Dear all,

After a total of 3851Km of swimming, cycling and running over the past six months I will be participating in the Ironman race in Nice on July 23.

This means that from 6:30am I will be swimming 3.8Km and cycling 173Km before running a marathon.

These six months of training have been tough, with long sessions in the dark damp London winter, but also very rewarding in terms of technical knowledge and managing effort. There was some blood and frustration!

This race is obviously meaningful for me but I hope to make all these hours meaningful for other people I don’t know.

As such I would love to raise some funds for Centrepoint which is a charity providing support for young people in the UK. I’ve been making small contributions to this charity over the years but hopefully with all of you people we can make a more significant contribution together.

Thanks in advance!

Andre