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    Coniston, F/W, BG triathlon

    Read a bit in the Daily Mail. No only kidding, Guardian today about a guy who swam Coniston Water, cycled the Fred Whitton route then the BG to celebrate his fortieth Wow. Anyone know anything abut this? Sorry if I've missed it on another thread.
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    Re: Coniston, F/W, BG triathlo

    Hang on a minute: I'm the one that read it, so why don't I just get it out of the bin and tell you? Lazy git. Here we go:

    A former international triathlete, Paul Clavey, swam the length of Coniston Water. He then climbed on his bike, to pedal the 114 mile route of the Fred Whitton Challenge over Lakeland's major passes. Finally he summoned up what was left of his energy to take on the Bob Graham Round, a 74 - mile run up and down 42 demanding peaks. Each one of these has been the achievement of a lifetime for those who have managed them, and Mr Clavey's "first" in doing them all consecutively meant hours of self - inflicted agony and going without sleep for nearly two days. " So much could have gone wrong," he says. "Thankfully it didn't. Though there were times on the final leg when I couldn't keep food or drink down and was being sick while I jogged along. There were moments of black depair where I just wanted to curl up and lie on the ground." He finally completed his incredible test 43 hours after setting out.
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    Re: Coniston, F/W, BG triathlo

    Daily Mail Report

    Dare I say that that's a bit more inspired than 2 laps of a BG....

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    Re: Coniston, F/W, BG triathlo

    Quote Originally Posted by dominion View Post
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    Dare I say that that's a bit more inspired than 2 laps of a BG....

    Duck... Run....
    Think you might have to do both to compare.

    Very impressive though.

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    Re: Coniston, F/W, BG triathlo

    What? It WAS in the Daily Mail???
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    Re: Coniston, F/W, BG triathlo

    Nope. That wasn't the DM. Some good stuff in there.
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