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I'm taking part in Ironman Barcelona this year which is a long distance triathlon, in total I need to cover 140.6 miles under my own steam. First swim 2.4 miles, the cycle 112 miles followed by a nice little 26.2 mile marathon to finish. I have to get all this done in under 16 hours. I have tried to complete the Outlaw Triathlon back in 2013 which is the same distance but I missed a time cut off by 10mins at mile 75 on the bike. So having motivated myself once more, joined a local triathlon club and invested in a coach plus a very good alarm clock I'm going for attempt number 2 on October 4th 2015, starting on Calella beach as one of 1000+ entrants, with several other club members. Full details of the event are here People have asked me who I'm racing for and I've thought a lot about it and decided to go with my heart. Anyone who knows me knows my love of horses and according my Dad it's still a phase some 30+ years after that first riding lesson :) In fact I took up triathlon when my two horses had to be retired as a way of keeping myself fit. I see it as eventing without the horse ;) I'm setting myself another ambitious goal, I'm hoping to raise GBP5.00 per mile in aid of horses in Egypt who are working even harder than I will be. PFK is a small UK registered charity in Cairo doing the best it can to improve life for working horses and help their owners to. The photo I've used is of a little horse called Weeble, yes it really is him in both photos. PFKs website is here Their Facebook page is here warning there can be some distressing images on it Webble's full story is here As the well-known supermarket slogan goes, every little bit helps and the people over at PFK really do make every donation count.