As I was swimming up and down the pool tonight, I thought about what a great race the Deca will be. 1120 miles of cycling the length of the UK and running 262 miles across South West Coast Path. 24 miles of pool swimming just doesn't carry the same 'umf' does it?
I would love to include a sea swim, but with the weaker swimmers taking up to 20 hours to complete the 24 miles, the risk of hypothermia and swimming into the night would be just too dangerous. Why then, have previous Deca's allowed wetsuits?
The only reason that I can think of is that the stereotypical triathlete would whinge without one. And as Dan Earthquake would say, 'Bloody triathlon wetsuit jessies!!'
So the latest amendment to the Enduroman Deca Iron is that the pool swim will be without the rubber.
Last Sunday I made the trip down South and jogged around the London Marathon with Tom Beaver (Pictured Centre)
Tom was raising money for the Missing People's Helpline. Please visit http://www.missingpeople.org.uk/ for more information.