We are now 5 weeks on from Ironman 70.3 Mallorca where I sustained a grade 2 tear of my right calf which ultimately forced me to withdraw from the race. I posted my initial thoughts on the race, weekend and injury in my IRONMAN 70.3 MALLORCA 2019 RACE RECAP and now wanted to put down how things are progressing. As soon as I felt it go when … Continue reading INJURY UPDATE
Well, this isn’t the blog I had planned to be writing about my three days in New York. The plan had been to blog daily about my time here and post race recaps from the Brooklyn Half Marathon and also the GFNY World Championship race, however, I was not able to take part in either race. During IRONMAN 70.3 MALLORCA last week, I tore my calf muscle … Continue reading A WEEKEND IN NEW YORK
So I will cut straight to the chase and tell you that this race was a disaster, I sustained an injury right at the very start which resulted in me pulling out after the bike leg. Back to the normal race recap style now and let’s go into a bit more detail. You can read about the registration in my IRONMAN 70.3 MALLORCA – DAY 1 blog … Continue reading IRONMAN 70.3 MALLORCA 2019 RACE RECAP
This is the second in my Mallorca Daily blog series, DAY 1 was all about travelling out here, getting set up and registering for the race. Day 2 has been pretty relaxed as you might guess. I woke at 7:40am, jumped straight into my wetsuit and was in the sea by 07:58. Not a bad turn around if you ask me. I wanted to get in the … Continue reading IRONMAN 70.3 MALLORCA – DAY 2: RACKING & RELAXING
This is the first of my daily blog posts whilst out in Mallorca for the Ironman 70.3 Mallorca race. Today was a bit of a messy day with travelling, getting all of the admin stuff done and settling into the hotel. Continue reading IRONMAN 70.3 MALLORCA – DAY 1: TRAVEL & REGISTRATION
Now I am all packed and ready to fly out to Mallorca in the morning, I thought I would post my Ironman 70.3 Mallorca gear. Last week I posted my HOPES & DREAMS for race day, let’s hope this gear can help me deliver on those dreams. Pre Race Race morning breakfast for me is a tried and very well tested thing. In fact, every morning I … Continue reading IRONMAN 70.3 MALLORCA 2019 GEAR
In two weeks time, I will be riding in the GFNY World Championship New York Gran Fondo. This is a 100-mile bike race with over 8,500ft of climbing. It starts at the George Washington Bridge in New York, the route goes upstate to Bear Mountain and back again to finish in Fort Lee New Jersey. This race falls 8 days after Ironman 70.3 Mallorca and … Continue reading GFNY NEW YORK 2019 HOPES & DREAMS
With two weeks to go until race day I thought I would set out my goal for the Brooklyn Half Marathon. My goal is simple. I am going here to race, I have been targetting this race since I signed up for the NYRR Virtual 6 programme in March 2018. This was how I got my place in the race and has been a goal … Continue reading BROOKLYN HALF MARATHON HOPES & DREAMS
Here we go for another thrilling installment of the triathlon training diaries. Maybe not so thrilling but it is another installment at least. I finished IRONMAN – SEASON 2 PART 4 off with an Easy week following on from my biggest week of training to date. The natural partner is Easy, Medium and Hard weeks, however, as I am running the Manchester Marathon on the … Continue reading IRONMAN – SEASON 2 PART 5
The Mid-Cheshire 5k is my first 5k since I ran an 18:51 PB at ROCK n ROLL LIVERPOOL 5k in 2018 (not counting the Chicago 5k and Abbotts Dash to the Finish as they were shakeout runs for the marathons the following day. I signed up for the Mid-Cheshire 5k as it is billed as a fast flat course, the fastest 5k in the UK in 2018 … Continue reading MID-CHESHIRE 5K SPRING 2019 RACE RECAP
The Cheshire Runner. 