After hitting the hay at 3:40 this morning I still woke up just after 7:30 and started packing my kit. By 9:30 I was on the road and after stopping off at the bike shop to pick up a battery for the speedo for the bike (which is now working) and a quick hello to my mum I was heading north (again). Needless to say the traffic was awful and I finally swung into hotel car park at 2pm. At £35 a night I wasn't expecting much. However it is clean, close to the race venue, has it's own car park so who cares if the room is smaller than a very small room that has been washed on the white cotton cycle by mistake and shrunk.
I then made my way to the race venue and to registration which was a breeze compared to Bolton. All in the same place an what feels like a very friendly event. It had a very different feel to last weekend. The chap who did the briefing was the founder and his care for the event really came across. Then a quick trip to the co-op to grab munchies for breakfast, Pizza Express for an early dinner, then it is back to the room, to make up my drinks, pack my kit and then into the sack by 9:30.
My overriding feeling about tomorrow is calm. Of course I am worried that the bike might breakdown, I might get my nutrition wrong and I could just not make it. However, what will be will be and I will try to be philosophical about it.
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