OK, finally got back on T'Internet now I'm back in Jakarta...
It's amazing reading the last few pages, I had no idea so many of you would be watching IM Dead in the middle of the night, thanks very much for your support, especially Jellybabe and Andy S & team! It was a great race - the organisers bragged that 96.5% of competitors finished, well the Pirates did better, 100% of us finished!
Since Fat Buddha, Captain Candy and Bouncing Barley weren't there to officiate at the post-race breakfast, I took it on myself to dish out the points:
Jaggy - gets 2 pirate points for his second finish, would have got a bonus point for such a Piratey swim but I reckoned he should be penalised for not racing in the black & yellow so he is an able Seaman
Ally - gets 3 pirate points for her third finish, deserves an extra one for her sterling work advertising the race on behalf of the NZ tourist board but has extra point deducted for coming up with a really weak excuse not to do an IM anywhere else, so she is a Junior Pirate
and of course
Trogs - 1 pirate point, YOU ARE AN IRONMAN as well as a Scurvy Dog!
I modestly awarded myself another parrot for my 10th IM finish even though only two have been in full Pirate colours (it took me a while to knit my race kit). If anyone wants my parrot back they can jolly well come to Indonesia to get it, or better still race me for it at IM China in April...
Finally, IM NZ is a great race, second only to IM Oz in Port Macquarie in my estimation. There, that should wind up Ally if she is still reading this!
