Philip has been racing well. Not sure if her form coming into Kona but she was one of the big faves in St G before she had to dns.
Guy from tri club is in Kona, I got on well with him. Since hes moved back to Spain all his social media posts on IG are in Spanish so ive no idea whats going on. Is it this Saturday the race?
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Got to say I’ve loved the pictures that you’ve been posting, although a few people that are there have commented about how boring some of the course is. Probably don’t notice that as much during the race though.
I does look boring as batshit apart from the swim and Ali Drive
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He seems to be funnier on there then IRL though. His BwB interview was decidedly tame and lacking in any humour.
He comes across very funny and genuine on his insta though.
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Kwasi Kwarteng could be that on Instagram
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Yeha maybe. But you can say that about anything can’t you. I don’t get that sense with him. He’s not giving it the big I AM.
Yeah, he just a takes the piss
There’s too much Kona “content” on the socials IMHO. Kinda feel sorry for the athletes that it’s now part of the job and they can’t just quietly prepare for the race
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We’ll see on race day, to be honest i don’t really care if its boring, its straight, nice surface, potentially very fast
Im really struggling to sort my swim out. I was much better in training in Spain. Every day i am getting quicker, but clearly i am a swimmer who needs much more time in the water. On a positive note, swimming 4k is no bother, just slow. At the moment, i am looking at a 1h25 swim
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FTFY
I can’t stick them any more.
It’s all so generic. That goes for everything. 
Some Kona Gossip, Decathlon have a large team of Execs in Kona, they’ve rented a mansion in a gated community in the hills above Kona. Sailfish and Swiss Side are also staying with them? They are planning to launch a new range of bikes, including both UCI and Non UCI compliant Tri bikes. The head of cycling told me that he would love to see a French Man win the TfF on a Decathlon bike
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I might be back in time for the run
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On Thursday, its going to be swim carnage. 2 of the fastest swim waves go right at the back, so will be swimming over slower swimmers. I am guessing that the fast 25-29s in wave 12 will catch the slower 40-44 women in wave 4
Bloody hell its raining hard at the moment
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Thursday’s race might work well for viewing. I’m going to Mum’s Thurs eve and my plan is to stay up late so that I can can wake up much later on Friday. Hopefully be more awake for an 8pm start Friday night.
Fire up the YT stream 
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What if your mum tells you off for watching TV in bed?
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haha no way I’m watching it in bed, I’d be asleep by 9pm 
Must stay up, must stay up. Will watch it on the big tv via Roku.
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I’m trying to condition the body into staying up late for Thursday/Saturday night viewing. That’s the plan.
However, it’s failing miserably as I was tucked up at 9:30pm last night
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