After half a lifetime of sedentary behaviour and showing blatant disregard for each and every one of my vital bodily organs I decided in early 2012 that some fairly drastic action was required.  Inspired by the Olympics and a desire to prove to myself that you can achieve the seemingly impossible if you really put your mind to it I secretly began planning my assault on the Ironman challenge.

With a target time of 12 hours I am hoping to complete a 2.4 mile (3.86 km) swim, a 112 mile (180.25 km) bike ride and a marathon 26.2 mile (42.2 km) run, raced in that order and without a break.

Over the past 39 years I believe I have only ever swum further once, cycled further three times and I've only run a marathon once.  I've never done all of these events within 1 week, let alone back to back on the same day.

So therein lies the challenge and please rest assured that each and every pledge means a great deal to me and reinforces my motivation to reach the finishing line within the 12 hour target.

And if you want to see how the training is going please visit: http://connect.garmin.com/dashboard?cid=16715657