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Jenson Button Busy Limbering Up For London Triathlon at Docklands
Despite suffering from a bout of tonsillitis in the days leading up to the event, McLaren’s Jenson Button put in an impressive performance at Sunday’s London Triathlon.
Button is understood to have finished fourth out of the 570 competitors in his group, with a time of 2.14:14.
The annual event includes a 1500-metre swim, a 40-kilometre bike ride and a 10-kilometre run. It attracts 11,000 entrants making it the largest triathlon in the world. Formula 1
The racing hero challenged Vernon Kay to a London Triathlon bet last week - finish within half an hour of him and he’d stump up the wedge for my charity. If I didn’t, I’d have to square him up.
But the Frome flyer had tonsillitis, almost handing Vernon victory before the start.
In the end Jenson reached the finish line at east London’s Excel Centre in 2hrs 14mins 14secs. I got a respectable 2:39.23 and the rest of The Sun team did well too.
Afterwards Jenson said: “Fair play, fella - an amazing effort from you and the boys. I demand a rematch next year but we should find a way of having a team that destroys everyone. Catch up soon and congrats again to you, Sean, Derek, Zak, Tim and Paul.
“Still a crap time, though!!!” The Sun
At the time of writing, Button has raised more than £18,000 through his JustGiving page for the charity following his appearance in the event. Yahoo! Eurosport UK
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