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ELLIE GREEN
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llie Green has been competing in triathlons ever since she learnt to swim, which was actually just 3 years ago, shortly after her 16th birthday. “I have always been a very sporty individual so taking up triathlons wasn’t a massive challenge, apart from the swimming side of it!” Now a proficient swimmer, when Ellie’s not busy training, she works at Oxley Sports Centre as a lifeguard. In those three years Ellie has completed three half Ironman races, two being Ironman 70.3’s (referring to the total distance covered in miles) and the other being Challenge Weymouth in 2015. She placed 4th in the 70.3’s and won her age group in the Weymouth event. Ellie’s goal now is to reach the 70.3 World Championships in Australia this September. In order to qualify Ellie must win her age group in an Ironman 70.3 race. Her final chance comes on June 26 at Wimbleball, Exmoor, which I am told is one of the hardest courses. So by the time you read this we will know, one way or another, if Ellie is going to the World Championships. Ellie puts her successes down to the unwavering support of her father; ‘As well as being my dad, he’s my coach, my training partner and my biggest inspiration. All it took was for him to tell me to “just sign up and see how you get on”’. She hasn’t looked back since. www.ironman.com
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