We just had word from Simon Blackburn that the Llanberis/Half Ironman UK event is now officially full! Anyone who has entered the race online but has not yet forwarded their two photos can secure their start place by ensuring these arrive at the BIG Triathlon office no later than 28th April. Should the photos not arrive by that date then these start places may be re-allocated to someone on the Reserve List.

We may have been cynical at the start but to have filled 1,400 places with over four months to go is an impressive achievement. Fingers crossed that it all goes smoothly on the day and we have an event that meets expectations and gets GB athletes off to Hawaii for 2002. With a full Ironman planned for next year it will be really interesting to see how quickly that fills - three of the qualifiers this year were filled within days.