At least he acknowledged your existence ?
Is he German ?
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Good luck @Paul have a great race, always good to feel well prepared 
Prepare for the worst and hope for the best, I say 
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Good luck @Paul
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Doubt he could eat one of them for a week after that lot
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Copenhagen and Kalmar this weekend, I’ve got a mate doing Kalmar as his first IM, looks nice from Nikki’s photo’s but I gather accommodation is a big challenge unless you are nearby or have very deep pockets!
Copenhagen though, Pacha, Paul, chickenboy is there, anyone else?
Obvs, good luck and I’ll get the tracker on.
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I think Kalmar won the athlete choice awards overall last year? Is meant to be one of the best races I thought
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Yes, seems to get very good reviews and a fast course but I know a few mates who entered or were going to and transferred when they were struggling for somewhere to stay.
Edit: the lad I know’s brother lives there or nearby so less of a problem for him.
Go @Paul at least you won’t be hungry 
Edit: in fairness this is exactly what I would do
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Haha thanks! I am not ashamed of my little bags of treats 
I was told early on that a common big mistake 14-16hour plodders make is to still approach fuelling like a sub-10er would (encouraged by all the articles that are written by/for people in the upper Age Grouper pace I suppose) and just extrapolate it up, so say just taking 6 more gels for 2 more hours on the bike and thinking that’ll do.
Good luck to anyone going round Kalmar/Copenhagen (or both?!?!) this weekend. I’m in for Tallinn, so another week to go. Just being prepared because I’m now anxious as hell.
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You do you @Paul
On my first IM I’d previously heard of someone having to retire on the bike because of a split tyre, so - & I shit you not - carried a spare tire because that was one less thing that was going to stop me.
All the best 
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Don’t give me ideas!!
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Apologies, I thought you were doing Copenhagen, far too organised for a race that’s at least another week? 
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Do you have a second home in Copenhagen?
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I think @Paul is more organised than me. I’ve just got kit strewn everywhere in the back of the van at the moment 
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That’d be nice!
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Anyone want to share their race numbers?
Nice to do a bit of tracking and be shamed into some training (doing 100th of a IM in support, sod doing 380m ish swim though)
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I am 1816 tomorrow at IM CPH
Mrs A said yesterday, “Shall we have a quick look around the shops?”. F*ck me, I walked far more than I should have. My legs feel battered. She wasn’t happy when I said I won’t go to see the Little Mermaid in the evening (they did). They’re going to.do.stuff today without me. I will take my bike and bags in shortly and have a short swim. Then it will be back to apartment and sleep.
No aspirations for time tomorrow, just get around without a drama and enjoy it.
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Good luck tomorrow @pacha, have a good one
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