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BIG BEN NEVIS TRIATHLON SETS TOUGHEST CHALLENGE TO DATE

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The Big Ben Nevis Triathlon
The Half Big Ben Nevis Triathlon

Participant Booklets are available to download from the home page of the website.  New for 2008 was the introduction of the half distance race, this will run again in 2009 alongside the main event with swimmers exiting after one lap of the swim, two laps of the cycle route and turning at the half way point on Ben Nevis.

No Fuss Events, the people behind the hugely successful ‘Three Tens’ and ‘Relentless 24’ Mountain Bike endurance races announce this year’s Big Ben Nevis Triathlon will take place on Saturday 19th September in the heart of Lochaber, the UK’s Outdoor Capital. Not for the 'Faint Hearted' The Big Ben Nevis Triathlon is a multi—disciplinary sporting challenge for those who like it ‘epic’.

The Big Ben Nevis Triathlon will offer competitors the opportunity to test their skills, stamina and endurance away from smooth, predictable tarmac and calm inland waters of other, more traditional ‘tri’ events, and will pit entrants against the choppy waters of a freezing cold highland sea loch, the long, loose climbs and fast singletrack descents of Glen Nevis, and the final, monster challenge - a hill run, up (and then back down) Ben Nevis, The UK’s highest and most feared mountain.

Competitors will need not only great fitness levels, but also the skills to handle a 90km mountain bike ride on loose, fast trails and the resilience to make it safely up and down the Ben, a constantly changing mass of loose rock. The Big Ben Nevis Triathlon will be demanding enough to challenge even the fittest multi-sport athletes, yet will be accessible for weekend warriors or recreational riders and runners with good fitness levels.

No Fuss Events staged the first Big Ben Nevis Triathlon in 2006. Its success gained it recognition amongst the multi-sport athletes and it has been nominated as a contender for one of the Ten Toughest Triathlons in the UK.

The Big Ben Nevis Triathlon will test athletes to the limits of their physical and mental strength and endurance, on one of the most rugged and technically challenging courses in the UK. Under the foreboding shadow of Ben Nevis, our intrepid athletes will endure a 1.9km loch swim in the icy waters of Loch Linnhe, a 90km mountain bike ride and a 21km run up, and then back down the slopes of Ben Nevis; The UK’s highest and most awe inspiring mountain. The No Fuss Events team have shaken up the traditional Triathlon format by introducing elements from the extreme ‘x-terra’ triathlon series, such as replacing the road biking with mountain biking and requiring competitors to complete an off-road mountain run, rather than the traditional ‘road run’

Dedication, meticulous preparation and cunning strategy, coupled with extreme mental and physical stamina, will be key requirements for the competitors in this massive test of mind, body and spirit. As with all triathlon events, the ability to overcome the toughest of obstacles and tests, often in the face of exceptional fatigue and cruel weather conditions, will be vital to success.

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Who's Coming

This is a list of entries for this event. If you think you should be here and you are not then let us know.

Entry

Solo Sen Male

1) Team Sheep  -  Peter Horrell
2) Milan Pitak  -  Milan Ptak
3) Claggan Old Boy 2  -  Gavin MacDonald
4) VO2 Maximum Racing Team  -  Andrew Garner
5) Sean McFarlane  -  Sean McFarlane
6) Mark Chapman  -  Mark Chapman
7) Garscube Harriers  -  Daniel Price
8) 76%RT  -  Rob Charles
9) unattached  -  Liam McNelis
10) ireland  -  Ian Burke
11) 300 plus  -  Stuart Smith
12) David Hornby  -  David Hornby
13) Scots Guards  -  J-P Pitt
14) Brighton Phoenix Tri  -  Charlie Pow
15) team d'Archambaud  -  Neal Reynolds
16) Douglas Dempster  -  Douglas Dempster
17) Unattached  -  Robert Wilkinson
18) Dingwall darts  -  Colin Walker
19) no team  -  jonathan hurley
20) Dan Hall  -  Daniel Hall
21) votwo.co.uk  -  ELIOT CHALLIFOUR
22) markybrain  -  mark brain
23) ghoul patrol  -  james pollock
24) Geoff Ludemann  -  Geoff Ludemann
25) scottysharman  -  Scott Sharman
26) Tri Talk  -  Edward Stanley
27) Fubsters  -  Will Wright
28) 25% of Team GMP  -  Stuart Hawthorne
29) TEAM JIMMY  -  JIMMY MCFADYEN
30) GMP - another 25%  -  Colin Davidson
31) Ful on Tri  -  Paul Harnett
32) Pihl  -  Peter Mayntzhusen
33) The Power  -  Phil Stokoe
34) Ecodyn Renewables  -  Douglas Allan
35) team has been  -  martin tonge
36) hammondh20  -  chris hammond
37) GarethEvans  -  Gareth Evans
38) Gizzy and Sam's team  -  Sam Roberts
39) Team Cruachan  -  philip price
40) Team Cruchan  -  Dan  Gates
41) Mark Johnson  -  Mark Johnson
42) extreme dining  -  tim stephens
43) Petr Stefan  -  Petr Stefan

Solo Sen Female

44) Nevis Cycles Race Team  -  Hannah Barnes
45) Westies CCC  -  Elizabeth Adams
46) BRAT  -  Megan Shields
47) Team Cruachan  -  Lizzie Rose
48) sophbags  -  Sophie Wood

Solo Vet Male

49) Todmorden Harriers 1  -  Clive Greatorex
50) Mike Rudd  -  Mike Rudd
51) Claggan Old Boy 1  -  Andrew  MacDonald
52) A.T.L.  -  Adam Coldwells
53) Richard Kirby  -  Richard Kirby
54) Stephen O Brien  -  Stephen OBrien
55) Team Flump  -  Gavin May
56) Ternan Run  -  Grahame Smith
57) N/A  -  Mark Davies
58) Salisbury Tri  -  Chris  Jordan
59) 3rd Time Lucky  -  Andy Wilmshurst
60) Edinburgh Triathletes  -  Joel Sylvester
61) Glasgow Triathlon Club  -  William Taylor
62) Ian Cadman  -  Ian Cadman
63) FFT  -  Steve Kentish
64) dvenables  -  David Venables
65) GTC  -  Seb Lay

Solo Vet Female

66) Oxford Tri  -  Susan Turner

Solo S Vet Male

67) jim stevenson  -  jim stevenson
68) Alan Inglis  -  Alan Inglis
69) Strathaven Striders  -  Allan Douglas

Half Entry

Solo Sen Male

70) natal sharks supporter  -  darren rautenbach
71) Emotional  -  James Clark
72) Emotional  -  Ben Dinnery
73) Neil  -  Neil Smith
74) Get fit or die tri-ing  -  Colin Buchanan
75) Get fit or die tri-ing  -  Jamie Buchanan
76) BRAT  -  Robin Biles
77) Super Pooma  -  barry walsh
78) Team McFearce1  -  Ewan McPherson
79) Tri UK  -  Paul McGreal
80) ATHelite Triathlon Club  -  Alan Stirling
81) Rockmonkey Outdoor Pursuits  -  Christopher Buckley
82) Edinburgh Triathletes  -  Jon Jack
83) Liz Prokopowicz  -  Liz  Prokopowicz
84) Amber Army  -  Steven Adland
85) Gemma Powell's Boyfriend!  -  James Redgrove
86) Highland Hill Runners  -  Adrian Pottinger
87) Ayr Road CC Triathlon  -  marcus shields

Solo Sen Female

88) Ailsa Can  -  Ailsa Cant
89) newhaven tri  -  Fiona Tannock
90) Edinburgh Triathletes  -  Mhairi Ferguson

Solo Vet Male

91) ?  -  andy band
92) Abertay  -  Steve Olivier
93) Leeds & Bradford Tri  -  Gordon Dalgarno
94) Masmoralquelalcoyano  -  Isidro Carbonell
95) Borders Tri  -  Andy Duncan
96) Alan  -  Alan Fleming
97) peletto  -  graham munro

Solo S Vet Male

98) Stephen Walton  -  Stephen  Walton
99) Glen`s Tri man  -  Graham Whyte

Team Ticket 3 members

Solo Sen Mixed

100) Roamin' in the Gloamin'  -  Alasdair Sutherland