was any less public, I don’t know. I downed some fluids and grabbed my bike.As soon as I started, so did my next mantra: "Eat lots, drink lots, keep pedalling." I like to keep my instructions simple! Soon I reached a short sharp climb where all the Pirates
warned about the fast first section so I concentrated on eating, drinking and keeping up a reasonable pace. Seeing my family was magic and I grinned more and more as the day went on. My plan had always been to run the whole marathon, but this strategy
