came on a training camp I organised in Switzerland and lagged a fair bit behind in most runs. Because we both lived in Kent, she came down to my club Invicta and asked for help. She has an immense ability to absorb training and the problem with her

. The first was to Ironman Austria in 2004, followed by Ironman Switzerland in 2005, Ironman Germany in 2006 and Ironman Austria again in 2007. The 2008 trip will be to Ironman France, Nice. There are other events in the Pirate calendar: a training

Switzerland in July 2009. NamePosition Swim Bike Run Time CRAB 162 1:09:15 5:35:25 3:31:16 10:28:57 g-dog 655 1:14:34 6:17:51 4:02:35 11:51:21 Monique 697 1:13:59 6:45:28 3:44:55 11:56:13 Will He Won't He? 803 1

in force, Japan's Satoshi Osaki and Tsuyoshi Ogata, along with Viktor Rothlin of Switzerland, started to reel in the leading group. Kiplagat looked absolutely out on his feet, and almost ran the wrong way as he entered the stadium complex, losing another

triathlons, which led on to me eventually being sweet-talked by a bunch of RW forum nutters into entering the Switzerland Ironman in July 2005 - known to us all as IMCH. Well, I guess I wasn't sweet-talked into it that much, as I did a Half