220 Triathlon

BRUNTY’S DIY TRI

MARTYN BRUNT

Martyn is tri’s foremost average athlete and is living proof that hours of training and endless new kit are no substitute for ability.

I’ve done a triathlon! Not an actual one I grant you, but there’s about as much chance of finding an actual tri in Britain during the New Year as there is of me finding a pound in my bank account.

If I’d trained a bit harder inoff to Australia for the winter months and found races galore, and a whole bunch of new athletes to be beaten by. But no, I was too much of a laggard so I’m here, up to my knees in British floodwater, trying to be inventive and cobbling together my own events to keep myself entertained. So here’s what I did…

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