New Forest Ironman Results
Congratulations to Nick Sheard who completed the Forestman Triathlon on Sunday 12th July, 3.8k swim, 180k bike and 42k run.
Nick’s stats for the ironman are as follows:
| SWIM | BIKE | RUN | FINISH | |||
| Nick | Sheard | M40 | 01:28:15 | 06:58:33 | 05:15:02 | 13:46:40 |
The winner completed by event in 10:28:12 and full results and race director’s report can be found at: http://www.racenewforest.co.uk/index.html
He had two supporters, Team Bridges, who let the side down by not turning up for the start at 5.30am and were subsequently berated by other supporters for being lightweights. (Denise would just like to point out that it was Graham who didn’t want to go and not her, she would have gone, if Graham had got her up).
Regular text messages were sent to Nick’s wife, Hanne, to keep her informed of his progress, (we glossed over the bad patch at 14.5 miles of the marathon, we didn’t want to worry her).
Can’t help thinking he could have chosen better accomodation for the night before, check out the picture of his tent in the gallery, Graham is laid next to it, just to show how small it is…
….and as for the tattoo, disappointingly, the ironman tattoo is a trademark of Ironman events so you have to do one of their races to be allowed to have it scratched onto your body, so Nick got just a medal and a tshirt.
Nick was heard to say “Never again” in a Sir Steve Redgrave sort of way, I’m not sure I believe him.
Denise
