A 2.4 mile swim, a 112 mile bike ride and a 26.2 mile run — many would shirk at the thought of taking these challenges on individually.

Not Kilkhampton man James Marshall. He took on Ironman Wales, the country's foremost event of its kind on September 16, and did so at phenomenal pace.

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