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Greenest What jon Will Use
Calfee bamboo bike.
ironman
Bamboo is light,
very strong,
absorbs shock well,
and its plantations
absorb up to five times
who leaves
more CO2 than other trees
Trainers by END
Footwear. Made of
no trace
recycled/sustainable
materials, including
bamboo, and solvent free. Clothes
from sustainable, ethical sources
Eurostar to Paris
daisy dumas Tough: Jon then night train
Alexander to Barcelona. Less
He will swim twice the length of Oxford emerges from his strain on body and 10 times
Street, cycle the distance of the M25 triathlon training fewer emissions than equivalent flights
and run a full marathon in one go — all session in the
without leaving a footprint. A carbon Serpentine Torq snacks and energy
footprint, that is. foods that are organic
Londoner Jon Alexander will ditch and fair trade. As much
his regular trainers, swap his carbon- protein as a vegetarian
fibre bike for a bamboo one and wear diet can provide:
recycled-fibre clothing to become the lots of beans,
GlENN COPus
first eco-competitor in an Ironman- pulses, cheese
length triathlon in Barcelona. and eggs
Only attempted by a few thousand
people a year, races in the gruelling
series take about 12 hours to finish and tine, trudging parks and towpaths and environmentally-friendly kit after the worth, wants to draw attention to open wise wouldn’t get the chance, I will
are regarded as some of the most chal- covering miles of the city’s roads by race to raise money for charity. spaces available for sport, and aims to definitely feel like I’ve succeeded.”
lenging endurance events. They bike. He will eat a vegetarian diet, getting raise funds and awareness for the The Ironman events culminate in the
include a 2.4-mile swim, a 112-mile But his training and preparation are protein from beans, pulses and cheeses Wilderness Foundation, a charity Ironman World Championships in
bike ride and a 26.2-mile run. focused not just on the physical chal- and dreaming up recipes “using eggs which encourages city-dwellers to Hawaii every October, although this is
Mr Alexander, 27, an environmental lenge but on the environmental one. in ways that the average person never become connected to nature and wild a problem for Mr Alexander: “I don’t
strategist at a Soho advertising agency, He will travel to Challenge Barcelona, thought possible”. He will also munch places. think you can get the train to Hawaii.”
has run four marathons and rowed for which is on 4 October, by eurostar and on fair-trade, organic sports nutrition He said: “If I can inspire people to find
Great Britain at under-23 level. He is overnight train, and will auction off his products. more of a place for nature in their lives, For more log on to:
www.justgiving.com/ecoironman
training by swimming in the Serpen- bike and other reusable pieces of his Mr Alexander, who lives in Wands- and raise money for those who other-
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