Skip to main content
The estate agent who trained for the 'ultimate triathlon' eating pizza

THE estate agent from Utah indulged in a triathlon training programme that at times was straight out of a couch potato’s handbook.

All the beer, pizza (cheese mostly) and heavy cream he could consume.

Rob Lea needed that not-so-routine diet to gain a little extra weight for his not-so-ordinary sort of climb, swim and bike endeavour he called “The Ultimate World Triathlon.”

The 95th Anniversary Appeal
Support the Morning Star
You have reached the free limit.
Subscribe to continue reading.
Similar stories
500 miles for solidarity
Aw That / 23 May 2026
23 May 2026

After battling hills, rain and injury in a three-day cycle ride ending at the CWU conference, MATT KERR reflects on why class unity remains the answer to injustice

HEROIC CONCLUSION: The riders by the sculpture of Mary Barbour - sculpted by Andrew Brown - commemorating the 1915 Glasgow Rent Strike
Aw That / 2 August 2025
2 August 2025

MATT KERR charts his bike-riding odyssey in aid of the Royal Marsden charity and CWU Humanitarian Aid

England's Jofra Archer appeals during day five of the Third Rothesay Men's Test at Lord's, London. Picture date: Monday July 14, 2025
Men’s Cricket / 15 July 2025
15 July 2025
Liverpool's Diogo Jota, August 21, 2021
Men’s Football / 3 July 2025
3 July 2025

Klopp leads tributes as sports world mourns tragic loss of player and his brother