12 days to go

Watered the allotment 

Signed off by Max at Jonathan Clarke Physiotherapy - I’m in great shape and physically able to do an IM

Bought a wetsuit - mine is too big. Got the medium, it’s okay - will try it out at Ellingham on Monday when I swim with Charlotte 

Waited till after 9pm to go for a run - still so hot. 

5.9k in 50:16 which is 8:32mins per km. Def fast enough for the cutoffs 

Watered gardens 

Chilled 

Bike is being serviced so should get that back this week 

It’s all getting very close and very real xx

13 days to go.

Got my Outlaw participants pack email today.

Orange swim hat

Race number 1516

It’s all getting so real! 

I’ve of course been googling IM cutoff times

3mins per 100m for swimming

22.5km/hr average for the bike

9:30mins per km for the run.

I can do that

Just got to put it all together over 15/16 hours 

I did manage 3150m of swimming in the Jubilee pool but had to get out 500m too soon as was desperate for a pee. Obvs on the 26/7 I can just pee in the lake 😂 #EveryCloud x

Plus perfect start to the day

Watering the pots at #Plot4RR and then picking some cherry toms for lunch. 

2 weeks to go.

This time 3 years ago I was just finishing day one at Southampton General Hospital with a very painful fractured pelvis 

And now I’m 2 weeks away from the 2026 Outlaw full IM. I’m so excited.

I haven’t managed to do as many long rides as planned. Hopefully that won’t detail attempt #2

#LizzieGoesLong 

Three years!!!! 

15 days to go

Ingie and I ran on the common instead of Banstead parkrun

7k 1:05 with a ginormous pain au chocolate break 🤣

Lunch with mum, Katie & Emily 

Ingies for a new to me chair collection

Supper 

Mum had a bath

Went to Tescos when the England match started 

A lovely day but no long bike ride 

Still not sure of shorts or trainers as I did like running in my trail shoes.

Have I done enough cycling? 

I am getting nervous / excited. 

Friday 10th July - Caryl’s in Southampton / 10.5k run

10.5k run 1:33 average pace 8:55/km

I need to decide on my trainers & shorts.

I went out 1st thing so hadn’t really eaten enough - I nibbled on a banana when walking - that really worked as I was able to make the banana more of a gloopy gel. Very happy.

This pace I could chug along at it for hours which is just as well as I will be in just over 2 weeks 🤣

Then collected prescription, tidied flat and then off for a great day

Collected Vik & admired her garden

Collected Caryl from Paul’s M&D’s 

Off to Lemon & Jinja for shopping and lunch 

Off to the Allotment - met Katherine there. Vik watered. 

Drove back to Queensway.

I dropped bag at my flat while Vik & Caryl headed to Padharo to meet Alison

Fabulous meal 5:30-8:30pm

Then I drove up to Ashtead - eta 10:15pm

Kissed mum

Chilled and watched TV 

Great day.

17 days to go - no London marathon

Day started watering the allotment

Found out I didn’t get into the London marathon 2027

Ended the day doing x7 laps at Eastleigh lakeside in my tri suit.

What a day.

The Outlaw swim is such a long way!

I’ll make the cutoff. 

But I need to be quicker than that. Hopefully in my wetsuit I’ll be 1:40 which will give me a good 10-15mins for T1 and still leave me plenty of time for the bike. 

18 days to go

25k cycle to and from Suzanne’s 

12-8pm work 

STC gazebo back in the shed.

It’s all very real 

Will see how the wetsuit is tomorrow but I may have to nip to decathlon for a medium as the large may well just fill up with water and drag me back when swimming.