12 Weeks to go
Tough Guy to Ironman Now before you all go jumping off at the deep end saying I’m not a Tough Guy – actually I am, it’s an adventure race in a little known place called Perton. (https://www.toughguy.co.uk/ ) I completed this in 2011 I think. And lets face it it’s a better title than ‘I’m an idiot and signed up to the hardest thing I could possible do’. Yep that’s right I signed up to Ironman UK. I was sat on a nice hot veranda in Kenya with a cool beer and it seemed like a good idea. Now with the countdown at 12 weeks it is looming very large. For those that don’t know what a Ironman, its basically a triathlon, for those that don’t know what a triathlon is, well you swim for a bit, cycle for a bit then run for a bit. In an Ironman you swim for ages, cycle for even longer then run for a bit more. The distances involved are simply nuts – 2.4mile open water swim, 112 mile bike ride, 26.2 mile run. For those that are struggling to comprehend such distances they have cut o...