BOLTON School old girl Emily Varley raced against the clock to become the new Guinness World Record holder for the Women’s Indoor Triathlon.

Emily, who was in Bolton Schools class of 2012, had to complete a 400m swim – 20 lengths of the pool – riding 20km on a bike and running 5k on a treadmill.

The total time also include the transition times between each of the three sections.

The record attempt took place at Nuffield Health Centre in Letchworth before the gym officially opened to the public. Emily started at 7:45am attempting to beat the women’s record,

Emily completed the swim in 5:38, she then ran to the bike and completed that leg in 31:14 –making her average speed 23mph, hopping off the bike and straight onto the treadmill she did her 5k in a time of 20:36.

This gave her a total time of 58:21, smashing the women’s record, and almost beating the men’s record!

Emily said: “As soon as you are finished you always wonder if you could have gone a little bit faster, or pushed a little bit harder, but nevertheless I really enjoyed it and it was great that so many people came out to support us! “Thank you to everyone who helped make this happen.”

Not only did she, and her friend Jake break the world records, but they were also doing the challenge to raise money for Garden House Hospice Care, Letchworth. Garden House Hospice provides palliative end of life care and supports a community of over 250,000 people.

Whilst at school, Emily was a keen swimmer and was captain of the swimming team in her final year. The swimming team was very successful that year and became town champions . Emily went on to study geography at the Cambridge University, where she also took up rowing, football and a small amount of running.

She returned to her old school last year to inspire others to aim high.

Emily now works as a business analyst and project manager at the RSPB.