My Triathlon Journey

I'm kinda hoping this is what you have been waiting for me to write up, an honest race report of my first IRONMAN race.  Let's start with the numbers, on the 10th of September 2017 I completed IRONMAN Wales in a time of 12:36:21 My split was as follows; Swim - 1:09:24 T1 - 9:42 Bike - 6:50:58 T2 - 4:32 Run - 4:21:48 In short, super happy with the Swim disappointed with my Bike and Run. Overall, although disappointed with 2/3 disciplines, very happy with the achievement of finishing.  Let's start with pre gun So as mentioned in the 'IRONMAN Wales - Pre Race' post Mike and I had made our way to the front of the pack which meant we were stood next to someone holding a 60min or less sign. This was for overall swim time.  Although I had reservations and expressed my concerns with Mike, starting at the front probably worked to my advantage.   So once you have self seeded yourself in the pack at about 06:40 you're marc...

As mentioned in my previous post I booked the weeks leading up to IRONMAN Wales off from work, this was to ensure all my prep was done, I was well rested and my dissertation was handed in. If you read my last post ' The CRASH ' as you will have expected I spent most of the 2 weeks building up to the event resting and recovering from the accident.  In general the last 2 weeks are meant for rest and recovery from a hard training block... On the last weekend of August I was able to get out on a bike. I joined a group of friends on a very hilly 80km ride out in Kent on the 26th (picture above) and on the 27th I went out again for another 80km in Surrey with a work colleague. Although I was still showing the wounds from the crash I actually felt pretty good on both rides. Neither were particularly taxing, which was ideal.  The ride out in Surrey was actually my first ride on my new Felt (pictured below). this was my first experience of riding what I would class a...