. I can understand if you'd rather check out my progress after the race is over, by which time I'll be tucking into a big greasy burger and something chocolaty, or on a IV drip, depends how things have gone!

I'll post again when the race is over but hopefully my Mum, who is arriving in paradise in just under 3 hours, will be able to update my Twitter account using the iPhone as and when she sees me on the course. People often ask how you keep on eating whilst racing? Well, below is a picture of all the gels I'll be consuming during the race. This is about half the total calories I'll be taking in (the rest from a mixture of bars, drinks and Coke when I'm on the run). The heat here makes it increasingly hard to get your cals from solids so I'll be getting more of my fuel in liquid form than I would when training/racing in the UK.