As the weeks countdown to ‘Day 1′ and the team strive to save every bit of weight from the list of ‘essential’ equipment, the team are piling on the pounds – some of the team are achieving personal body weight gains of ~1kg a week! Belts are being loosened and trousers are feeling tight and as the training tapers in the last few weeks the rates of weight gain should increase – will any clothes still fit?!