It's getting absurd ...

I was diagnosed as having caught an infection on the 'respiratory ways', by the good doctors of the British-German hospital here at Lanzarote. So I stayed in bed for two days, coughing my soul out. Than decided to race regardless. This afternoon, I went for a short ride, just to test the Plama 2 in these conditions and I had four flats in less than an hour. I laughed with the first three but what my vocal chords produced after the fourth WASN't laughter, I'm telling you. I felt like crying my eyes out. Never head I been so organized at packing and transporting the bike, never had I put my bike together so skilfully , yet never things went so terribly wroong in the days and hours before the race. And than 10 minutes after I had put my very last spare tire on, and inflIated it with my very lat CO2 capsule, that tire too exploded in the heat of the afternoon sun on my hotel terrace. Someone just doesn't want me to race here, apparantly. I hqve witnesses of all this mishap, fortunately. Chances are nobody would believe me if I didn't.But hell, if there is any truth whatsoever in the saying that a bad dress rehearsal makes for a good show, tomorrow should be a GREAT day. Anyway, all of you visiting here, please take a minute to visit triWWW.com. And SUPPORT them, please. Any amount, however small will do. And remember you can still sponsor them by betting on. By granting me a certain amount of euros for every pro that I leave behind me by the 3rd of October. Every penny of that will go directly to triWWW and YOU get a chance to win my wetsuit, my racing gear, splendid Project Superman T-shirts and even slots for IM races and other Triathlons. So send me your proposals and your bets. Keep them coming guys. And as for tomorrow, as the Sioux used to say: 'Hoka Hey' ..!