Athlete Faith Jackson-Lee flies the Gainsborough flag abroad in testing iron man challenge

Gainsborough's Faith Jackson-Lee took on the Roth Iron Man Challenge in Germany earlier this month and completed it in a time of 11 hours, 47 minutes and seven seconds.

Jackson Lee (nee Grocock) split times were broken down into the three disciplines which involved a 2.4-mile swim in 59.34, 112-mile cycle in 6:37.44 and 26.2-mile marathon in 4:01.53.

Born in Gainsborough and attended both Charles Baines and Huntcliffe Comprehensive School, Faith was also a competitive member of the Gainsborough Swimming club from an early age.

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