Catriona Morrison

Put it this way, if I didn’t laugh right now I’d be a sobbing mess. Still, it’s hard to be miserable in the middle of the Pacific Ocean and I’m bottling my energy and frustrations and putting them in the right place for race day.

Kona certainly is a different kettle of fish (lots of very bright ones actually, and the odd turtle). It’s true what they say about the winds and the heat – pretty intense. I think I have now experienced the extremes so shouldn’t get too surprised on race day. There’s a lot of preening and prancing, strutting and swaggering. You know me, I’m great at that (haha). I really should have invested in that fake tan.  Some things live up to expectations – the climate for example and the wonders of the volcanic landscape (but that’s the geologist in me) other things are a little more ordinary. Take the infamous Energy Lab. I don’t know what I was expecting, but it’s just a few wee huts with some solar panels on the top (apologies to the renewable scientists out there, I suspect there is more to it than that!). Right enough, it is a wee bit toasty out there.

(more photos in the gallery)

As for the race, I’ve come so far this season and even doing my first ironman distance race was a real acheivement for me. Kona is Kona, Cat is Cat. I’m here for the experience and the challenge and I’ll race as hard as I can and we’ll see the results next weekend. Until then, I’ll work on that tan. Or at least at becoming a darker shade of pale…..

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