Ironman Journey – My Grandma’s Toenail

Two posts in one title. You lucky people. My granny’s new rear cassette just arrived. 11-32T.…

Ironman Journey – TaaaaaaaaaaaPeeeeeeeeer

Finally, today marks the start of my 3-week taper. The 14/15 hours this week seems positively easy…

Ironman Journey: All SiSsed up and nowhere to go

The music lovers and more senior athletes amongst you will recognise the oblique reference in the…

Weekend Endeavours in Surrey – Training, Stuff and a sore bottom all for my Ironman Journey

I’ve had a rather enjoyable weekend training. If you are in the UK you might know…

IRONMAN JOURNEY: Fuelling & Some More Supplements

I think I had tripled SiS's turnover all by myself in so doing

Ironman Journey: Body Fail: Garmin Fail

It seems that neither my body nor Garmin are infallible. No surprise there, really. My Ironman…

Ironman Build – The Shape of the Pear

I always thought that pears had quite a nice shape. But when applied to training ‘maybe…

What Run/Tri Training Devices Am I Using At The Moment? – Racing, Training, Ironman & Sleeping

It’s all well and good saying how wonderful products are but I think the truth comes…

My Ironman Journey: A Mouthful of Humble Pie Might Have Been Good For Me

In previous posts I have scoffed a little about ‘Zone 2 training’  which, by now, I…

My Ironman Journey: Running Shock / Impact / Braking

A mate has invited me on a 22 mile run next week. Oh dear. I don’t…

My Ironman Journey Continues: Gods, Gadget and Oil

The Greeks probably had a god of Ironman. S/he was probably called Brownlee, Jorgensen or Friel.

My Ironman Training Load – The Only Way is UP?

Another thrilling instalment of my IRONMAN JOURNEY, this time with a red AND blue chart.

Ironman Staffs 70.3 – 92% Full

I was thinking of sneaking this one into the mix. But at 92% full (source: triathlonbusiness)…

Ironman Training – 200 Hours In The Wrong Zones? Not a good idea.

A lot of the Ironman plans I looked at rely on Training Zones. Either POWER zones…

Ironman Training – Self-Coached Sporting Suicide?

I’ve approached my Ironman training with a degree of trepidation. The problem I have is that…

Choosing my Ironman Journey 2017 Venue – Bolton? Copenhagen? Wales? Kalmar? Austria?

The decision of which race to enter for my first Ironman was not straightforward. To a…

My Ironman training – and a bit of a hiccup in my F3 HM prep

I just had this post-Autumn race panic. You know, in autumn when you fill the next…

My Ironman Journey – Kit cheque List

Ha Ha. Geddit? Cheque list. This is going to be expensive! I appreciate that Americans spell…