Hi Levrier,

I do alot of swimming in the wetsuit, it gets your shoulders used to the suit.  I always go for the fitting of my race suit to be on the larger size rather than too tight. 

Cheers
Stephen

Well done with your race.

Yes Both Bella and I didn't have the best races,  but it is ok, we live and learn:) 

Hope your toe heals up soon.

Sounds great. 

I would say that whatever comes easiest and most natural is probably best.

When you are going hard, you don't want to be thinking about how to breath.

I think just get the air in the lungs the easiest way possible is best.

The kickstarter thing sounds like a great idea.

I am sure lots of people would be happy to put money in that way.

I certainly would.

Great interview by the way.  Brett cuts through the crap and tells it how it is, as always.  And Bevan and John do a great job with there show too.  Well done!

Thanks John, really interesting looking back at these olds magazines and the stories.  Thanks for putting it all together.

No problem.  All the best with your training:)

The T shirt on the run is very helpful.  It not only covers up your shoulders from the sun, but as it is a cotton T-Shirt it holds the water onto your body for longer and this helps cooling on hot days enormously.

Lanzarote is a very tough bike course especially when the wind blows.  Keeping positive in the head wind sections is important as it can be very hard work.

After Mirador del rio usually it is a tail wind and less hilly, but you still need some energy left for the climb up from Tahiche and then back up to above Puerto del Carmen,  I would recommend riding easy the last 15km, as it is mostly down hill and you won't lose too much time.  Make sure you are ready to start the run.  Hydrated is most important.

Take the the transition steady and the first part of the run steady.  Just work your way into the run and eat and drink little and often.

Enjoy the whole day and the massive challenge that IM Lanzarote is and you will have a great day.

See you in May.
Stephen

Bella may have some more helpful hints that I have forgot:)

Could be to do with holding the baby.  Irritating a tendon and getting no rest for it to settle down.

As the Doc says, Keep using the pull bouy. If you swim fast with the pull bouy in training, you will swim fast in the race without it.  It works for me 

Get well soon Robbie. 

Good to meet you in Roth.  Hope to see you at a race again soon!

All the best from
Me, Bella and Charlie

Taken from a recent article about Croydon: http://www.thisislocallondon.co.uk/news/weird/2415000.Survey_labels_Croydon_UK_chav_capital/

Describing Croydon, the site says: "Chavs come from far and wide to worship at the pikey temple that is the Whitgift Shopping Centre, a place that has more McDonalds, KFC's and Burger Kings than any other place on the planet - many a chav family can be seen having their Sunday lunch in one of these fine eateries.

I still love croydon. Please read my blog about it, if you search back through my blogs:)

Oh Fegan, you can't say that   Croydon has lots of attractions.  If you are lucky you might get to experience a riot, they can happen at anytime of the day.

Also Croydon is the home of Crystal Palace football club.  Now that is a good reason to visit, well it used to be!

You should also visit Croydon.  Just a few miles south of London City.

If you get to the amazing Croydon, you should visit the famous and brilliant Whitgift center for all your shopping needs.

You could also visit Purley,  just a bit further south, and visit the childhood home of Stephen Bayliss

Thanks for the info John.

That is interesting about Alf Engers.  I remember reading stories about him in Cycling Weekly years ago.  He was a tough one!