Unexpectedly, I won the Kona slot for my age group and so the suggested donation is the £5 rather than that suggested (£2) for my time which was a not-too-hot 14.47 but, quite simply, this was the hardest thing I have ever done in my life.
For those interested the report and race results can be found respectively here
http://triathlete-europe.competitor.com/2012/09/16/rota-and-rohrsbach-dominate-ironman-wales/
and here
http://triathlete-europe.competitor.com/2012/09/17/ironman-wales-pro-age-group-winning-split-times/
