On 7th May I crossed the finish line in Mallorca for my sixth middle distance triathlon and fourth Ironman branded 70.3. This race meant more than most, back in May 2019 I lined up for Ironman 70.3 Mallorca with high hopes of a PB, but these hopes were quickly dashed as I run from the beach to the sea. As soon as I entered the … Continue reading IRONMAN 70.3 MALLORCA 2022 RACE RECAP
On 7th May 2002, I raced Ironman 70.3 Mallorca. This was my sixth middle distance triathlon since I started in 2018 and I have made a quick post like this ahead of most of them. I find it useful to look back at these gear blogs before each race so I know what I need to pack. Let’s face it, there is a lot of … Continue reading IRONMAN 70.3 MALLORCA 2022 GEAR
On the 26th September, I completed my third middle distance race of 2021 and fifth overall at the one-off Ironman 70.3 Bolton. Having set a new PB in the CHOLMONDELEY CASTLE GAUNTLET race back in June, I had already achieved my goal of setting a new PB this year. Originally, I was signed up to race Ironman 70.3 Weymouth the week before the Bolton 70.3, … Continue reading IRONMAN 70.3 BOLTON 2021 RACE RECAP
This is a quick look at the gear I took out to the Ironman 70.3 Bolton race at the weekend. Being my fourth triathlon of the year and third middle distance, I have got a good idea of what I need to take and what fuelling works well for me. Fuelling My fuelling is something that has been well practised over the past few years … Continue reading IRONMAN 70.3 BOLTON 2021 GEAR
In THE ROAD TO KONA – WEEK 3 I had a good week of running but messed up one run by eating dinner too close to the start of the run, the swimming kind of went ok and the bike was average. We were on holiday Friday – Sunday which cut some of the week short and meant front-loading the week. We are still away … Continue reading THE ROAD TO KONA 2021 – WEEK 4
The plan for week 3 on the Road to Kona is to front-load the training over the first five days before we travel down south for a long weekend break and a chance to catch up on some of the missed sleep. In THE ROAD TO KONA 2021 – WEEK 2 things were changed up quite a lot with being off work looking after my … Continue reading THE ROAD TO KONA 2021 – WEEK 3
In THE ROAD TO KONA – WEEK 1 I didn’t feel that good but I was improving as the week went on. The plan for this week was to continue where I left off last week by getting in a second solid week back in the pool but with the addition of an open water swim at the end of the week. I have ordered … Continue reading THE ROAD TO KONA 2021 – WEEK 2
After QUALIFYING FOR KONA at IRONMAN UK 2021 three weeks ago, I best get my ass in gear and start training. Following on from my Ironman Training series 1 – 4 I thought I would post a weekly update on my training, progress and general thoughts heading into race week. There are 10 weeks until I am due to fly out to Hawaii on 4th … Continue reading THE ROAD TO KONA 2021 – WEEK 1
So, I just went and qualified for Kona at Ironman UK 2021! Getting to race at the Ironman World Championship in Kailua-Kona on the Big Island has been that big long term goal. The type of goal you throw out there as an aspiration, maybe one year you will achieve it but you could just as likely never do it. A goal that challenges you … Continue reading QUALIFYING FOR KONA!
Now I have reached the end of this triathlon training block, I thought I would do something different and write a debrief and discuss how I felt the training plan went, what worked well, what didn’t work so well and any changes I may make for the next block. This training block began on the 14th December 2020 and ran for 31 weeks through to … Continue reading IRONMAN – SEASON 4 DEBRIEF
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