One down and two to go
We didn’t need an alarm clock this morning as Joseph made sure we were up at 4am! The torrential rain forced us to change from plan A to plan B - get the car instead of walking to the start. There is nowhere to park within 20 minutes walk of the race start, so I drove and dropped Matt off at the race start and went in search of a parking spot.
En route to getting back to Matt, I get a call on the mobile, with a worrying: “Are you far from the car?….I forgot my goggles”. There’s always something eh? We decided it was best that Matt tried to buy a new pair at the race expo bit as I couldn’t risk going all the way back to the hotel and missing him for the start.
Joseph and I kissed Matt good luck just before he got into the water at 7am. In between dripping umbrellas, we managed to get a glimpse of him coming out of the swim at about 8am and into the bike transition and we also spotted him starting on the bike. Joseph and I then came back here to the hotel to get some breakfast and change our clothes. No amount of rain kit could keep out the rain! We’ll head back shortly to hopefully catch sight of him coming in off the bike - all things going well.
Thanks for all your good luck and well wishes - Matt should get around on telepathic support alone! I’ll get back later with the final update.
July 13th, 2008 at 11:52 am
What took you so long? I would have done it quicker!!! In my dreams.
July 13th, 2008 at 12:32 pm
Brilliant. Well done Matthew. Can’t believe you are smiling after the swim. I see you are nearly doing 5km an hour pace which is superb. Keep going we’re all still routing for you here in Dubai.
July 13th, 2008 at 12:35 pm
Get the latest times for Matt at http://ironman.com/coverage/?race=switzerland&year=2008 and select ‘TRACKING’ on the top right and search for ‘Swift’.
Go go Matt!
July 13th, 2008 at 12:56 pm
even though there is over 2000 racing you matt colette and joseph are the true champions in our hearts good luck and enjoy yourself we are all rooting for ya.
July 13th, 2008 at 1:16 pm
I think I might have done Matthew a massive dis service by saying he is cycling at 5k an hour. That would take 18hrs to do 90km. Oops. I think I’ll stick to my cups of tea following him on the net.
Colette I hope you and Joseph aren’t too wet watching on the side lines. They could have picked a nicer day.
July 13th, 2008 at 1:28 pm
GOOD LUCK!
July 13th, 2008 at 2:46 pm
Go get ‘em Mattie! Thinking of you and wishing you well today. Wish I was there to cheer you on! Lots of love, Suzy
July 13th, 2008 at 2:49 pm
Yellow helmet and blue goggles - he’s so sexxyyy!
July 13th, 2008 at 3:10 pm
Summer is sitting here with me looking at your blog and wishes you all the best of luck. We are proud of you!!!!
July 13th, 2008 at 3:56 pm
Fantastic! Following you all the way Matthew, absolutely
marvellous. Colette you are the star in the background
with dear little Joseph, seems as though the rain has now stopped, thank goodness.
July 13th, 2008 at 6:38 pm
BRILLIANT! Well done Matty, you are a star without a doubt.
We knew you would do it and we are so proud of you.
Love to you all
Mum & Dad
July 13th, 2008 at 8:33 pm
Bravo !
July 13th, 2008 at 9:46 pm
507 out of 2400!
Well done. Congratulations, Matt, you did it ! Tu peux être fier de ton résultat.
Take a rest, spend time with Joseph and Colette in Switzerland, tu le mérites et eux aussi
Cheers, see you.
Les Sim’s
July 13th, 2008 at 10:01 pm
Nice one mate - congrats on a great effort. I’m sure you can have a well earned rest with the family now (and maybe a cheeky weißbier?) before you get in training for your next event!
July 13th, 2008 at 11:30 pm
Hello anyone looking for an update to the blog.
Matt and Colette are having some connection difficulties in Switzerland and are unable to update the blog at the moment, but hope to give a full update tomorrow.
Matt did brilliantly in terrible weather conditions and finished in 10 hours 45 mins which is fantastic.
Well done Matt - we are so proud of you and well done Colette and Joseph for being such wonderful supporters. Now you can all have a well earned rest.
July 13th, 2008 at 11:38 pm
Matt What a star, congratulations on a marvellous achievement. Well done to your support team Colette and Joseph….. and for your next trick??????
July 14th, 2008 at 2:53 am
Matthew, what a truly great achievement one thing for sure Joseph can be very very proud of his Dad he was definitely number 1 in this race.
So now you can take a deserved rest with your team sleep for a week , and then start getting ready for the next one I should think ???????
well done
July 16th, 2008 at 10:19 pm
Matt and your support team
Absolutely well done - we are all very proud of you to have achieved so much for the love of your family.
Rest well all of you and especialy Joe who must be worn out with all the jogging, push chairing etc to cheer his dad along.
Love to all three of you from
Uncle Vic, Bill & Liz and the rest of the Goads
July 17th, 2008 at 6:54 pm
well done!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
507 out of 2400 wow!!!
morgan
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July 18th, 2008 at 4:40 pm
Well done Matt, good luck for the future,
hope little Joseph continues to improve.
Margaret