http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ CityCyclingEdinburgh Forum » Topic: "The most unlikely triathlete" en Tue, 26 May 2026 09:49:18 +0000 http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=15261#post-195247 Sat, 08 Aug 2015 09:36:26 +0000 chdot 195247@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Eighteen months ago, Alex Goodier says she was 14 stone overweight and decided to do something about it. After her colleagues gave her a mountain bike she found a personal trainer, Darren Fuller, and set about losing three stone. </p> <p>Then she signed up for a triathlon, which her company, The Access Group, enters every year. She originally planned to cycle as part of a team, but on an outing with her colleagues, fortified by wine, she entered the full "sprint" distance - a 750m swim, 19.8km bike and 5.4km run.</p> <p>Triathlon was not an obvious choice. "I had not ridden a bike since the age of nine - turns out you can forget," she says. "I am petrified of open water, black water, and I'm not a strong swimmer."</p> <p>"</p> <p><a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-33761208" rel="nofollow">http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-33761208</a> </p>