The blog I always dreamt of writing but deep down, never thought I would write. Like most triathletes, qualifying for Kona was always a dream, something I would love to do one day but never thought I would actually qualify. In July 2021 at Ironman UK, that dream became a reality when I qualified for the 2021 Ironman World Championships. Ultimately, that race was cancelled … Continue reading IRONMAN WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP 2022 RACE RECAP
After my Kona Day 5 post on Friday, I didn’t go much yesterday… just the small matter of the Ironman World Championship. I posted a separate Ironman World Championship Race Recap if you want to see how that went. Other than the race, there was nothing else to write about so we move on to Sunday, day 7 and the final day here on the … Continue reading KONA – DAY 7: LAST DAY IN HAWAII
On 8th October I will be racing in the Ironman World Championship in Kona. For most of my triathlons, I have posted a quick rundown of the gear and fuel I used for the race. I often refer back to these posts myself when I am packing my kit up for a race, just to be sure I haven’t forgotten anything. Over the past 12 … Continue reading IRONMAN WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP 2022 GEAR
On my fifth day here in Hawaii I turned my attention to the actual reason I am out here, the race which is now tomorrow! The plan for today is to head out for an easy 40 min ride and just as easy 15 min run off the bike to shake out the legs one last time. I was up at 5:30am today after a … Continue reading KONA – DAY 5: BIKE, HELMET & GEAR CHECK-IN
Well, we are now into my fourth day on this trip already and today is the first of the two Ironman World Championship races. This year due to a large number of deferrals from 2020 and 2021 (including me) they have split the race into two to allow for a greater number of athletes. This meant that they could split out the women’s race to … Continue reading KONA – DAY 4: WOMENS WORLD CHAMPS
Wednesday is the day I have been looking forward to the most on this trip. Yep, even more than the Ironman World Champs race on Saturday (I know how brutal that is going to be lol). Today I went out for an around the island day trip to see quite a lot of the major sights on the Big Island. Before I came out here … Continue reading KONA – DAY 3: DAY TRIP
Tuesday is the second day on the Kona trip and the first full day on the Big Island. I didn’t sleep too great last night, the jetlag had me waking every hour, I finally gave up at 4:30am and got up. Kinda glad I did get up early at least one day whilst out here, I was able to head outside and watch the sunrise … Continue reading KONA – DAY 2: IRONMAN REGISTRATION
Well here we go, the blog series I always wanted to write but never really thought I would get to do. The Ironman World Championship Kona blog series!! Kona has been that ultimate goal / bucket list event for me, like most triathletes. When I set out on my triathlon journey 5 years ago I didn’t think I would have this opportunity but here I … Continue reading KONA – DAY 1: TRAVEL DAY
On the 12th June, I took part in my third Ironman 70.3 Staffordshire having raced in Ironman 70.3 Staffordshire 2018 and Ironman 70.3 Staffordshire 2021. This was my last “warm-up” race before doing Challenge Roth in a few weeks time. I felt like I had something to prove to myself in this race after really struggling during the run at Ironman 70.3 Mallorca in May. … Continue reading IRONMAN 70.3 STAFFORDSHIRE 2022 RACE RECAP
On 12th June I raced Ironman 70.3 Staffordshire. This was my third time racing Staffs and seventh 70.3 overall. Below is a short breakdown of what gear and nutrition I used on race day. Although, for anyone who has read any of my previous “gear blogs”, you will see that it is the same gear as almost all of them. I guess the only real … Continue reading IRONMAN 70.3 STAFFORDSHIRE 2022 GEAR
The Cheshire Runner. 