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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
 
 

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 …

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!

Supporting: behind every great Ironman is an Ironsherpa
September 19, 2009 – 6:02 pm | No Comment
Supporting: behind every great Ironman is an Ironsherpa

Do you get goose bumps watching the finish of an Ironman? You know that terrific late-night drama of the finishing line as the Everyman competitors run, walk, stumble or even craw across the line to the cheers of the crowd.

The Pirate triathlon year
January 19, 2009 – 6:55 am | No Comment
The Pirate triathlon year

The year’s racing traditionally starts with Bala Middle Distance race in the first or second week of June and ends with with the Vitruvian middle distance race in September.  Other favorite halfs include the Swashbuckler …