19th Nov 2007

Green Candidate Makes GB Triathlon Team

Pete Eggleston qualifies for the Great Britain Triathlon Team.

Green Party parliamentary hopeful Pete Eggleston has proved he is fit to run for office - by qualifying for the Great Britain Triathlon Team.

Mr Eggleston, 38, claimed a place in his age group during the last race of this year's season at Bala in Wales. With a race time of 2 hours and 5 minutes for the 'Olympic' distance race he made sure he'll be joining the GB team at the Triathlon World Championships next June.

In the Olympic distance triathlon, the standard modern course, athletes must swim 1.5km, cycle 40km and run 10km. Triathlon is the fastest growing sport in the UK.

Chair of St Albans District Green Party, Pete Eggleston was recently selected as the party's candidate for the next general election. He started competing in triathlons in 2004, and has been training hard for the qualifying competitions for the World Championships.