Ironman UK! part one - getting there!

IMUK 09 race report by Julie (Irongirl) (well sort of)

So, my reasons for doing IMUK (it’s a choice that needs justifying!!) were to combine doing a race and seeing my family and also as an Irongirl from the UK I have to do one in the UK , right?? Not that i was overkeen from the offset as i am a real warm weather person and hate swimming in the cold. Especially when you know that when you get out of the arctic water it’s not going to be much warmer outside!
So as usual for the UK in summer, the plane landed in Manchester in the rain, i drove to Bolton – in the rain and the next day drove to the race venue (bit tricky to find) – in the rain – the parking (which you had to pay for) was in a field about half a mile away from the expo (also in a field) (in the rain). Well when i did Austria 70.3 in May the parking was also in a field however this is north west England and anything can happen with the weather and usually does. And did.