Bucket list: events to do before I die

Below is my bucket list of events. Some I’ve achieved and are in the bucket. Some I would love to do, in no particular order.

To do

Triathlon

Outlaw Full
ToursNman (now IronMan 70.3 Tours)
Alpe d’Huez triathlon

Duathlon

Adventure race

Cycling
Etape du Tour (in France
Alpe d’Huez (2022)
LEJOG or JOGLE

Running

Marathon du Medoc (nearly did it, long story)
Ultra run: Race to the Kings

Might do

IM Kona
Race as GB
1/2 marathon des sables
Everest (did the virtual one)

Done and dusted

Triathlon

First Olympic triathlon – Woburn triathlon
First Half Iron distance triathlon – Chantilly

Les Sables d’Olonne 70.3 (2019)

IronMan Nice (2022)

Challenge Roth (2024)

Duathlon

HumanRace Ballbuster

Ultra Duathlon (London 2022)

Cycling

Virtual Everest – in my pain cave, on Zwift
Etape du Tour Wales (2018)

RedBull Timelaps (2019,2020)

Running

London Marathon (2022)
Ultra run: Race to the Kings

Adventure race

Tough Mudder (twice)

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