Thanks for taking the time to visit my JustGiving page.

I am taking part in my first triathlon next Sunday (the first of many I hope) and would very much appreciate your support.

The triathlon itself consists of:

• 500m swim
• 13km cycle
• 3km run

In doing this I am looking to raise money for the British Heart Foundation - an extremely worthy cause, and a charity very close to my own heart. My wife, Catherine is also taking part and all our charity work is dedicated to our beautiful baby boy Joshua who unfortunately we lost last year at just 24 weeks because of a serious heart defect, whilst Catherine was still carrying him - you will find a link to Catherines page on here.

UPDATE!!: I appreciate I have sent out my page very late, and I have actually now completed the triathlon! I managed it in a time of 1 hr 3 mins, and no that didn't include time for stopping at the pub!! - In all honesty fairly pleased with the time for a beginner :-) For those of you that require confirmation link to the triathlon times here:

http://www.stuweb.co.uk/events/2014/09/14/1819/

If you scroll down to the time of 01:03:06 you should see muggins here! - there is even photo evidence there!

I appreciate all your support.

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