The Eco Ironman - Jon Alexander

News has reached us from our Wilderness Hero, Jon Alexander who participated in the Barcelona Ironman competition yesterday (Sun 4/10/09).   Jon says:

I´m alive, just about. Time of 11h32, which I have to say I´m pretty chuffed with. Swim was a total dream, did it in 1.06 which is way quicker than anticipated, and really enjoyed it – particularly the tunes on the music system just before the start, ´Let´s Get It Started´ and ´Crazy´, fairly appropriate! Bike was pretty good too, though the heat really started to tell towards the end, and I was beginning to be a bit scared before the run even began… and I was right to. Absolutely screwed by about 5km in, but managed to run between aid stations (every 2.5km), and was pretty chuffed to keep the marathon time respectable at 4.14. I genuinely can´t imagine having been in much more pain than I was by the end though – knees went numb at about 20km, and I´m really not sure how I did it from there. You meet a fairly unpleasant version of yourself when you get in that kind of condition!

Very many congratulations and our sincere thanks to Jon, as well as all those kind people who have followed his training, supported him in the race and supported the Wilderness Foundation UK in turn through sponsoring Jon or fundraising for us.   We’re delighted to say that Jon has reached his target of £2,000 which has been dontated to the Wilderness Foundation UK.  However, don’t stop there – if you haven’t given yet and still want to, you can sponsor Jon by visiting: http://www.justgiving.co.uk/ecoironman/ You can also read more of Jon’s account of the Ironman by visiting his blog at: http://www.ecoironman.blogspot.com/

Thank you everyone, but most especially Jon.  We’re all very proud and touched by your commitment to and support for the Wilderness Foundation UK.