reach my physical peak for such events. After all, I all the baby of the group! Assuming I come away from Switzerland unscathed, I'll be booking myself in for another pirate raid next year. It looks like Austria better think about insurance and locking

nature of triathlonsappeals to me and Ironman's are simply silly - hence, I knew my lack ofsense would prevail and sooner or later I was going to take the plunge.I'm looking to finish and have fun after the event, even if during theevent I hate every

that set me right back. I didn't get any physio until June, and have only just got back to a fit state - I've missed all my long rides as a result and it is now too late to make up the time. At my test event - the Bala half ironman at the start of June – I