September’s Super London Duathlon this weekend for many and then a much longer end-season-finale half ironman at Hever Castle (the Gauntlet) for me at the end of the month means I need some serious panic distance training. Just knocked off an easy 90 minutes. Well it was a tad harder than I’d hoped in reality.…
September’s Super London Duathlon this weekend for many and then a much longer end-season-finale half ironman at Hever Castle (the Gauntlet) for me at the end of the month means I need some serious panic distance training. Just knocked off an easy 90 minutes. Well it was a tad harder than I’d hoped in reality.…
Organisers of the inaugural IRONMAN® 70.3 Staffordshire triathlon have announced that online entries for the event will open on August 26th 2014 at 1pm BST for athletes who have pre-registered their interest in the event. So far more than 7,500 people have registered an interest in signing up for one of the flattest, fastest triathlons…
This weekend over 4,250 IRONMAN athletes and IRONKIDS will converge on Bolton for the iconic IRONMAN UK. A weekend of IRONMAN racing takes place this weekend with the World’s largest IRONKIDS race on Saturday 19th July followed by the 10th annual IRONMAN UK on Sunday 20th July. IRONKIDS kicks off the weekend’s racing…
IRONMAN®announce that IRONMAN® triathlon will be coming to the heart of England. The inaugural IRONMAN® 70.3 Staffordshire triathlon will take place on 14th June 2015. One of the flattest, fastest triathlons on the calendar, IRONMAN® 70.3 Staffordshire will consist of a 1.2-mile swim in Chasewater reservoir and a 56-mile bike course through the stunning countryside…
Inaugural IRONMAN 70.3 Dublin to take place in August 2015 TAMPA/DUBLIN/HANAU (June 4 2014)– IRONMAN and the Dublin City Council are pleased to announce that IRONMAN® triathlon will be coming to Ireland. The inaugural IRONMAN 70.3® Dublin triathlon will take place in August 2015. The IRONMAN 70.3 Dublin triathlon will consist of a 1.2-mile swim…
How exciting. Well for a triathlon watch junkie like me it is anyway. The impending (Apr2014) release of the new Polar watch looks very exciting indeed. Some of the pre-release blurb I’ve read seems to show that it ticks all the boxes as well as the previously unticked boxes by many (eg HR in swim).…
I think I’m a contender for the award for the post with the most previously unheard of acronyms in the title. These acronyms being TRIMP : CTL : TSB : ATL Essentially they help you broadly understand the effect of your training on your body. Answering questions like: “Am I really improving?”; “Am I too…
Here is a reference to the standard distances for Duathlons and Triathlons across a variety of organisations including Powerman, Challenge, ETU, ITU and Ironman. An “Ironman” is a branded term and other organisation CANNOT call their event an Ironman distance…hence they sometimes use the term Iron Distance or Half Iron (not sure if that is allowed…
Here is a reference to the standard distances for Duathlons and Triathlons across a variety of organisations including Powerman, Challenge, ETU, ITU and Ironman. An “Ironman” is a branded term and other organisation CANNOT call their event an Ironman distance…hence they sometimes use the term Iron Distance or Half Iron (not sure if that is allowed…
I came across this short Ironman finish clip. The battle for 4th place. I think I’ll stick to the shorter events and keep my carbs up!
I came across this short Ironman finish clip. The battle for 4th place. I think I’ll stick to the shorter events and keep my carbs up!
