2016… a year of pretty major things for me, but none of which I’ve really spoke about in public, or much in private if I’m honest. I’m hoping writing a few things down may clear some cobwebs for me in a (hopefully) not too self indulgent way. About 2 years ago we (my family) found … More Something on my mind
Pre race Finished night shifts on the tuesday (wednesday morning) hoping that this wouldnt affect me too much for saturday race day, although I think it may have helped having to go to bed early for a 03:30 alarm thursday morning to get to the airport. Myself and Jo had a short run wednesday to … More Ironman Mallorca
Its been a while since I have blogged, in fact I think first time this year. I thought I’d do a little catch up on my training and ‘race’ of 2016 so far… I have done one race this year – Outlaw half where I finished in a respectable (considering how little training I’d done) time, … More 2016
The Run Being my fourth Ironman I pretty much know now that anything can happen on the run, before Lanza I’ve had one good one and two pretty bad ones down to nutrition issues. I learnt my lesson from Mallorca and didn’t take anything That I wasn’t used to in training. I felt well hydrated … More Ironman Lanzarote race report part III
The Bike Immediately it was windy on the bike, the route starts from transition and runs towards our hotel where I hoped to see Jo and the boys. It was immediately a cross wind, I tried to settle and have some high 5 and a few neck stretches to get ready for the long time … More Ironman Lanzarote race report part II
Pre race 12 months ago I tracked pirates racing Ironman Lanzarote and came to the conclusion that the race was a step up from Outlaw, the course and the island looked incredible. My good friend Q sold it to me big time. Then a week after the 2014 race, after a number of vino’s I … More Ironman Lanzarote race report part I
In 10 days I will be doing Ironman Lanzarote. I entered this race 12 months ago, having only done 1 Ironman at the time and had 2 booked in for 2014 yet to happen. Sometimes, not always, the thought of doing this race makes me feel sick. I don’t know why, I’ve been in the … More Feeling the pressure…
Arrived at Chez Assassin around 7:45am, some new faces and some old faces to say hello to. Swimming had been put back to 10.00 due to a leisure centre admin cock up so took the time to try and stay warm as it was freezing outside, standard Macc weather for the DIY. Had a good chat … More Pirate DIY half ironman race report
Usual format, stay out of the way first; Swim Count – 4 Distance – 6.45 miles Time – 3:39:28 hh:mm:ss Bike Count – 13 Distance – 566 miles Time – 33:19:55 hh:mm:ss Run Count – 11 Distance – 97 miles Time – 13:41:41 hh:mm:ss Total hours – 50:41 Another consistent training month for me … More April training
Usual format, stay out of the way first; Swim Count – 5 Distance – 18.4km (11.4miles) Time – 6:24:14 hh:mm:ss Bike Count – 11 Distance – 461 miles Time – 28:15:45 hh:mm:ss Run Count – 14 Distance – 109 miles Time – 17:02:02 hh:mm:ss Total hours – 51 Biggest month training since June last … More March training
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