completing an ironman has always been something I want to achieve and I've officially done it now. I helped raise lots of money for cure Myeloma too to everybody wins!
Swim
a rolling start which enables people with same ability to swim as a pack as it wasn't too overcrowded but downside is you are straight in the water. A two lapped course with an Australian exit.
bike
i am used to training on hills and you definitely need hill training as the course was over 6000ft of elevation. Two notorious hills, sheep house lane and hunters hill and it's a two lapped course so you have to do them twice.
run
its the hardest marathon you'll ever run. Last thing you want to do after 112 hilly miles is run 26.2 miles. It's a matter of grinding it out. There is a 5-6 mile loop followed by 4 laps where you have to collect 3 coloured bands and then you head back into Bolton town for the red carpet and glory awaits.