SPANC Co-founder loses his (Triathlon) virginity

SPANC co-founder Sam Lear lost his multi-sport virginity at the Mumbles Triathlon on 10th May 2025. Sam calmed his pre-event nerves by staying in bed and sleeping through 2 alarms, eventually waking up 33 minutes before the start. The Bronwlee brothers are now recommending this new approach to their coached athletes. Apparently Jonnie said, "I can't believe I've never thought of it. I used to spend 3 hours sat on the toilet worrying about the race when i could have just been asleep. Genius."

For some reason Sam decided to dress up as a tow-float for the swim and then wore some other clubs Tri kit for the bike and run. It seems someone else noticed he was in the wrong club kit as they were heard to shout, " Get out of the way you SPANC'r" as he emerged from the water.

After a rapid swim Sam took full advantage of the time he had made up in the sea by having a well earned 9 minute break in T1. After fully drying himself off, eating a sausage and bean pasty from Greggs and having a cup of tea he set off for the arduous bike leg around the Gower. Returning back into T2 in fantastic time an off-duty British Triathlon Technical Officer was concerned Sam had been paced up the hills by his father (aka Fresh) on his electric mountain bike. No evidence of this claim was found and no further action was taken.

Regardless of his poor decisions, Sam completed the sprint distance in a fantastic time of 2:24 and crossed the finishing line with his son and nephew to great applause from the awaiting crowd. Onwards and upwards Sam - A great day for SPANC The Warriors.

In other news, Fresh ended the day with multiple King of the Mountain awards having beaten every strava segment in the area.