, it was the London Triathlon that was going on.I only had a vague idea what a triathlon was, that it was swimming, cyclingand running I knew, and that it was only for super-tough hard athletes Iknew. But I didn't know in which order or how far. So being the curious

PB'sIronman - 10.30.30 Marathon - 3:28Half-Marathon - 1:28See my RW profileMy handy links • Mike's Amazing Cakes• RW's Q+As page -->About meSport Billy - enjoy snowboarding, golf and triathlon. Theharder the better, 'you must be mad !' comments make me even

the will to go out there and train but there's no bluffing the Ironman distance, so that's what gets you out he door.I've been training around 14 hours per week, with swimming and biking taking up most of it and running coming in a poor third. Coming from a

My Tri ProfileAge.... 25I have been running for... since Feb 2004Strengths... Determination once in an event, and a loathsome view ofquitting. Natural athlete, swam lots as a child, cycled loads all my lifeWeaknesses... A mystery problem resulting

was gainingfriends and really enjoying running and racing so I'm still here.Wanting to do something a bit different for my 30th birthday I decided todo the Concorde Sprint Triathlon, enjoyed it so much I was back for moreand jumping into my first open water swim

challenge and by chance saw a magazine about triathlon.I washooked and spent 1999 learning to swim and doing several 'sprint' tris. Butthat wasn't enough. I saw the big challenge as ironman distance and sodecided to do the Longest day triathlon in August

it was time to put up and shut up. But I did it, and missed my target of a sub-4 and came in at 4:07...and that was it. I'd done it - I'd run a marathon. Move on.And I did move on - and carried on running in other events - but crucially I got started doing