On Sunday 5th October, Masters swimmer Ellie O’keeffe took part in the Barcelona Ironman event.

The event starts with a 3.86 km Open water swim in the bay, followed by a 180 km bike course and finishing with a Marathon run of 42.2 km.

Ellie, competing in the 25-29 Age group, finished the swim in 4th place, 13th on the bike, but coming back with a strong run in the marathon, finished overall in 7th place, in an impressive 10 hours 32 minutes 19 seconds.

Huge Congratulations Ellie, you are now an IRONMAN!