The four of us stayed at the finish line to support Gary who finished soon after, and, having collected bike and boxes from transition, we headed back to our hotel just a few hundred metres away to shower and change. That evening we ate with Mam and Dad along with Gary, his Mam, Auntie and cousins (one of whom had also competed) and celebrated Gary’s birthday! As he is at pains to point out, triathlons are not the result of a mid-life crisis….although I can’t decide whether I agree! Either way, as I said to B, far better to keep fit than buy a Ferrari……although I am looking at a new bike just now (expensive yes, but still cheaper than a car!).