Ironman New Zealand : Day 3

This morning was the general briefing.
It's forbidden to drink beer during race. Jacques is desperate about this.
The check-in took us a long time :
- wetsuit had to be washed (not rinsed) by an official (despite the fact that we had a swim earlier in the morning). Went back to hotel to bring them back.
- forgot to have the bike and helmet checked. A classical.
- big news : Richard's bike cleared the technical check. What trick did he use ??? Did he hypnotize the guy ? Anyway, Paul, you can be proud of him, he'll be at the start line tomorrow !
- 2nd big news (at least for me) : my watch which got drown in a swim could be dry off and now works. Strangely, but works.



Please don't show this photo to Alain.
Note that Richard's bike is in between, getting hit by the 2 others. No worries, his (still new) bike has already dimps everywhere...










Ready to go !










The technical had more to deal with the rider than with the bike...











Technical had a hard time there, unmounting and mounting back all parts... nearly a joke !






Here we are.
Time to go to bed (after watching a rugby game on TV).

Good night !