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  • Ironman Austria 2019

    “Did that really happen?!”…is something I’ve asked myself a few times now!!  Apparently, it did…but I STILL don’t quite believe it!! This journey started over a year ago, months before I’d done my first 70.3 when a bunch of my friends at Team Angel Wolf decided to do their first…

  • Ironman UK 2019

    Bolton is an old mining town and, with it’s derelict cotton and textile mills on the outskirts of greater Manchester, isn’t the most glamorous location for a triathlon but it is home territory for me and the opportunity to race in front of my family was too appealing to ignore.…

  • I am an Ironman

    My journey through tiredness, pain, disappointment, happiness and the ultimate elation of hearing those words “You are…….” By: David Mackenzie My first full Ironman was in Austria in sunny/ rainy/ hailstone Klagenfurt. Let me give you some insights into me. I am a 51 year old ‘try harder’ age grouper…

  • Ironman Cork 2019

    I think it would be appropriate to start this little race report with a warning! Late night browsing of Ironman races is not always a good idea! I had decided to join Pia and do a repeat of IM Copenhagen and then got the bright idea to try and do…

  • Cascais 70.3 September 30th 2018

    Swim Bike Run and have some fun in the sun! What a wonderful location for a race. We are quite lucky to own a property in the Algarve region of Portugal which is on it Southern Coast but it was so nice to discover the charms and delights of Cascais,…

  • RACING WITH ROB

    A 50-54 age-grouper’s 2018 Ironman World Championship build-up and race report, by Finn. The qualification for and then build up to ‘Kona’ was almost routine. After securing another 4th place and getting the coveted Kona slot at Ironman South Africa in April, a great little holiday in Bhutan with Sam…

  • Race report Cascais 70.3 2018: The race that tried to beat me

    This community (TriDubai) has inspired me to be the best I can be!! As this is my first race and I am still on a high, please excuse me if this goes on and the blabbing seems to be endless  I think I started triathlon because I wanted to lose…

  • Ultraman Canada (520km)

    This summer I was lucky enough to participate in two major events, firstly IM Austria and then Ultra520K Canada. Last Year I met a now friend of mine, Rory Bass while undertaking Challenge Roth, a full distance Ironman event in Roth Germany. One morning during breakfast Rory was telling me…

  • Ironman Tallinn 2018

    Chasing Kona Part 3 Before you start reading, a little                         warning…. I ask you to be entrepreneurial and to invest time and intellect with absolutely no guarantee that you will get any return. So if you opened this…

  • Ironman Lanzarote 2018 – Chasing Kona

    Looking back at the following field from near to the top of Marador del Re. The most Northern point of the Lanzarote bike course. I was acutely aware of the volcanic rock formation that made up the road boundary on my right. It was in the periphery of my vision,…