Having completed the Marathon des Sables in 2007 my quest for a new challenge has brought me to the world of triathlon. My aim is to complete an Ironman in 2010. Why three years? This will represent a real challenge as I can barely complete a length of front crawl in the swimming pool, let alone a 2.4 mile competitive open water swim with 1,000 or so other people. As a consequence, I've given myself a year to become a competent swimmer, a season of triathlon to learn the trade and then a year to prepare for an ironman.

Anyway, the purpose of this site is to document the build-up once again from novice to the start line, and hopefully to the successful completion of an event.

More to come....!

John