Tag Archives: 70.3

70.3 World Championship Race Review

Posted on September 6, 2015 by lord_lordy

It’s telling that I’m doing this review on a Sunday morning, the sun is shining and my bike is propped up in front of me. I’ve “in theory” Ironman Wales in a week and my motivation to get out on … Continue reading →

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Ironman 70.3 World Championships, Zell Am See 2015

Posted on September 1, 2015 by lord_lordy

5:37:25 165th M45-49, 1,498th overall !! 0:25:57 Swim 0:05:35 T1 2:36:38 Bike 0:07:25 T2 2:21:50 Run Long Report This race went so much better than expected. You can see from the race preview I was far from prepped for this … Continue reading →

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70.3 World Championship Preview

Posted on August 25, 2015 by lord_lordy

A wonderful thing happens when you give up on hope, which is that you realise you never needed it in the first place. You realise that giving up on hope didn’t kill you. It didn’t even make you less effective. … Continue reading →

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Wimbleball Analysis

Posted on July 3, 2015 by lord_lordy

Race report here. My preparations going in to this race were pretty consistent targeting Ironman UK. There were three weeks between this race and IMUK with Four Trails (4 big days running in the Alps) in the middle of those … Continue reading →

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UK 70.3, Wimbleball 2015

Posted on June 28, 2015 by lord_lordy

SHORT REPORT SWIM: 24:28 T1: 05:03 BIKE: 2:57:58 T2: 02:13 RUN; 1:43:54 TOTAL: 5:13:36  3rd M45-49, 58th overall LONG REPORT The problem with a local race is that being at home my normal process for packing transition bags is changed … Continue reading →

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Wimbleball Race Analysis

Posted on June 18, 2013 by lord_lordy

Race report here. I was looking forward to this race as the twice before that I’ve raced it I’ve had a smile on my face throughout. The same this time. I guess it being local helps as it just feels … Continue reading →

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UK 70.3, Wimbleball 2013

Posted on June 17, 2013 by lord_lordy

Time: 5:19:34 Swim: 27:32 T1: 5:54 Bike: 2:55:51 T2: 2:23 Run: 1:47:54 Race analysis here. We’re so lucky to have such a fantastic race as our local race. It also means I don’t tend to get nervous about it. I … Continue reading →

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Wimbleball

Posted on August 1, 2012 by lord_lordy

I’m looking forward to the day when I don’t think of my triathlon performances with reference to my foot surgery in 2009. Since then everything has been “best since foot surgery”, “fastest since” and the like. This years UK 70.3 … Continue reading →

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UK 70.3, Wimbleball 2012

Posted on June 17, 2012 by lord_lordy

Time: 4:52:09 Swim: 24:33 T1: 4:53 Bike: 2:48:12 T2: 1:58 Run: 1:32:31 I was looking forward to this race. For the first time in a while I’d had a proper break from racing. My last race was Kona last year. … Continue reading →

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Wimbleball Analysis

Posted on June 20, 2011 by lord_lordy

I thoroughly enjoyed yesterdays race and was very pleased with how it went. I was pretty sure I was smiling for most of it but found it quite amusing when Richard posted up the photos he’d taken of me and … Continue reading →

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