The race is on for who will be Scotland's triathlon hopefuls in the Commonwealth Games.
Triathlon may not be the country's strongest sport but Scotland always loves rooting for an underdog.
Only one name is on the list so far. David McNamee is the 26 year old wonder from Irvine in North Ayrshire. No doubt it'll be a patriotic event for the triathlete as it will be his first time representing Scotland.
He'll be competing less than 40 miles from his hometown at the Commonwealth Games venue in Strathclyde Country Park. It's the venue he picked up his first senior medal.
Last week, he tweeted: "30.39 today for Salford 10k, can almost sniff some fitness returning."
His training is sure to be hardcore as a member of UK Sport Lottery Funded British Triathlon World Class Podium Squad in Leeds. It is there that some of his fiercest competitors train.
McNamee trains alongside the high-ranking, Olympic winners Jonathan and Alastair Brownlee.
Speaking to The Herald last month, younger brother Jonny Brownlee said: "It is more important than the World Triathlon Series this year, definitely. I'd rather be Commonwealth Games champion than world champion."
The maximum team size that'll be put forward this summer is six and can be made up of three male and three female athletes for the individual races.
The team relay works slightly different. It will be made up of two males and two females from the athletes selected for the individual events.
Other men in the Scottish talent pool includes former swimmer Grant Sheldon from Hamilton. The 20 year old has been an emerging star that started competing as a junior in 2011.
Sheldon rapidly earned his selection for the GB squad following competitions in the GE Strathclyde Park Triathlon and the Blenheim Triathlon. Perhaps he can recreate wonder in the country park this summer if he's selected for Team Scotland.
Marc Austin is another 20 year old with the Games in his sights. He grew up in Glasgow and is training in Stirling University while he studies. The Scotstoun triathlete trains with the Scottish squad.
Austin and Sheldon are part of an elite scholarship programme ran by the University of Stirling that gives funding support and academic flexibility to athletes.
Even younger yet, Florie McLeish is still finishing high school. The motivated 18 year old lives in Dunblane but has been training hard for Glasgow 2014 while juggling her exams.
Another brilliant Scottish female triathlete is Natalie Milne.
She has worked through multiple injuries to get back on track. In the past she has won the Scottish junior champion and last year she competed at the World Triathlon Series. At the start of April she was ranked in the top 100 of the ITU World Triathlon Series.
In the competition for female triathletes is Scottish born Helen Jenkins. She's a double world champion and finished fifth at the London 2012 Olympics.
Even if Scotland wanted to try to steal the Welsh number 1, it would get messy in the rule books.
After having represented one Commonwealth Country, an athlete cannot represent another without various approval processes within 12 months of the Games. Time is certainly up on that front.
No doubt those leading the Scottish team will be out to make the country proud this summer.
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