Iron Man Wales; 2.4 mile sea swim, 112 mile bike ride and a marathon. A couple of weeks ago, it was on and in Pembrokeshire community spirit, my mum got us out of bed at 4.30 and out of the house by 5.30. In Tenby by 6 am, singing the national anthem and cheering on athletes, I couldn't quite believe that we were watching the sun rise, nevertheless it was a glorious view and the sea of white swimming hats preparing to commence on their swim was so inspirational.
I wore a 'Voodoo Doll' dress my Dad bought for my Mum in the nineties with my textured sleeve leather jacket from NewLook, my plain white t shirt from next knotted at the front, one of my Grans belts, my bead choker from Tossa de Mar in Barcelona, black leggings and black cut out ankle boots from NewLook.
We went for food so many times throughout the day. For lunch, we stopped at a 50s style cafe. It was so cute with the pink booths and cold drinks in sundae glasses.
It was a little hard to enjoy the 19 hour day with the lack of energy, but I couldn't complain with athletes cycling past on their hundredth mile or running past half way through a marathon on crutches (seriously there was a man on crutches!) The atmosphere was exuberantly passionate all the way until the last athlete passing the finish line in the middle of the night and I'm so glad I was part of that.
.jpg)
