Iron Man exhausted but happy!

“John Pryor you are iRon-man” golden words from the compere at IRONMAN Switzerland, July 2014.

It wasn’t fast and it certainly wasn’t pretty, but we did it, two years after committing during the London Olympics exuberance.

Naively I enjoyed the bike far too much, convinced this was THE day when it all came together. Then BANG, I started the run and my legs called NO!

Twenty-Six miles of mind over matter. Effort even to collect coloured bands on each lap.

Kudos to my buddy @Kim Slater who had never even run a marathon before, never mind complete one having just bagged 114.4 miles of swim bike!

We did it, we were happy, the pain faded quickly and we did it again a year later.

My lesson. The mind is a wonderful thing. Set it ‘long’ it will go long. Set it to achieve and it will!