You tell 'im grandad!
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Itâs going to be 12-14 hours of misery, might as well be comfortable 
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@jeffb @TROSaracen currently I am at 100% FOMO. I am clearly not ready to hang up my trisuit yet⌠SMASH it and donât be shit
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Did you actually tell us when you qualified for this @jeffb ? Feel like maybe not ⌠you dark horse 
and wait, you rode the bike course yesterday - what, the whole thing with 3000m of mountains etc? 
Have a great day
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Haha, I only rode the 70.3 course yesterday, but nearly 100k with 1300m ascent! Paying for it now.
Think I mentioned above that it was an extended roll down from California last year. At the roll down after the race they were still saying it was for Kona so when they changed it they offered anyone who took it the option to defer until Kona 24, plus the extra slots.
I actually got it in April but kept it quiet until last week as I wasnât sure about it then getting injured didnât help.
I havenât actually told many people beyond here tbh only the GF and physio until about a fortnight ago.
Totally in the phase of why am I bothering 
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Itâll be good fun either way. Even if youâre not competitive. Wicked location and nice to be in the buzz.
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Probably enjoy it more if thereâs no pressure to perform. Just for âsh1ts & gigglesâ.
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Good luck @jeffb & @TROSaracen the IDGAF/mega-sandbagging approach seemed to work just fine for the IMW lot 
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Will be tracking inbetween Great North Run supporting duties.
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Beware the (I)maginot line
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But what if you have to swerve to avoid an imaginary hazard?
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I would imagine that would be OK
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have great races both of you @jeffb & @TROSaracen the tracker is loaded
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Yes, have a great race @jeffb and @TROSaracen. Enjoy the atmosphere 
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Has anyone done their predictions yet?
Moi?
- Wurf (40)
- Lange (37)
- Frodeno (42)
Itâs an old manâs course.
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Iâd like to see
1 Lange
2 Skipper
3 Frodo
I expect weâll see
1 Laidlow
2 mignon
3 chevalier
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Id be very surprised if Laidlow is up there. His form this season has been pants. Injured at Lanza/Roth - unless heâs been on the juice like last year
Best of luck @jeffb and @TROSaracen ill be on the tracker but hoping to get out for a decent ride tomorrow
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To aid discussion
| BIB | FIRST | LAST | COUNTRY |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Jan | Frodeno | GER |
| 2 | Patrick | Lange | GER |
| 3 | Sam | Laidlow | FRA |
| 5 | Joe | Skipper | GBR |
| 6 | Leon | Chevalier | FRA |
| 7 | Magnus | Ditlev | DEN |
| 8 | Clement | Mignon | FRA |
| 9 | Braden | Currie | NZL |
| 10 | Denis | Chevrot | FRA |
| 11 | Rudy | Von Berg | USA |
| 12 | DNS | Baekkegard | DEN |
| 14 | Pieter | Heemeryck | BEL |
| 15 | Kristian | Hogenhaug | DEN |
| 16 | Bradley | Weiss | RSA |
| 17 | Matt | Hanson | USA |
| 18 | Mathias | Petersen | DEN |
| 19 | Gregory | Barnaby | ITA |
| 20 | Chris | Leiferman | USA |
| 21 | Cameron | Wurf | AUS |
| 22 | DNS | Aernouts | BEL |
| 23 | Arnaud | Guilloux | FRA |
| 25 | Mike | Phillips | NZL |
| 27 | Robert | Wilkowiecki | POL |
| 28 | Franz | Loeschke | GER |
| 29 | Niek | Heldoom | NED |
| 30 | Jonas | Hoffman | GER |
| 32 | DNS | Salvisberg | SUI |
| 33 | DNS | Svenningsson | SWE |
| 34 | Leonard | Arnold | GER |
| 35 | Brent | McMahon | CAN |
| 36 | DNS | Weiss | AUT |
| 37 | Fernando | Toldi | BRA |
| 39 | Kristian | Grue | NOR |
| 40 | Adam | Feigh | USA |
| 41 | Andres | Lopes | USA |
| 42 | Maximillian | Hammerie | AUT |
| 43 | Georg | Enzenberger | AUT |
| 44 | Tuan Chun | Chang | TWN |
| 45 | Reinaldo | Colucci | BRA |
| 46 | Matthew | Marquardt | USA |
| 47 | DNS | Martinussen | DEN |
| 48 | Benjamin | Hill | AUS |
| 49 | Arthur | Horseau | FRA |
| 50 | Remi | Conte | FRA |
| 51 | Ben | Phillips | NZL |
| 52 | Nathan | Dortmann | AUS |
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Howâs Leiferman these days?
Didnât Horseau have a good result recently?
- Frodo
- Chevalier
- Currie
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