Dan was born in Ireland in 1971 and moved to the UK in 1985. He now lives on the South coast of England and loves the outdoors lifestyle associated with that part of the world. His triathlon journey started 5 years ago when his brother in law talked him into doing a sprint triathlon. He remembers coming out of the swim feeling really green and getting on the bike and hardly being able to breath, the run was a blur and he crossed the finish line exhausted and vowed to never do one again! That year he got hooked and did several more sprints. The next year he moved up to Olympic distance and fell in love with the sport. The year after he did his first Ironman event in Austria and even got a coach. After his first year he joined his local triathlon club and remembers feeling so slow and behind everyone else but the people were really friendly so he stuck with it and is now the chairman of the club and enjoys training with them on a regular basis. He remembers what it was like in the beg