Driven to Tri .. on all 4's!

Thanks go to Rich Cruse who got wet and bitten by mosquitoes to get this shot of athlete coach Jim McConnel for the June Swimsuit Edition of Triathlete Magazine. It's a piece they were doing on XTERRA Guam in March 2009.


I know it looks like Jim has just fallen over but in fact .... he assures us that it's his super fast way of getting down waterfalls in a kind of scoot on all 4's with your bum above the water action. It's technical and fast, something that can be learned.

Sincere apologies go to Panasonic Toughbook teamate Sam Gardner as it was he who won the race, not Jim -- he got second. The words say different. Ah well.. don't sweat the detail!

So with content like this in Triathlete .. we're all looking forward to the imminent launch of Triathlete Europe .. 1st issue July ... it'll be great to have a magazine in the UK for us triathletes to read and enjoy rather than the current rags that get used as coffee mats once the pictures have been looked at.(Sorry is that a little un PC? .. hmmm :-) )