Ironman UK – Tick – Done – Got The T-Shirt

IRONMAN UK (BOLTON, 2017) Having gone through an ‘Age Group’ triathlon/duathlon phase in previous years, it…

IMUK Bolton Weather – Journey Nears The End

I’ll take that weather. A little bit of everything more than I’d like (rain, temp wind)…

Ironman Journey : All over bar the racing…almost

This weekend just finished was nice and ‘easy’ with ‘only’ about 6.5 hours of training. Although…

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.