2019 was going to be the year where I took that step over from running to triathlon. I began that year buying a new trisuit, my first item from Zoot and absolutely loved it and the fact that it had Kona writen on the back made it even more special.My first triathlon of the 2019 was IRONMAN 70.3 MALLORCA this was also the first race … Continue reading I AM JOINING TEAM ZOOT FOR 2020
The Outlaw X is a new middle distance (half ironman) triathlon for 2019 celebrating 10 years of OSB events. After my injury during the IRONMAN 70.3 MALLORCA 4 months ago, I decided that I would sign up to race this one right at the very end of the UK triathlon season. 4 months of injury recovery has gone quite well and I am going into this one … Continue reading OUTLAW X TRIATHLON 2019 RACE RECAP
This is my first race since I suffered a grade two tear of the calf muscle 8 weeks ago at IRONMAN 70.3 MALLORCA whilst I have been able to train in the pool and on the bike, running has been very limited. I only got back to easy paced 5k running this week. I did try to cancel or defer all my races in June & July … Continue reading ABERSOCH SPRINT TRIATHLON 2019 RACE RECAP
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
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
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
This is the third installment of the Hopes & Dreams series and seems to be getting a regular thing now, certainly before the bigger races anyway. In my previous posts, my hopes for TOKYO MARATHON were massively underestimated and for the MANCHESTER MARATHON, I completely changed my mind and didn’t run at all. So it’s fair to say when I set a goal, hope or dream its pretty much … Continue reading IRONMAN 70.3 MALLORCA 2019 HOPES & DREAMS
Now that Tokyo is done and my marathon goal totally smashed it is time to fully focus on Ironman 70.3 Mallorca. The plan is to increase the bike mileage and intensity and build up the swimming whilst reducing the amount of running in comparison to recent weeks. Continue reading IRONMAN – SEASON 2 PART 4
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