Stories of an amateur triathlete from West Wales.
The social media posts from the athletes at the race last week have brought back some great memories of our trip to Ironman Cozumel in November 2018. Having completed my first Ironman at Wales in September I was in desperate need of a relaxing holiday however, they aren’t really David’s cup of tea so when... Continue Reading →
Our latest triathlon adventure has been a rather exciting one. At the beginning of October David and I travelled to China so that he could take part in Ironman 70.3 Chongming, Shanghai. David decided on this event because it is one of the few 70.3 races where you can qualify for the Ironman World Championships... Continue Reading →
This race wasn't on the plan at the beginning of the year. I had arranged my year so that all of my races were before August because August was to be full of hens and weddings however I enjoyed Mallorca 70.3 so much I decided to enter this to finish off the season. I wouldn't... Continue Reading →
It's that time of year again.. 90% of my Facebook feed have just run Cardiff Half marathon, the London Marathon magazines are landing on doorsteps and I'm seeing posts on the "Ironman Wales Journey" facebook group which read abit like "So I've got a spot for Ironman Wales, I've never ridden a bike/done a triathlon/swum... Continue Reading →
Things have gone quiet on the blog and in triathlon generally since Ironman Ireland.. I always planned my season this way. I knew I had a busy July and August of hens and weddings and I wanted to enjoy myself without having to force out training for any events. So I suppose I’ve had a... Continue Reading →
The week leading up to the race mainly involved refreshing the Met Office app, BBC weather and the Irish Met Office website on a continuous loop. Unfortunately every time I hit refresh the weather forecast seemed to worsen! David and I were both racing and Helen and Roger (David's parents) came with us to support.... Continue Reading →
Here it is - the final installment in this thrilling series! Ha. Week 1 and 2 can be found HERE and HERE. 3rd-9th June I think it is fair to say that by this point in my training I was starting to tyre and counting down the days to taper. MONDAY - Pyramid swim session.... Continue Reading →
If you missed Week 1 you can read that HERE. So after a solid first week of training there was not to be much recovery at the start of the week as it was Bank Holiday Monday! I also had the Tuesday off work because it's tradition in our office to be closed on the... Continue Reading →
It's Tuesday today and we are officially into our "taper" for Ironman Ireland. It's been a big 3 week block of training and I thought I would write a few posts looking back at my biggest training block this year and how I've fit it in around work and life generally. If no-one finds it... Continue Reading →
