Back at the flat and more or less the whole family was awake, looking possibly more nervous than me! I had my warm up massage, completed my ablutions and put on the lower half of the wetsuit. At this point B kindly checked if I had everything, and mentioned the whereabouts of my timing chip….which I was not wearing (cue skipped heartbeat and brief panic!). I had chosen not to take the organiser’s advice and wear it constantly from Saturday midday (lest it stop me sleeping!!), but instead had attached it to my rucksack to take to transition so I could put in on before walking over in the morning. However I had completely forgotten this plan and was incredibly relieved to note that it was still attached to the bag and had not fallen off in the street! I thankfully secured it to my leg and continued my preparations….