15/10/2025
IRONMAN NICE – 29th June 2025 🏊♂️🚴♂️🏃♂️
Three years ago, in 2022, I set out to complete my first full Ironman here in Nice but I was time-capped after the bike and swim. Ever since, I’ve had unfinished business with this course.
This year, the conditions were brutal. A non-wetsuit swim in the Mediterranean, a 180km bike through the mountains with 2,400m of climbing, and a marathon in 34°C heat with no shade.
Two laps into the run, the heat hit hard and every time I tried to run, I felt like I was going to faint. My legs went wobbly, and I knew I was in trouble. With one lap to go, I told I didn’t think I could finish.
But she believed I could. With her support (and some quick maths on the cutoff time), I committed to a power walk instead of a run and step by step, I made it to the finish line before the 16-hour cutoff.
After the race, I ended up needing IV fluids and an ECG at the hospital, but I wouldn’t change it for a second.
This was redemption and proof that sometimes success isn’t about how fast you move, but that you don’t stop moving.
Proud of the journey, proud of the effort, and especially proud of conquering the swim without a wetsuit, which is my biggest challenge in triathlon.
Grateful for the lessons, the support and the ice cold beer with (after I had fully recovered).
❤️
