When the time came I was ready and Pierre-Yves joined me for the dip, although he was soon way ahead of me, so much so that when the time came to loop back to the slipway I had to wait for him to look to signal since he was out of earshot (and besides, it really isn’t a good idea to yell loudly when in the sea!). We returned to the car where we had pre-loaded my bike and I set off for a 90km ride, following the same circuit as previously. Returning another 3hours later, the Sun was beating down and I was already hot and sticky as I swapped cycling shoes for trainers and headed out for the half marathon. B agreed to meet me at about half way to provide fluids but somehow we managed to miss each other and although I had kept a good, steady pace, at 18k I began to flag. I did however complete the course, doing the run leg in under 2 hours and the whole “event” in just under 6 hours in total. To be honest I was pretty knackered and was very happy to eat everything B had made….and more!