Even though you may have just heard about us IronABS have been competing in events all year. Obviosly we've only just set up the web-site so for the events prior to today i'll copy in a summary of the events from our charity page and then from then on in start writing proper blogs on everything IronABS starting with my exploits down at Dorney Lake this weekend in the Bananaman Traithlon, but in the meantime here is that summary:

05/04/2009 Paris Marathon (26 miles) - DONE - Yes Rutter and myself pounded the streets of Paris into submission on Sunday recording times of 4hours 4mins (Me) & 4hours 58mins (Rutter)

19/04/2009 Oulton Park Duathlon (4.3k run, 25.8k bike ride, 4.3k run) - DONE - I (Darlo) completed the duathlon in a time of 1h 25m finishing 30th overall and 9th in my age category - 5 - 10 yr olds!!! Only joking i was in the 35 - 39 year olds - yeah really!!!! Next stop Scotland and the Etape, where the Smallster makes his Iron ABS debut

17/05/2009 Etape Caledonia (130k bike ride) - DONE - Despite the best (or sligtly pathetic yet highly dangerous) efforts of some pshyco locals, Dan & Simon D completed the 130k Etape Caledonia on Sunday. The times are somewhat irrelevant due to the "Tack-Attack" protest which held up the race for 1h 30mins and punctured Dan's rear tyre towards the summit of the the big climb of the day. Simon was one of the lucky ones and managed to avoid the tacks somehow. Even with the so-called "protest" a great weekend was had. Next up its the one you've all been waiting for Team Iron ABS all together for the Cheshire Triathlon in 2 weeks time!!!

31/05/2009 Cheshire Sprint Triathlon (500m swim, 20k bike ride, 5k run) - DONE - Despite being ripped asunder by the withdrawl of Shooter due to medical advice from both his doctor and physio, Iron ABS formed as a trio and took the 2009 Cheshire Triathlon by storm. Darlo finished 45th in a time of 1h 7m 27s, Rutter finished 407th in a time of 1h 28m 21s & Dan finished 436th in a time of 1h 30m 45s. From a feild of 1,200 competitors and each of us competing in our first triathlon these results are nothing short of amazing firmly establishing Iron ABS as a forced to be reckoned with in the world of triathlon. Next up Darlo goes alone again in the Northwich Tri....

07/06/2009 Northwich Sprint Tiathlon (400m swim, 17.8k bike ride, 5k run) - DONE - There is a certain spirit in this Iron ABS team like no other and rather than leave Darlo to run this event by himself Rutter signed up at the last minute taking Iron ABS to their 2nd triathlon. It was another storming success (apart from Darlo's bike but the less said about that the better) Darlo finished 13th overall 4th in his age group (35 - 39) and 2nd in the Novice category with a time of 1h 1min 24s. Rutter finished 91st overall, 8th in his age group (25 - 29) and 32nd in the Novice Category with a time of 1h 18min 19s. Two weeks to wait till the next one which sees Darlo take on the first Open Water Swim Triathlon...

A quick mention for the newly formed Iron ABS Juniors - Luke Darlington (Darlo's Son) completed the Rother Valley Kids Triathlon on Sat 6th June which consisted of a 50m lake swim, 3k bike ride & a 1,500m run - WELL DONE LUKE, I'm so proud of you...

21/06/2009 Liverpool Triathlon (750m swim, 20k bike ride, 5k run) - This was the first ever Liverpool Triathlon and Iron ABS had a presence there in the form of Darlo, who completed the sprint in 1h 13min 46sec, finishing 7th overall in the sprint event and 2nd in his age group, another good performance, setting him up for his trip down to Eton in 3 weeks for Bananaman...