On Sunday 12th July, Pete competed in the Ironman Switzerland Triathlon held in Zurich, Switzerland.

The Ironman starts with a 3.8km swim followed by an 180km bike ride which in turn is followed by a 42km run.

It took Pete a total of 13 hours 29 minutes and 53 seconds to complete the gruelling event coming 1733rd out of 1979 finishers (89th out of 108 finishers in his age group). Pete's split times were:

• Swim: 1 hr 34 mins 34 secs
• - swim to bike transition: 4 mins 36 secs
• Bike: 7 hr 03 mins 30 secs
• - bike to run transition: 2 mins 58 secs
• Run: 4 hr 44 mins 29 secs

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