SUCCESS

Having spent a lifetime enjoying sport from both a participation and coaching perspective I felt it was time, having reached the age of 60, to try and mop up some challenges that had long been on my radar but due to time constraints had never been prioritised. Completing an Ironman is one such personal challenge.

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The purpose of this website is to provide an insight into preparing to succeed at not just Ironman but any endurance event. In case you're thinking this is just another 'me too' training website I'll add the extra slant that it is written by someone of advancing years (and considerable experience), for someone of advancing years primarily - namely me! It will become a blog of my approach to training and hopefully it will see me get to the start line fit and injury free for the event in July 2021. A lot of the principles of my training approach hold firm for younger athletes as well so don't let age (or the lack of it) frighten you off following  my plans.

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The Ironman event is one of the most difficult

physical and mental challenges that most human beings might attempt during their lifetime. If you

aren't sure what a full Ironman challenge presents, it's a 3.8k swim in open water followed by a 112 mile bicycle ride and finished off with a marathon run distance of 26.2 miles.

 

To put this into perspective the world record for the event was set by the amazing professional athlete, Tim Don in a time of 7 hours 40 minutes 23 seconds. The average time to complete the event is around 12 hours 35 minutes. Ironman events are restricted to a cut off time of either 16 or 17 hours dependent upon the severity of the course so becoming an Ironman is no mean feat.

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It's pretty clear that to become an Ironman requires

huge commitment and a significant amount of planned training across the three disciplines and more besides. I can only hope I'm up to the challenge.