Who are they, the Pirate Ship of Fools?
September 14, 2009 – 8:08 pm | No Comment

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 …

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upcoming events

upcoming events and guides to the annual popular pirate events like Vitruvian plus the less popular tougher events!

past events and race reports

epic events, epic race reports …

new to tri: “am I crazy?”

signed up to a sprint or Ironman as a drunken bet? we’re here to help.

all things pirate

who are the pirates? how do I join? how to order kit? who is Coach Barlos? etc etc

training

so, how do you train for an Ironman?

all things pirate, miscellaneous »

Joining the pirates…… (go on you know you want to)
October 16, 2012 – 7:09 pm | No Comment

We are not a club, just a bunch of like minded individuals who like doing ironmans :-)
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Ironman Wales 2012
July 28, 2012 – 2:00 pm | No Comment
Ironman Wales 2012

Wales… hills, wind, rain, more hills…..
Great, well organised event, the town really gets behind it. Some of us are going back for more, and there are some novice pirates having a go as well
I want …

2013 – Outlaw – a mid season outing
July 28, 2012 – 1:56 pm | No Comment
2013 – Outlaw – a mid season outing

The ever popular outlaw gets its own pirate posse – as a group of intrepid yellow clad pirates again return to Holme Pierpoint for another crack at this superb race.
outlaw 2013 thread
 
 

Strava, facebook etc
June 22, 2012 – 10:25 pm | No Comment

strava club
pirates on facebook

2013 – Challenge Henley – The Pirate Championship
May 27, 2012 – 6:04 pm | No Comment
2013 – Challenge Henley – The Pirate Championship

As an alternative to Lanza, Challenge Henley is the stay at home option.

summer training
cheaper travel costs
half and relay option for light weights

Operation ExtravaLanza 2013 – Start saving / training now
January 14, 2012 – 11:15 pm | No Comment
Operation ExtravaLanza 2013 – Start saving / training now

The Official Pirate Ship is sailing to Lanza in 2013 – (after a year off in 2012 due to bad economics / everyone being skint!!!)
Its a challenge
cheap beer
cheap accomodation
its a long way to go
training through …

the 2012 IM training threads
January 14, 2012 – 9:59 pm | No Comment

Each year, current and newbie pirates use runners world threads to ask (stupid) questions, provide support, cry for help and receive guidance from those (potentially) more experienced.
The thread is for anyone – whether you are …

Pirate Championship 2012 – The Outlaw!
December 28, 2011 – 4:31 pm | No Comment
Pirate Championship 2012 – The Outlaw!

Quickly becoming a pirate regular, the third running of the outlaw is also the Pirate Championship for 2012.
A home grown IM distance event, its held in Nottingham on 1st July 2010. Its run by …

Enduroman 1st – 10th June 2012
September 22, 2011 – 9:41 pm | No Comment

Here they go again….

deca
quin
triple
double
single

No idea who’s doing what yet, but people are flashing their credit card….
main thread
if you are mad enough to think about entering, you probably know their web site already!

Ironman Wales – A pirate outing – 11th September 2011
September 16, 2011 – 11:59 pm | No Comment
Ironman Wales – A pirate outing – 11th September 2011

What a race! Tenby / the organisers put on a cracking first race – looks like everyone enjoyed it. It was tough, with the weather / wind adding to the tough bike and …

Embrunman 2011 – Epic!
August 21, 2011 – 4:35 pm | No Comment

An epic race and a couple of epic race reports….. 4 pirates ventured out for the race, (****, 10′ tallman, Meli and slim)
runners world forum thread
 
Beware, the reports are detailed & long but so …