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After Norseman, whats next? The Inferno!

In General Triathlon, Inferno Triathlon, Races, Simon Ward of TTC (February 23, 2010 5:05 pm)

That heading sounds a bit like “out of the frying pan and into the fire” or in this case the Inferno.

Inferno swim start If you can remember back as far as August 2009 or if you read my blog, you might recall that my big event for last year was the Norseman Iron distance event in Norway. In fact this turned out to be the biggest ever triathlon I have done, not in number of participants but race duration, severity and planning.

After an event of that magnitude and toughness what would present a similar or more difficult challenge?

There were a few contenders
Inferno Bike Embrunman, Altriman, Alpe d’Huez Long Course but the choice for this year was the Inferno Triathlon in Switzerland which intrigued me because it not only has 5000m of total ascent and a mountain top finish like Norseman, but it also has 30km of mountain biking as well as 90k of road biking.

So the entry was processed on Monday and having had confirmation of that I just need to finalise the payment later this week and Inferno triathlon becomes the major goal for 2010. To find out what I’m letting myself in for take a look at the website.