Who are they, the Pirate Ship of Fools?

The Runner's World website started a triathlon forum in August 2003, after lots of members expressed an interest. That interest grew, and now the tri forum has its own instantly recognisable group of yellow-clad triathletes who compete in international Ironman events, originally one outing a year but now several - although the main one is a big group holiday event with its own awards ceremony post-race. So popular has the Pirate Ship of Fools become that smaller and shorter triathlon events too are beginning to take on a distinctly daffodil hue as the pirate influence spreads. As the Runner's World online community grows, so does the number of runners that want to be triathletes, and the number of triathletes that want to be Pirates. But where did it all begin?

Read more of Jj's article here ...

Events

See the Pirate Google events calandar here ... also see the publicly updateable calendar

Stratford 220 Tri

11 May 2008

Main forum thread | Website |Race Entry

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Bala Middle Distance Tri

8 June 2008

Main forum thread | Website |Race Entry

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IM France - Nice

26 June 2008

Official Pirate Championship Race 2008

Main forum thread | Website | Race Entry

Accomodation thread | Hotel Ibis

The Pirate Ship of Fools

...is focused around the annual Ironman trip. It is not a club and any reference or inference to any form of organisation is purely accidental. The premise of the group is basically that anyone with the right attitude can complete an Ironman in a relatively short space of time ....read more

Race News

IM Florida 2007

"Anything is possible" - I don't fully agree - just try unboiling an egg - but as long as you sit wondering whether or not it is possible for you to do it you won't find out..read the complete and unabridged adventure of Bryan the Snail here.

 

Vitruvian

.."hard day at the office....Managed to swim off wildly beam to the left and right, got a stitch early on, had to stop 3 times to get water out of the goggles, then cramped in both legs getting out of the lake. Went into T1 in a foul mood that set the scene for the rest of the day..." Race reports here

The Big Woody

"..The route was very scenic, the aid stations were run with military precision, and the roadkill was varied... "

Race reports here

IM Austria 2007

...where Pirates became Ironmen. Read the race reports from this year's official Pirate Championship Race.

Pirates take on Bala

Many Pirates competed in the gruelling middle distance tri on 3rd June 2007.

This well organised race provided a good challenge for all, especially for those preparing for IM Austria. PSOF female team excelled again this year, taking second in the team prize.

Read race reports and view photos here.