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ISWAN's Triathlon Team Complete Olympic Distance Course

August 10, 2015
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ISWAN's relay team of Per Gullestrup (Chair of Trustees), Torbjorn Husby (Trustee) and Roger Harris (Executive Director) completed the Olympic Distance in the London Triathlon on Saturday 8 August in a time of 3hr 8 minutes. Torbjorn swum 1500 meters, Per cycled 40 kms, and Roger ran 10kms.

Roger said "It was a hot afternoon but we were overtaking teams with people half our age in them". The team finished in 261 place out of 403. The team are already looking at entering the 2016 event with the target time of below 3 hours. They are also going to challenge other organisations in the maritime industry to enter.

The team aim to raise £4000 for ISWAN. To sponsor them please go to http://uk.virginmoneygiving.com/team/iswantri

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