70.3 Germany 2008. A weekend of great racing and unexpected results :-)

An almost built bike ...

Race Directions for Athletes Village

Friday afternoon beers (in the last of the sunshine)

Tagged and ready

Taking shelter from the afternoon showers

A rainbow over Wiesbaden for luck!

Pasta Party People --- with alcohol 'light' beer???

Civilised pre-race drinks listening to piano music in a 5star hotel lobby

Captain Kirk!

Our very non-discreet hotel bathroom!!

70.3 Wiesbaden Race Kit

Changing tyre tube for 2nd time :-(

Testing the Giant on the cobbled streets of Wiesbaden

The ceiling of the hall where we had our race briefing

Aaargh! The bike course. Race briefing scared the daylights out of me ... they definitely were 'worst case scenario' speaches!

Concentrating on making sure race number is straight

Dress Rehearsal!!

All my gear ready for packing

Writing down my In Case of Emergency & Accident Insurance details. Eeeck!

Race day prep before packing all the bags

Another pre-race meal (crepe with vegetables & turkey for me)

Wiesbaden sights

Bike Check-in