IRONMAN CHALLENGE 2011

HELLO ALL AND WELCOME ONCE AGAIN TO SWYD

ITS BEEN A LONG TIME SINCE I LAST UPDATED THIS SITE (XMAS I THINK) BUT IVE BEEN VERY BUSY LATELY. OK OK CRAPPY EXCUSE I KNOW, BUT I REALLY HAVE.

RIGHT, WHAT HAS BEEN GOING ON RECENTLY?? WELL, IVE DECIDED TO DO THE IRONMAN CHALLENGE THIS YEAR IN BOLTON ON JULY 31ST. AFTER DOING MY JOHN O’GROATS TO LANDS END CHALLENGE LAST YEAR I FEEL MENTALLY AND PHYSICALLY READY FOR ANOTHER SO I DECIDED ON IRONMAN.

IVE WANTED TO DO THE CHALLENGE FOR QUITE A FEW YEARS EVER SINCE I HEARD THAT DANNY WAY (SKATEBOARDER) HAD DONE IT. AS SOON AS I FOUND OUT WHAT IT CONSISTED OF (2.4 MILE SWIM, 112 MILE BIKE RIDE & A 26.2 MILE MARATHON) I THOUGHT THAT WAS FAR TO MUCH FOR ME TO DO MANY YEARS AGO BUT NOW I FEEL IM READY.

MY FRIEND BUTTSY WHO IVE DONE THE GUMBALL WITH AND WHO JOINED ME IN IBIZA LAST YEAR SENT ME THE VIDEO YOU CAN SEE AT THE BOTTOM OF THIS WRITE UP. AS IM SURE YOU’LL AGREE ITS A VERY INSPIRATIONAL VIDEO.

AND AS SOON AS I SAW IT I SEARCHED ON THE WEB FOR AN IRONMAN TRIATHLON IN THIS COUNTRY AND FOUND THE ONE IN BOLTON AND SIGNED UP STRAIGHT AWAY. I DECIDED TO ASK A FEW PEOPLE IF THEY WOULD LIKE TO JOIN ME. MY BROTHER TRIGG (S.W.Y.D DJ & SCHOOL TEACHER) AGREED ALONG WITH NATHAN ALLEN (LIFEGUARD, CYCLING AND SWIMMING LEGEND WHO HAS RACED MANY MARATHONS AND COMPLEATED THE LONDON TRIATHLON LAST YEAR) AND ALEX SYMONDS (CARDIFF DEVILS ICE HOCKEY PLAYER AND ALL ROUND PARTY MACHINE) SO WE’LL BE PUSHING EACH OTHER TO OUR VERY LIMITS.

IVE BEEN TRAINING 5 DAYS A WEEK FOR IT SINCE THE BEGINNING OF JANUARY AND HAVE PUT IN QUITE A FEW HOURS ALREADY. SO FAR THE FURTHEST IVE RUN IN TRAINING IS 21 MILES AND MANAGED TO DO A 61 MILE CYCLE WHICH IN THESE WINTER MONTHS IS NO EASY FEAT CONSIDERING THE RAIN AND FREEZING TEMPERATURES. MY TRAINING DAYS OFF ARE SATURDAY & SUNDAY FOR OBVIOUS PARTY REASONS. I’VE DONE A LOT OF RESEARCH ON THIS EVENT AND FROM WHAT I CAN SEE NOT MANY PEOPLE FINISH THE EVENT IN THE TIME GIVEN SO TRAINING IS VERY IMPORTANT. WE HAVE A 2 AND A HALF HOURS TO FINISH THE SWIM, 10 AND A HALF HOURS TO FINISH THE CYCLE AND 17 HOURS TO FINISH THE WHOLE THING SO WERE GOING TO BE ON THE GO FOR A LONG TIME. I DONT HAVE A TIME I WANT TO FINISH AS LONG AS I GET TO THAT FINISH LINE I’LL BE HAPPY.

IF I FINISH IT IN THE TIME THEN IM OFF STRAIGHT TO THE TATTOOIST TO HAVE IRONMAN TATTOOED ON MY BODY. AS A TREAT FOR DOING THE IRONMAN 3 DAYS LATER IM OFF FOR MY YEARLY PARTY WEEK IN IBIZA TO PARTY MY PANTS OFF.

WERE DOING THE IRONMAN TRIATHLON THIS YEAR FOR A GREAT CHARITY CALLED TY-HAFAN HOSPICE WHO LOOK AFTER LIFE LIMITED CHILDREN AND THEIR FAMILIES. THEY ARE THERE 7 DAYS A WEEK 24 HOURS OF THE DAY. SINCE 1999, THEY HAVE HELPED OVER 400 FAMILIES. I HAVE SET UP A JUST GIVING PAGE FOR DONATIONS. IF YOU COULD PLEASE DONATE HOWEVER LARGE OR SMALL TO http://www.justgiving.com/swyd-ironman IT’LL BE MUCH APPRECIATED. THANK YOU.

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