Tough Guy to Ironman

Race Report Well I didn’t drown, which is a positive all round! Training for the week was normal so I will concentrate this report on the first of the main events. I, sensibly, had packed all my bags the night before so getting up early on the morning I had to only eat some food and go. Which I duly did, but still managed to leave 10 minutes later than planned. Then the highways agency decided to shut the M54, so I had to do a swift U-turn and drive a different way, then google took me to the wrong address! After all that palaver I arrived at the event half an hour later than I wanted to, but still with loads of time to spare such was my keenest. Registered, equipment racked, and clutching my red hat ready to go I stood on the lake side nervously awaiting our briefing. At which point the marshal told us the lake was a barmy 16°C as they had put the heating on all night for us – yes people you read that right ‘heating’. Apparently this lake has a heating system. However ...

Money link https://www.justgiving.com/fundraising/christopher-dawson5 Right I have been particularly slack with my blog updates, being that I have written one and then nothing. Its not fair on you the reader, and for that I apologise! Also it show on how much money I haven’t raised yet, you don’t get anything for free these days – not even sponsorship. My intention between now and then is to post every Monday. That way it will give everyone to look forward to after that first day back at work, and as all my events are on Sundays I can report back on them. And that then leads me onto todays topic -the schedule. The actual event that I am leading up to is the UK Ironman, which is on 15 th July. Now I was particularly aware that not haven’t done any real triathlons going into this green was a bit ambitious. I mean it’s a bit ambitious as it is but I wanted to have some experience, particularly open water swimming and the transitions. So I have signed my self up for various...

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...