SEVEN members from Braintree-based triathlon club Born2Tri took part in the Ironman Austria event last weekend.
The gruelling event consisted of a 2.4-mile swim, a 112-mile bike ride and a 26.2-mile run.
The team's long preparation had begun back in the winter of 2012 with some long, gruelling brick sessions in the most awful of weathers, freezing cold lake swims and finally with icy, snowy conditions for the runs.
Once they had got to Austria and the event they discovered that an additional 200 competitors had been included for a mass start of 3,000.
B2T's first member, Matt Shingleton arrived at the finish in a fantastic time of 10.31, followed closely by Martin George in 11.33.
Stewart Tanner was home in 12.06, with Andrew Baldwin back in 12.11, shortly afterwards, Terry Stroud in 13.35 with Mark and Teresa Harman home in 15.03.
All the B2T Team would like to thank their families, children and friends for all the support and encouragement not only during the training, but more importantly during the race itself.