Average age grouper progression to Kona Qualification or Car accident footage for others

Hey guys/gals, I wanted to share my years of progression as an average age grouper of training and racing to the point where I qualified and competed in the Boston Marathon and my ultimate goal of competing in the Ironman World Championship. I did a couple of podcasts and race reports for full details if you want to listen/watch. I averaged about 18 hours of training leading up to my KQ and about 16 leading up to Kona IMWC. I am by no means super fast at any of the 3 disciplines but was able to train consistently and execute an average race and luck out on who showed up on race day. There is hope for those of you kind of on the fence about a KQ if you can commit to some consistent training.

I was also hit by a car two days prior to the IMWC if anyone wants to see the video.

-2008:first mini sprint triathlon
-2010: first sprint triathlon
-2011: Olympic triathlon
-2012: 2 half Ironman’s (5:30ish each)
-2013: 1 Half Ironman and Full Ironman Coeur d Alene (11:19)
-2014-2015: 1 marathon and some other small races
-2016: 1 Half Ironman 1 Full Ironman Boulder (10:19 and 10th Age Group)
-2017: Qualified for Boston Marathon (3:00)

Podcast link for training to qualify for Boston Marathon

https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/man-bun-run/id1187550642?mt=2&i=...

-2018- Boston Marathon (3:16)
-2019 -St. George Half Ironman in May 2019 (4:47)
Boulder Full Ironman in June (9:50 and 5th age group and Kona Qualify),
Kona Ironman World Championship (10:33)

Link to Boulder Race Report

https://youtu.be/dpWBmx5-Zdo

Link to Trainerroad Podcast 1 day prior to Kona

https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/ask-a-cycling-coach-trainerroa...

https://youtu.be/3lEGySQF6y0

Link to Kona Race Report

https://youtu.be/rWyxdH-RgNA

Link to Car accident footage

https://youtu.be/yqk7FDjRcBQ
https://youtu.be/LB9lKpHsFos

Link to Kona Finish

https://youtu.be/57B9LMMXAgI

Instagram or Twitter me softly @Xatefrogg


Edited by xatefrogg 2019-10-21 12:33 PM