Ironman? Decaman? Or MichelinMan? (By Julian)

At the TriClub each Sunday, everyone discusses what marathon, half Ironman, Ironman or Decaman they are planning next. To do a marathon, you need to be fit. To contemplate an Ironman, you need to be seriously fit. And to do a Decaman, you need to be really, really, really fit - and completely certifiably mad!

So what do you need to be to do the Arch To Arc? I thought about that as I stumbled around my little 1 hour hill climb, wincing at every right step (I think I may have microfractured something in the ball of my foot...). It turns out there are quite a lot of right steps in a 1 hour run!

The main challenge of the Arch To Arc is clearly the swim. With no wetsuit, the cold water is the major hurdle...and it is a major advantage to have a few layers of natural insulation (read - subcutaneous fat).

Then after the swim, you have to ride a bike for hours - avoiding punctures in your tyres. Rolls of fat. Tyres. The only name that really fits this event is "MichelinMan".

So to make it really work - this "MichelinMan" event - I think we will have to run, swim, cycle and then dine...at a 3 Michelin Star restaurant. We will need to replace some fat after all?