So as we all sit under the same sky it’s just different colours……we have Andy in Doha, Dan in Dubai, David in St Lucia and Peter and I sitting here in Harpenden….

But we will all arrive in Mallorca in the next 11 days….along with over 3000 other people. All determined to complete a course that has been set out to challenge us all.

Colin’s favourite saying when I mentioned anything about these adventures was ‘Y’….but this is different, when Dan and I did our Ironman Colin was alive and active, making us laugh with his endless humour, but now we have three others involved and engaged….it’s just amazing that we still have people’s interest but you know what it sooooooo easy. Our inspiration might not be here in body but his spirit is still with us all.

Colin we miss you so bad but we will keep going to beat this thing. Football just isn’t the same.

We will keep doing stuff and try and make people part with a few quid…let’s just say everyone that reads this and I mean everyone puts a quid into the site it gets us closer to our aim of smashing this b******….come on you can all afford a quid.

Anyhow the other thing is EVERY penny goes to the cause…we don’t take anything……..so please help, we have just passed pay day and you know what you get it all back next month so find a way to help with a quid…….it will help more than you ever know….and remember Colin is watching !!! Cheers mate.

So how is it that 60% of the team is warm weather training, and the two old boys are contending with winter conditions…..rain, fog and cold, just great !

So into the final lap, Dan has recovered and blasted 80+k cycle this morning! still a bit to go for him but it’s coming, Andy, that bike just will not last! especially if you keep smashing it….David is swimming with the sharks and spinning with…..well better let that one go! and Peter well he has gone quite….no update no nuffink….

Two weeks today we will be in Mallorca, will have registered and swum in the sea, preparing to rack our bikes and then spend the rest of the day just wondering, nerves will be kicking in and banter will be high….every emotion known to man. But also a high level of anticipation and excitement ….. All the weeks of getting up early, training, set backs, highs and lows will all be forgotten, and we will all just want to get on with it…..

But again we go back to the real purpose, It was Colin’s birthday yesterday and it was a timely reminder. He would be so chuffed at the continued support, he knew any effort by everyone was going to be too late for him, but he was so determined to do anything and everything he could do to raise both awareness and cash to help others who would travel the same path, that was just the way the bloke was…truly amazing and never forgotten. So please remember him and his legacy by donating to the cause, what we are doing is nothing compared to his journey so go on please, just do it….thanks