On Saturday 22nd March 2008, I will begin my assault on the Deca Iron UK as part of the Enduroman Team.  The epic journey will start with a 24 mile pool based swim in Wick near John O'Groats, then a 1120 mile cycle to Lands End (the long way around as the most direct route isn't long enough!!! )and finally a 262 mile run along the south coast in the direction of Weymouth.   I had toyed with the idea of running a standard Deca format in 2009 around a closed circuit of a few miles each lap, but I thought what the heck...  if athletes have to cover over 1300 miles, let's include in the course the breathtaking views of the Scotish Highlands, the Welsh mountains and the Cornish Coast.


(Karan from Mammoth doing her thing during the Arch 2 Arc)
The swim will start and finish on Day 1.  Athletes will then start at the same time each morning on the bike stage covering a distance of around 200 miles each day.  Each athlete would be in company of their own support vehicle.  The run would follow the same format with each athlete running a set distance each day of around 60-70 miles.  Athletes would then achieve an aggregate time over the whole event.  Those of you that have seen the Race of Fire across Australia where runners ran 52 miles each day for 65 days followed the same format.  Each athlete would make their own sleeping arrangements (camper van or B&B). With the above times and distances in mind the event would last only 11 days (the original Deca format has a 14 day cut off time).

After mentioning this idea in a previous thread, Neil Kapoor from Iceland contacted me and asked me if I wanted to make a race of it this March.  Neil has entered the Double Iron UK 2008 and is keen on completing a Deca early on in 2008.  Brave man to even think about doing a Deca in the March and then a Double in the August!!!

The only expense other than fuel, nutrition and accomodation will be the hire of a pool lane in Wick so this may be the cheapest Deca on record!!

If you fancy joining us - get in touch - the more the merrier!!!