“For me it was a tough day, I literally almost died in that swim,” Van der Merwe said after the race.
The illnesses come as water companies across the UK come under intense scrutiny over a litany of failures that have left Britain’s water systems teaming with sewage.
A 750m swim, 20km bike, and 5km run might just be manageable enough to start your ‘tri-sport’ journey.
Imagine being less than 100 metres away from finishing a triathlon, and then a wrong turn bumps you down a spot.
When your partner is competing in an online triathlon, you pretty much have one job.
It takes an incredible amount of discipline, determination and drive to tackle an IRONMAN event. We spoke to triathlete Paul Hilliard about the challenges.
That’s not a misprint folks, NASA astronaut Sunita Williams recently ran, swam and cycled in space the same distance as her earthbound counterparts would have done in the Nautica Malibu Triahtlon, which was held in Southern California.