The Guvnor aka ‘Ironman Brodie’

Swim – 2.4 miles
Bike – 112 miles
Run – 26.2 miles

12 hours 49 minutes and 38 seconds

What a way to spend your Sunday!

In scorching temperatures on August 20th in Sherborne Dorset, 1,500 competitors entered the extreme sport of UK Ironman Triathalon. The eventual winner was New Zealander Bryan Rhodes with a time of 8 hours and 42 minutes.

Alex came out of the water in 108th position, dropped back after the bike ride into 860th, was raked 533rd for the run and finished a very respectful 592nd. He was actually 47th in his age category!

Put this into perspective, after an hour of swimming, he then cycles the equivalent of London to Birmingham and then finishes it off with a marathon. Doing anyone of those is pretty tough, but all three in succession is something else.

And, Jack & Tom also showed that they too have that Brodie competitive edge. The day was a family day and the youngsters were encouraged to compete in their own event.

Tom did an 800 meter run, followed by 1k on the bike then another 400 meters and out of 54 competitors he finished 8th!! He was only a minute and a half behind the winner (who was a bit of a pro). Tom’s time was 10 minutes and 17 seconds.

Jack started with a 400 meter run, then 1k on the bike followed by another 400 meter run. There were 22 competitors in his event and he finished in a respectable 8th place. Jack’s time was 5 minutes and 44 seconds, 1 minute 22 seconds behind the winner.

Tom & Jack’s times were pretty impressive and they ran the last bit in with their Dad too, see the picture.

Alex has already indicated that he fancies having a go at another one, this time sub 12 hours he says, new bike, stack of training and maybe somewhere exotic? Maybe he’ll need a cycle coach to go with him??