If you’d told Alexandra “Lana” Bartlett 10 years ago that she’d spend a gruelling 18 hours running, swimming and cycling in a world-first event, she’d have laughed you out the door.
She hated long-distance running, had never owned a bike and didn’t even really know how to swim properly. But in December last year, the 51-year-old competed in the world’s first indigenous full-distance triathlon event, the IronMāori TOA.
She completed a 3.8km ocean swim, 180km cycle and a 42.2km run (the distance of a
