26/08/2025
Ironman 70.3✅
Now the quads have recovered and can walk properly again, I thought I’d share how it went down. Start of the year I wanted to complete a triathlon, instead of starting small, i thought why not and do a Ironman 70.3? I originally had one booked in as a competition but this got cancelled, so I decided to still do it but as a ‘backyard’ triathlon. So how did this go? Swim - very happy how my pace was throughout, suprised myself in getting 30:00 in which I thought I would go a lot slower. Bike - the transition felt good, no fatigue looking forward to the miles ahead. I even beat the wife to my first checkpoint I was pacing that good. Even kept the pace throughout but still trying to save energy for the run. Run - this is where I hit the wall, first mile in I hit cramp in both quads and had to walk to stretch these out. Managed to get some kind of pace, but from limited water and the sun starting shine I really didn’t prep enough this. Even with all this I managed to power through and complete my first triathlon in 5:59:10.
What now? More triathlons in the future for sure! Sorry wife!