Mumbles lifeboat Tri team excel

Volunteer crew of the Mumbles lifeboat have reached another milestone in their journey to fitness. 4 of the Mumbles lifeboat crew joined hundreds of triathletes for the RNLI Burry Port Triathlon.

The volunteers have set out on their journey to Iron Man fitness and all took part in this weekends event which ended at the new Burry Port Lifeboat station.

Second coxswain Nigel Garner said ‘We set out to drop a bit of weight and get fitter nearly 2 and a half years ago. Now there’s nearly 20 members with various abilities. Between us we’ve lost nearly 20 stone in weight and have gone from couch potato to triathlete. It’s great fun and dangerously addictive’.

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