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
With Ironman 70.3 Staffordshire coming at the end of a four week period which has already seen me race PB’s at CHOLMONDELEY CASTLE TRIATHLON and IRONMAN UK I think it is fair to say, my hopes for this race are less optimistic. I completed Ironman 70.3 Staffordshire 2018 which was my first ever 70.3 and first Ironman branded event. I loved the race and the … Continue reading IRONMAN 70.3 STAFFORDSHIRE 2021 HOPES & DREAMS
Okay, so I have left it a week before writing this, I wanted to let the emotion of the event subside a little before putting pen to paper. I will break this blog down into registration, racking then split the race out into four sections. I will try to put lots of photos to break it up too. This is my second time doing Ironman … Continue reading IRONMAN UK 2021 RACE RECAP
Back to racing!! Damn it feels good to be pinning a number on again after all the cancellations and postponements over the last 18 months. The gauntlet is my third middle distance triathlon (fourth if you count the DNF at Ironman 70.3 Mallorca in 2019). I signed up for this one after Ironman 70.3 Staffordshire was postponed to July 18th. I am doing Ironman UK … Continue reading CHOLMONDELEY CASTLE TRIATHLON GAUNTLET 2021 RACE RECAP
Welcome to season 4 of my Ironman journey. I would love to be able to say that I have successfully completed Ironman or other branded triathlons in each of the previous three seasons but let’s say it has been a very up and down journey. Probably more down than up. I will start off with an apology. If you followed along with the season 2 … Continue reading IRONMAN – SEASON 4 PART 1
The Cheshire Runner. 