A long-time Bermuda resident who completed the Ironman Canada event last month and is writing a book about his experience will donate some of the proceeds from its sale to the Big Brothers and Sisters Association.

Mr. Mark Glusing, who is now studying at the University of British Columbia, said he wanted to give money to the charity because he believed in their work.

He said: "I want to give some of the money to Big Brothers and Big Sisters because there are not a whole lot of charities aimed at helping young people.

"I think it's important to help out young people because not everyone has the same chance that I've had.

"Many kids are not to blame for the way they are socialised and grow up.'' Ms Patrice Parris, president of the Big Brothers and Sisters Association, confirmed the association would be receiving some money from the sale of the book.

"Mark said he always intended to become a big brother,'' she said, "but he was unable to give the time because he was in university.

"He came into our office and told me about the book and said he wanted to donate part of the proceeds to our organisation.'' Mr. Glusing, who graduated from Saltus Grammar School in 1987, swam 2.4 miles, cycled 112 miles and then ran a marathon (26.2 miles), finishing in a respectable time of 12 hours 13 minutes.

The triathlon was his biggest challenge yet, but he said writing the book would present other difficulties.

"There is little or no literature available about what happens around the races,'' he said. "The book will be an amateur look on what many people consider one of the hardest physical feats in the world.''