VICEROYS TAKE ON THE WORLDs – PROFILE#4 Richard Jones

richardjonesworldsRichard Jones – Too Old for Football, but Not for a Second Year on Team GB?!
I have done a fair bit of Triathlon over last 5-years after getting to old to kick a football – mainly Ironman & half Iron. Becoming a Daddy to Wilf 2 years ago led me to change my focus and have a dabble at Sprint Distance (flexibility to do shorter training sessions). Had no idea if I’d be any good and was lucky enough to land a World Champ qualification last year for Edmonton. Had to go back for more this year!! Incredible experience.
Training since qualifying? More focus on bike to run bricks AND making sure I recover properly…so important as we get older 😉 (40-44 AG)
Any tips for wannabes? When it hurts on that final 1k of the run, push a bit more.
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About Kate Wallace

I've always been involved with sport of some description, particularly adrenaline sports (skiing, boarding, kite-surfing, bungi jumps, parachute jumps, mountain biking) and endurance events (7 marathons, lots of halfs, Caledonian Challenge, London to Brighton bike ride, Moonwalk, played/coached rugby), but I'm relatively new to triathlon as it's actually taken the place of other sports after a couple of bad accidents! Although looking at the biographies of all you other Viceroys I'm a bit embarrassed to admit that all I've done are a few team traitahlons (running or cycling leg) and a couple of super sprints and sprints on my own, I'm hoping that being a Viceroy might persuade me that swimming in open water over 400m is actually possible. Read more about me in the May 2012 Triathlon Plus: http://www.triradar.com/2012/04/09/were-inspired-by-kate-wallace/