Half IronMan

Two of my sons are participating in the Ironman 70.3 SA down in East London (South Africa) today. It consists of a 1.8km sea swim, 90km cycle and 21km run. Mom cheering away here in Jozi by following them both with sms athlete tracking alerts. One(youngest) is 5km into the run and the other (eldest) is almost completed the cycle. My youngest Simon has done two full SA Ironman triathalons but it is Shane, my eldests first attempt an an Ironman event. We will all be going down to Port Elizabeth in April as they will both want take part in this years SA Ironman (full). I really admire anyone who challenges themselves and am very proud of their determination.

Well done I used to do these and they were alot of fun.

Wow, that's fantastic! You need to be really fit & have loads of stamina for that. Good luck to them both!

Wow you must be so proud, it sounds like really hard work well done to your boys

Youngest is done in 5hrs 11 minutes. He is a really determined bugger. Sets very high goals for himself. Tracker system seems to be down so no idea if other one done yet.

My other boy finished now in 6hrs 14 minutes. Relieved!

Congrats to them both

I have nothing but admiration for triathletes. True athleticism and mental discipline. Congrats!

Oh well done boys >< you must be so proud

Well done lads i did a triathlon Once wasn't daft enough to go again but an Iron man takes some doing hope mum spoilt you both today

Thanks for all the nice comments. They drove back home today and I will leave the spoiling to their wives

Amazing, wears me out just thinking about it!

Well done, lads!