Ironman 70.3 UK - Triathlon

Standard swim - thought I might have been a couple of minutes quicker but between 30-35 mins is the usual spread. Found some good feet halfway round by lost then at the second turn buoy.

Swim a lot more in training if I want to go any faster. One session a week doesn't cut it.

No timings yet for T1 but I suspect this was slooow. Not least the 400m uphill run. Took my time as I knew the bike was going to be unpleasant so for the first time ever I put on a cycling jacket in a triathlon.

This was significantly hard work. 4000ft of climbing and I haven't done enough training to cope. After the first circuit I knew I was in for a long ride and no chance of getting round in 3:15 my goal time. In the end I was concentrating on keeping something for the run. This was my slowest half iron bike time by 45 minutes.

No individual times for T2. But no problems - in/out in less than 2 minutes.

A death march. Horrible.

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Lack of training.


For those reading this report thinking about doing IM70.3UK - it will find you out if you don't train properly for it. I got found out - no excuses. For comparison 2 weeks earlier at The Outlaw Half on a very flat course I went 5:02. For this race I was 1'20 slower. How Ritchie Nicholls ran that course sub 1:15 is a complete mystery to me. It was utterly enervating after the bike leg.

Excellently run event though - no complaints about the organization. Plenty of volunteers and a great crowd. Just a shame that the weather was rubbish.