Nice but if you need the stuff hanging on the back wall it might be a bit late!
Have a great day hope you exceed expectations but overall have a safe and enjoyable day
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Fat Shaming has really got out of hand…
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I had ‘L’ on my bib for Wales but no shirt picture. I assumed it just meant ‘Late’ 
Can’t imagine Poet needing an XL!
He wanted all the cloth he could get so it would be a more effective bike cleaning rag.
#valueformoney
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I assumed he was keeping to sell on Ebay to an IMJer that didn’t train and then realised crowd power is only good for about 5 mins. 
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I’m 185cm.
Medium isn’t long enough, so my belly sticks out.
Large fits originally, but after a few washes, they shrink.
So I went with XL 
But never mind that, I’ve got some heartbreaking news 
I was sorting my bike kit out and realised I’d be wearing;
Rapha socks
2XU compression shorts
Huub Trisuit
Castelli jersey
Castelli gloves
This simply cannot do 
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Correct strategy. One does not wear event finisher shirts to other events.
Personally I only wear them out running or in bed! In fact many of the Ironman and Outlaw ones are Polos, so no good for training either 
So it’s usually a Cotswold 113 or 226 shirt; although IM Hamburg did go back to crew neck 2 years ago. There was a period of hideous polos that looked like darts shirts.
Probably the best quality Finisher Shirt was Frankfurt 2015; nice thick stretch white crew neck t-shirt with black stitching. We all seriously earned that one! I guess it’s in my drawer somewhere. @funkster you got that one?
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Nah you’ve got to do the inverse thing. IM shirts at Parkrun and the Middle Wallop family 5km shirt at Kona.
I like wearing a shirt for the opposite of what I’m doing. At a race I might wear a motorbike t-shirt etc. Having said that, if I had a Western States finisher shirt, I’d wear that bastard everywhere, weddings, my own funeral, interviews, the lot.
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I do like that style 
For IM registration it’s usually some unpleasantly designed retro footy top and for racking my original and ill-fitting Z cycling shirt
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Sweet!
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Yeah i’m all about casual shorts and normal tshirt. Don’t wear event cotton tees - they’ll go to rag bin - and ‘technical’ tops will become running tees.
Morning of event i’ll be in shorts and flip flops until the last second.
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An Ironman good news story!
I hope you have a blast spectating though; that can actually be better than racing in my experience 
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Winner!
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Fantastic news 
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Bloody great news.
Hope it all goes okay today 
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Excellent! Hope it goes well today.
@Poet get some Castelli socks FFS
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I know we slate it … someone is asking if he can leave his bike anywhere in T2 on Sunday?!?
But two people on IMJ deferred bye to covid, one guy said I’ve just deferred, I didn’t give a reason…?!
I mailed them, I told them about the X-ray results, they messaged back a nice touch saying I was ok, and the results were nothing to worry about.
I was amazed at this stage of proceedings, fair play.
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