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sumiekawakami-blog · 9 months ago
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Ironman Cairns 2014 アむアンマン・ケアンズ
(Cairns Esplanad, 写真ケアンズ芳光局)  私の回目のアむアンアンアン・ディスタンスのレヌスは、南囜の楜園ずしお知られるオヌストラリア・ケアンズが舞台ずなった。暑さ察策ばかりに気を取られ寒くなるのは考えもしなかったが、あいにく䞀日䞭雚ずの戊いずなった。しかし、気枩が䜎い分䜓力の消耗が少なかったのか、個人ᅵᅵには幎ぶりのPBずなった。レヌスのレポヌトは以䞋の通り。 Overall 13:32:09 (Swim 01:29:12/Bike 07:05:40/Run 04:34:00) No Worries,

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unikeni · 2 years ago
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Cairns Ironman 2023 Race
アむアンマンレヌス@ケアンズ オヌストラリア 2023/6/18 レヌス線
ケアンズでのアむアンマンレヌスのため、23幎ぶりにオヌストラリアぞ。熱垯モンスヌン気候垯に属するずいうこずで暑いず思いきや、冬季の快適な気枩・湿床感にものすごく癒されおきた。アゞアの熱に慣れおいる自分からするず、25床前埌のレヌスは快適ずしかいいようがない。
6月15日朚曜日の午埌にシンガポヌルを出発、パヌス経由か぀倜行䟿で金曜の朝にケアンズに到着する、ずいう謎の行皋で珟地入りバむクをもっお、トランゞットはなるべくしない方がよいのに 。こじんたりずした街が総出になっお、アむアンマンレヌスを盛り䞊げおくれた。 前日・前々日から街䞭、いたるずころにランナヌやサむクリストがたむろし始めるのは芋おいお励みになる。トランゞションの堎所が2か所、双方離れおいるこずもあっお、幟぀かチェックむンの䜜業を枈たせなければならないんだけど、䞡日ずもわりずリラックスできたず思う。特に金曜日の倜は、前倜䞀睡もできなかったために、ものすごくぐっすりず眠るこずができた。金曜にりォヌキングずプヌルでのスむム、バむクの詊し乗り、土曜日に30分ゞョギングをしお䜓を暖めおた。
 今振り返っおも、本圓に倧倉なレヌスだったんだけど、挑戊しおみおよかった。アむアンマンぐらいすごいレヌスだず、なんでやるのかずいう動機がみんなそれぞれあるんだろうず思う。Jacques Steinberg が曞いたYou Are an Ironmanずいう本を78幎前に読んだんだけど、参加者は䞉者䞉様にそれぞれの思いや理由をもっお、この挑戊に立ち向かうこずを知った。果たしお僕の動機はずいうこずだけど それず、この挑戊を達成した埌に芋えた景色はどんなものなのだったのだろうか䞀蚀では蚀えないし、それはひず぀でもないず思う。さらっず蚀えちゃう動機、ではなくお、むしろその倧郚分は”なんずなく楜しそうだから”、ずいうふわっずした応えのような気がする。そう、䞀番の理由はそれで良いず思う。だから笑顔で終われたこずこそが、䜕よりも楜しんだこずの蚌明なんじゃないかな。
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スむム 3.8km
スむムのスタヌト地点はケアンズ垂内メむン䌚堎から車で30分ぐらい北のPalm Cove。予玄した送迎バスに揺られ、朝5時半ぐらいにトランゞションに到着。倧䜓1時間半ぐらいかけおゆっくりずバむクの最終調敎、ワセリン塗ったり、トむレ・着替え・準備䜓操をしお、その埌は波打ち際で詊泳。そのぐらいになるず埐々に明るくなっおくる。玠晎らしく良い倩気。気枩もよい具合で、むしろ僕のノヌスリヌブのりェットスヌツがちょうどいい気がしたぐらいほが9割以䞊は袖ありだった。前日に詊泳しおなかったから、この時海に入れたのはよかった。緊匵がほぐれる。
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7時40分からプロがスタヌトしお、僕が出発したのは50分ぐらいカテゎリヌ2。ドキドキの䞭、ロヌリングスタヌト。氎䞭ではぶ぀かったり抌し合ったりもなく、わりず無難にスタヌトした感じ。
スむムは党䜓的にタむムの出ᅵᅵすいコンディションだったず思う。63分ずいうのは台湟でのレヌスず䞀緒のタむム。1m1秒のペヌスは、やっぱり海流が味方しおくれないず出ないず思っおる。今思えば、波の向きが露骚で、泳ぎやすいずころずそうじゃないずころがはっきりず別れるコヌスだった。䟋えば沖合に出れたら流れが匱いずか、沖に向かっおる時は進みづらい、みたいに。氎質はあんたり良くなくお、腕の先が芋えないくらい濁っおる。恐怖心が削がれるっおいう意味で、それもありかなず思った。だけどそのせいでドラフトがしずらい あずは、右偎でしか息継ぎをしない僕にずっおは、反時蚈回りの3.8キロはやややりづらいんだけど、前方目芖をこためにしたせいか、そこたでコヌスを倖れるこずなく、泳げたず思う。
りェアに関しおは、䞋だけちゃんず履いたトラむスヌツの䞊から、りェットスヌツを着おた。袖ありのトラむスヌツは腕のあたりの擊れが蟛かったからダバオでの経隓、なるべく着たくない。あず、りェットスヌツがノヌスリヌブだから、袖ありトラむりェアが䞋から芋えるのはかっこ悪いかなず。そういう理由もあっお、トラむりェアを䞋半分だけ着お、残りは䞞めお腰の蟺りに収玍しお泳いでた。緎習でもこの方法を詊しお問題なかったから倧䞈倫だった。1呚呚り終わる頃にはむしろ名残惜しい、ず思うほど快適で最埌の1キロぐらいの盎線もぐんぐん疲れ知らずで行けた。
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バむク 180km
トランゞションはすごくゆっくりだった。バナナずアミノバむタル食べながら、アヌムカバヌずか手袋぀けたり。これから長い長いバむクが始たるんだず思うず若干憂鬱だったかも。バむクコヌス、党然予想しおいたのず違うじゃん ずいうのがバむク始たっおすぐの感想。デサルヌの時のようなフラットなものを想像しおいたのに、初っ端から続くアップダりンの連続。結構がっ぀りな峠もあるし。乗り始め、ずいうこずず、远い颚、ずいう条件もあっお、はじめのうちにかなり勘違いのスピヌドが出おた。ドラフティングの反則も気になったせいか、遅めの人を意識的に抜かしたりもしおた。あの時は、䜓力枩存のために力を少し抑えめに行くのが正解だった気がする。すごくシヌニックなコヌスだず思うんだけど、もう気が気でなくお、ほずんど景色なんかみおない笑。早いずころでは時速55㎞以䞊出おたみたいだし、あたりよそ芋をできる状況じゃなかった。北に40㎞匱進んだずころで折り返し、颚向きが倉わる。そこから䞀路、䞊り坂ず颚のダブルに悩たされおかなり䜓力を䜿っおしたった。1呚目終わったあたりで80㎞ぐらい、もういい加枛やめたくなっおきたのが正盎な思い。䜓力が最埌たで持たないんじゃないか、ずいうリアルな恐怖を感じおた。でもそうも蚀っおられないから、ちゃんず蚈画通りに栄逊補絊したり、䞋り坂でうたくスピヌドを捕たえたりしおなんずか䜓力をキヌプしおた。埌半にかけおは抜かされる䞀方。凞凹道が終わる150㎞地点以降は、フラットな幹線通りを䞀路ケアンズ垂内に向けお走っおいく。思っおいたほど、向かい颚が匷くなかったこずずフラットな道に救われお、最埌たでぎりぎり足が動いおくれたこずに感謝。ラスト30㎞はほが泣きべそ状態で、䞀刻も早く終わっおくれヌず懇願しおいる感じだった。この頃になるず、理性的な刀断が鈍っおきお、食べる物も奜きな矊矹ずマグオンだけになっおた。幞いバむクᅵᅵ䜕事もなく180㎞走砎しおくれたし、足や䜓も特に痛みもなく、トランゞションにたどり぀けた。その時はどっず安堵したのを芚えおいる。半分ちょっず過ぎたでは時速30㎞をキヌプしおたんだけど、さすがに埌半はばおたね。それでも6時間10分はかなり予想しおいたよりも速いタむムだったから嬉しかった。
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ラン 42.195km
もちろんバむクをやっおる頃は、そのあずのランのこずなんお䞀切頭になかった。䜓力を枩存しおおく、ずいう考えがあるわけもなく、そのたたランぞの準備を開始。ここでもアミノバむタルを食べ始めながら、腰ベルト、れッケンベルト、カヌフスリヌブ、キャップ、五本指゜ックスを身に着けお、早速出発ぞ。トむレに立ち寄った䞊にサングラスを䟿噚に萜ずした から氎で掗っおた時間が加味されおいるから、トランゞションは10分ずすごく長くなっおいる。ランを開始しおすぐ、目の前を䞀䜍でゎヌルしたプロのBraden遞手が通り過ぎおいっお、䞀気に歓声があがった。たじか、、ず思った。でもおかげですごくテンションが䞊がった頑匵ろうっお。䞍思議なこずに、バむクの疲劎感は䞀切感じなくお、䜓の痛みも䜕もなかった。気枩ず湿床も圱響しおいるのかもしれないけど、たさに快適そのものだった。逆に、スピヌドが出すぎないようにすごく気を付けおた。10㎞を4呚するコヌスだから、きっず勝負は34呚目だろうっお感じおた。逆に12呚目はすごく快調で、い぀ものごずく、氎・コヌラ・氷を゚むドステヌションで調達しお、快晎のりォヌタヌフロントず公園を走っおた。30分おきに゚ネルギヌゞェルもずるようにしお矊矹・マグオン・塩キャンディ・塩タブレット、いっぺんに食べちゃうのではなくお、10分以䞊かけおゆっくりず接皮しおた。お腹を壊しお立ち止たっおる人も呚りにちらほらいたから、それを避けようず思っおᅵᅵ察策だった。あずやったのは、肩ず銖を1キロおきに回すこず肩こり察策、氷の入ったコップを持ちながら走っお、溶けた冷たい氎を膝や倪ももにかけおた足攣り察策。30キロ以降は自然な流れでスピヌドが萜ち蟌んできおた。倧䜓6分40分ペヌスで走っおいたず思う。もちろんスピヌドを持ち盎すこずも考えたけど、それはやめずいた。日が沈んで、真っ暗な䞭で走る4呚目で぀ぶれるのが怖かったから。結局、お腹も足も䜕も故障せずに、最埌たでいけそうなずころたできおた。スタヌト地点を通過するたびに、ゎヌルする人たちの歓声が聞こえお、もらい泣きしおいたぐらいだから、自分の時はさぞやばいだろう、ず思っおた笑。沿道のお客さんの盛り䞊がりもよかったし、Donnaがハむタッチしおくれるおかげで、気分は最埌たでめげなかったのかも。そしお、最埌の盎線入ったあたりからが、もうやばかった。笑顔ず涙でハむタッチしながら最埌のフィニッシュを迎えた感じ。Kenya Endo, you’re an ironman! ず蚀われたずきは心の底から嬉しかった。今でも忘れない。タオルをもらっお、日本のスタッフさんに劎われお、顔クシャクシャだったはず。ランのタむムは4時間17分。キロ6分ちょっずのペヌスだった。総合タむムは11時間50分で、12時間を切れたこずは玠盎に驚きだった。レヌス終わった盎埌は、ゎヌル゚リアで15分以䞊攟心状態で、たったく動けず でもケアンズの倜はもちろん濡れたたたいるには寒すぎお、しばらくしたら、震えが止たらなくなっおきおた。友人がゎヌルするたでの間、いったんホテルに戻っお、枩かいシャワヌを济びたずさ。
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それ以降のこずはもちろん倢心地。筋肉痛はひどかったけど、でも倧きな達成感があったから、すごくハッピヌにケアンズでの残りの時間を過ごしおいた。翌日午埌4時のフラむトに乗るに合わせお、月曜日の午前䞭はバむクパッキングがメむンで、あずはメタスポヌツから参戊しおいた3人でシャンパンランチをいただいおた。無性に肉が食べたくなっお、メむンを二぀頌んだんだけど、分量は党くもっお問題なかった。
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倧䌚自䜓に関しお、ずおもよくオヌガナむズされおいお、参加しおよかったず思っおる。アゞアオセアニア地区のチャンピオンシップレヌスずいうこずで、結構匷豪が倚かったんじゃないかな。日本からもたくさんの人が参加しおいたよう。倧ᅵᅵᅵホテルのシャングリラに3泊したけど、ここもたあ快適だった。朝飯は぀いおいなかったので、スヌパヌに買いに行っおパン・ハム・チヌズ等を適圓に食べおた。
幟぀か现かいこずを列挙するず、Personal Needs Bagは䞡方ずも結局䜿わなかった。たあ保険ずしおはありかなず思った。
タむミングチップは靎䞋の䞊からしめるのがおすすめかもしれない。地肌に盎接結び぀けおいたら、擊れお終わったずき血たみれになっおた 
バむクバッグ・ランバッグを前日にチェックむンしないずならないのだけど、その日の倕方レヌス前日に雚が降ったので、できればビニヌル袋にいれるのがベストだず思った。
空枯から垂内たでの送迎は、僕は行きは空枯付属のTransfer serviceを䜿っお30ドル乗り合い。垰りはUberを䜿っお同じぐらいの倀段。
ケアンズはグレヌトバリアリヌフにも近いし、山も海も楜しめる゚ンタヌテむメントがあるようだから、次回あるずしたらもう少し長居しおもいいかなず思った。
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jamesstaniforth-blog · 6 years ago
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#ironman #cairns #indoortraining come on sunshine where are you. (at Palm Cove Jetty) https://www.instagram.com/p/ByZPrf6gOLY/?igshid=grzljcy5q746
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worldwidewillerslev · 3 years ago
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Ude og udforske Cairns, bla. den botaniske have, samt se min sÞde vÊrtinde lÞbe halv ironman!
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gaylovingbirds · 4 years ago
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@ruderainbow_ USE code BIRDS15 - 15% off ... Triathlete @imdangwill rocking our green festival sunnies for @ironmanoceania in cairns! 😎🔥💊 . . . #ironman #triathlon #sunnies #festivalvisor #spirt #fitness #endurance #swimwear #mensswimwear #mensfashion #running #swimming #cycling #ruderainbow (at Sidney Austrailia) https://www.instagram.com/p/CQV16InntXv/?utm_medium=tumblr
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fnq-magazine · 8 years ago
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Good luck to all those competing in Ironman Cairns today! Drop in to @paradisocairns and grab a coffee and snack when you're ready! * * * * * #imcairns #imcairns2017 #cairns #cairnslife #discoverqueensland #queensland #thisisqueensland #thisismyparadise #paradisocairns #repost #fnq #fnqmagazine #ironman #cairnscafes (at Paradiso Cairns)
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nomoremutants-com · 5 years ago
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The SQUAD Tyler Cairns art 2020 ‪02/07: Birds of Prey (And the Fantabulous Emancipation of One Harley Quinn)‬ ‪02/21: Bloodshot (Sony)‬ 04/03: Untitled DC film 04/03: The New Mutants (new date) 05/01: BLACK WIDOW ‪06/05: Wonder Woman 1984‬ ‪07/24: Untitled DC film‬ ‪07/31: Morbius (Sony)‬ ‪10/02: Untitled Sony Marvel sequel‬ ‪11/06: ETERNALS‬ 2021 ‪02/12: ‬SHANG-CHI AND THE LEGEND OF THE TEN RINGS 05/07: DOCTOR STRANGE IN THE MULTIVERSE OF MADNESS ‪06/25: The Batman ‬ ‪08/06: Suicide Squad 2 ‬ ‪11/05: ‬THOR LOVE AND THUNDER TBD:: Marvel BLADE #marvelcomics #Comics #marvel #comicbooks #avengers #avengersinfinitywar #xmen #gotg #captainamerica #ironman #thor #hulk #spiderman #uncannyxmen #wolverine #jeangrey #houseofx #gambit #rogue #powersofx #deadpool #cyclops #avengersendgame #magneto #thanos #storm — view on Instagram https://ift.tt/2OZEv1E
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jaeame-blog · 8 years ago
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Cairns Ironman winner in disbelief over easy victory | Ironman Cairns
TRIATHLON and rowing coach Dan Plews has put in a great performance to take out the Ironman 70.3 event in Cairns. This weekend's Ironman Asia-Pacific Championship Cairns offers the winner a guaranteed Kona slot along with a $30,000 pay day, making it one of five such opportunities on Ironman's regional championship calendar. Tim Van Berkel is back to defend his title, while Sarah Piampiano may be on track to taking out the win for the women. Achieving your dreams is possible at any stage of life.
We chatted to Tim about all things Cairns. "It's a beautiful course, but it's very tough. With the Asia Pacific Championships only 2.5 weeks away, Fettell is working directly on strategy. "My coach decided we'd target Port Macquarie, Cairns and Hawaii. It is one of two major races that I'm aiming for this year.The New Zealand age group athlete crossed the line ahead of several professionals in the field. Men's winner Dan Plews crosses the finish line on the Cairns Esplanade.
Michael Fox is making his mark on triathlon, and his sights are set on the podium at this weekend's Ironman Asia-Pacific Championship in Cairns. Holly Hopkinson, Simon Mulligan, Liz O'Sullivan, Jo Van Ewyk, Leigh Brown and Amanda Fraser ahead of this Sunday's Ironman Cairns.Brisbane's Amberger emerged victorious yesterday afternoon from the 3.8km swim, 180km bike and 42.2km run in a stunning time of eight hours, two minutes and 16 seconds to claim victory on debut in the Far North. Ironman Cairns is just over one week away, and the field is fierce. The Cairns Adventure Festival, which includes Ironman Cairns and the Great Barrier Reef Masters Games are predicted to tip more than $10 million in the local economy. Elite athletes from TNQ and around the world are gearing up for Sunday's Ironman 70.3 and Ironman Asia-Pacific Championship Cairns challenges, and even if you're not taking part, there's still plenty to see and do. A 67-year-old tests his spirit and endurance at the Ironman Cairns, and comes up tops. With Ironman Cairns just two weeks away, Tim Van Berkel has his eyes set on defending his title. There are two events which run simultaneously on Sunday June 11, the half course and full. Over its six year history the Cairns Airport IRONMAN Asia-Pacific Championship Cairns has become known as the IRONMAN in paradise and a 'must-do' on the IRONMAN circuit. The Cairns Airport Ironman Asia-Pacific Championship Cairns is back again for 2017 and has international accreditation with over 3,500 registered competitors.
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nulla-arbor · 6 years ago
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Seit wir die WÃŒste verlassen haben, begleitet mich das GefÃŒhl, dass etwas zu Ende geht. Eigentlich endete diese Reise fÃŒr mich dort, an der Stelle, als wir den letzten WÃŒstenabschnitt hinter uns gelassen haben. Es gibt immer noch große Weiten, lange Wege, aber die Straßen sind allesamt asphaltiert, die Anwesenheit der Menschen allgegenwÀrtig. Die WÃŒstendurchquerungen waren meine liebsten Strecken. Das berauschende GefÃŒhl der absoluten Einsamkeit. Die Connie Sue Highway, auf dem wir auf tausend Kilometern ein einziges Fahrzeug getroffen haben. Auf der Tanami Road waren es dann zwei-drei mehr. Der wolkenlose Sternenhimmel ÃŒber uns. Millionen von Sternen, die wir in Europa vor lauter Lichter gar nicht mehr sehen können. Und wie um das nahende Ende zu unterstreichen, zieht sich der Himmel zusammen, die Sterne sind nicht mehr zu erkennen, die Milchstraße, die Magellanic clouds, the southern cross. Die Regenzeit ist im tropischen Norden ausgefallen. DafÃŒr regnet es im Sunshine State Queensland. Am Great Barrier Reef. Wir warten auf die Sonne, um die Riffe sehen zu können. Auf Windstille. Hoffen auf Sonntag, haben eine Tauchtour gebucht, vor der ich ziemlichen Respekt habe. Bis dahin soll es pausenlos regnen. Gut fÃŒr die Teilnehmer der Ironman Veranstaltung, die an diesem Wochenende in Cairns abgehalten wird. Die Sterne der SÃŒdhalbkugel sind also hinter der Wolkendecke verschwunden, und wenn ich auf die Wettervorhersage der OstkÃŒste schaue, glaube ich nicht, dass wir sie noch einmal sehen werden. So wie in der WÃŒste. Er wird mir fehlen, der Sternenhimmel Australiens. Die WÃŒste. Das Alleinsein.
Cairns im Regen. Frierende Pelikane :)
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newwaveswimbuoy · 6 years ago
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Credit to @hayley_lister : 1500m easy this morning 🏊🏌♀ getting ready for another big training weekend! My first half marathon is just 2 weeks away (or my second if you count a 70.3 😉) and Cairns Ironman is 6 weeks after that! So we’ve got some big sessions in anticipation of that 😬🀪🥳🎉 Happy Friday all - let’s get it done 💪🏌 . . . . . posted on Instagram - https://newaveswim.com/2uXQ6oC
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zoestagg · 7 years ago
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Ironman Cairns 70.3: The Bike & Run...
He put his arm around me and leaned in, talking low.
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“This isn’t me being mean, this is just what we need to do.” I couldn’t be sure, but I think I recognized him as the man who asked last year in the middle of a monsoon in Indonesia, if I had another lap left. He continued gently, raising his voice just slightly to compete with my sniffles, “You’ve missed the cut-off, we don’t make them to be mean I promise,” I nodded, miserably. “But look, love,” I’m 99 percent sure he said something like that, if not the actual quote — the sentiment. “You are welcome to continue. You will be an DNF, but the course is open. Get out there and give it a go!”
I nodded again and carried my squished, hotel-made onigiri to the Run Out.
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He wasn’t the only angel in T2, but we need to struggle through 90 km of biking before we meet her.
Where were we? Ah yes, fresh from having our hopes dashed in the inky foam of the Coral Sea. I found out after that Ryan had dialed up my mom on FaceTime to let her watch me pedal out, and when he saw that I was in a full hysterical breakdown, realized that there is nothing about my performance in any given triathlon that is safe going live. In the weeks since the race, I’ve had a realization about my relationship with the sport.
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Being pregnant and giving birth is like a universally horrific and painful experience, right? And yet, there’s all these people out there with more than one kid. I was told it’s because “It’s so worth it in the end, you forget how awful it is.”
GIRL.
I remember every last excruciating millisecond of those 257 days. For that experience, that old yarn does not add up. BUT. Apparently I can spend a whole race scared and crying, and FAIL in the strictest sense of the word and come home and immediately pick races on the two continents I’m missing. (Ecuador and Cape Town, I’m coming for you.)
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ANYWAY. We’re on the bike. I’d heard in the little performance art piece about the course the day before, that there’s a dude who just travels the world doing every single IRONMAN event, and he’s declared that the Cairns bike course is the most beautiful.
Oh, you beautiful tropical fish.
You can look anywhere but at the pavement right in front of you while you’re riding? What is that even like?
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Someday, I’m going to start a very important translation service: taking the official Course Description copy and making it REAL. Here’s how they described it:
The undulating, and winding course will take athletes past Thala Beach Resort and Hartley’s Croc Farm to the turnaround point, approximately 6km south of Wangetti, before heading back to Port Douglas.
Here’s what it is:
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Undulating STRICTLY means up and down, but there’s an undertone of gentle that
 let’s just say on an out-and-back loop, there is no rejoicing in racing a downhill, there is only knowing that it will soon be a grueling uphill. The constant hills were tough, but what really ripped me to shreds was the texture of the road and the headwind. In the course brief, we’d been warned that the roads were “county roads” and that we’d be best to try to ride in the left-hand wheel rut. Like the pioneers did. I did not know much about the types of pavement before this race, but I now know that peculiar specifically to asphalt, is a soul-crushing theft of effort. I could NOT get a leg up on it. I pedaled and pedaled and watched my speedometer and worried.
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I managed one successful water bottle exchange while still moving and felt like a (slow and wobbly) boss. The road up the coast and back was closed, blessedly. It took 30 miles or so, but eventually I stopped cringing and remembering the awfulness of last year with every course monitor’s scooter that roared up behind me, and I pedaled.
On the way back, I crested a hill and saw a tent. By this point, I was already doing the complicated math as to whether I was going to make it to T2 in time, and a guy stepped out from the tent and motioned with his hand.
OH GOD. IS HE PULLING ME OFF THE COURSE? IS HE GOING TO MAKE ME GET IN A SWEEPER WAGON?
“I just need to let you know,” he started

NO NO NO NO NO
“That this is the top of the last hill!” He looked triumphant and helpful.
I started crying. Again.
I don’t know, fam, but I’m probably going to need some kind of special warning vest for next race.
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Eventually, I was out of the winding coastal road, and on back roads in to town. Then, the wind kicked up. Now of course I didn’t expect the race to be a glassy pool and a spin bike in an air-conditioned room, but DANG. When they say Australia basically just wants to kill you, you don’t imagine your death will be from all the effort needed to overcome inertia, but here we are.
I hit what had to be one of the last aid stations, and wanted water badly. I hadn’t done a great job of eating on the bike, because eating at 20 mph is freaking hard, but I’d been hydrating pretty good. I considered trying to exchange bottles and then just stopped.
“I’m not good at this usually, and I’m really not good at it tired.” I explained to the nice volunteer.
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Those last five miles
 were peak struggle. Everything was screaming, I was sick of the wind, and I just wanted off the bike. Eventually I started seeing people on the run course. Oh yeah, I feel like THIS, and I have a half marathon to run now.
Fun vacation.
Bike: 4:22:55
All I remember about getting to T2 is that it was full of bikes already. Suddenly, a lady in a volunteer shirt materialized next to me.
“You all right? Brilliant job, let’s get you to your spot.” She steered me through the racks as I walked my bike in a daze of tears.
“I’m okay. I’m okay. I’m just going to
 I’m okay.”
I was trying to tell her my dismal scene needs I must act alone, but she wasn’t having it. She stayed next to my spot, chatting as I wobbled to get my bike shoes off. “Here’s the good news!” She continued. “While the cut-off has technically passed, you have loads of time!” There it was, the official proclamation that I’d busted. “One year,” she continued, “I only made it with ONE minute to spare. Another year, one of my friends took 12 whole hours to finish the Half, but he did it!”
Wait, I might be crying again
now.
“Why don’t you see what you can do? Start the run and see how it goes.” I got my running shoes and visor on, and slipped on my fuel belt. “You all right? Good luck, you’ve got this!”
I headed out, and got the official okay to keep going from the kindly course director at the beginning of this saga, and gingerly started to trot. This is where I finally felt like there was a part of me that could do this. All of the running off the bike all training cycle kicked in. I’d been WRECKED on the bike, and now I felt
okay?! What’s even happening?
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I ran past Ryan and Frankie and told them I was going to give finishing a go, and trotted on. I WAS DOING THIS. The run course was flat as a pancake and packed with spectators. I started to catch up on the fuel I missed on the bike, and relished the full-fat Coke at each aid station. I wouldn’t touch the stuff if I wasn’t trying to kill myself physically in other ways, but when you are? It tastes like heaven. I had it on my Fuji climb last weekend, and can confirm — Gatorade, who?
There were still tons of 70.3 competitors out there when I started, but as they dwindled, I was VERY careful to make myself as invisible as possible. I stayed well out of anyone’s way racing the 140.6, hugging the shoulder of the path and waiting at the aid stations until they were totally clear before I approached. (The run course was on an esplanade with splash pools, which Frankie took full advantage of.)
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Omg those aid stations when you’re not the last one on the course? STOCKED. The run was two laps of the same loop, so the second time through — finally feeling like I was going to very maybe finish this thing — I thanked the volunteers handing out watermelon, “This is my favorite restaurant in Cairns!” I had a lot of time to think on the course, and while I spent a lot of time feeling bad about taking so long, it occurred to me that if the race was only the fastest people, they would miss out on a heck of a lot of entry fees from us back-of-the-packers. While it’s weird to do a sport with professionals out there at the same time, I’d like to think by virtue of it being inclusionary, they can offer more amenities and support to everyone.
I don’t know exactly when I knew I would finish, maybe after the first loop, when my feet were still dry, there was no monsoon, and I was kind of feeling physically
 fine? Fine-ish? I was IN THIS. No, I didn’t strictly run the entire way, but I kept moving forward, every single step that much closer to the finish line. Finally, I could hear the announcer and the bells and drums and cheering of the end.
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Here’s where I put my finish in humiliating perspective: The woman who won the FULL had a faster time that me doing the HALF. I don’t know what to tell you guys, I’m slow AF. But I have a heck of a lot of Don’t Quit. I ran down the finish line shoot, with the guy on the microphone announcing my name. I got to the end, and he said, “It’s all right to stop now, you made it!”
And then I cried a little more.
Run: 3:30:24
Total: 9:11:22
I did all 70.3 miles of it this time, and THIS TIME, I got a daggone towel.
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Triathlon takes a LOT of time. Not just racing one when you’re slow like me, but training. This was Ryan and Frankie’s race too. They let me disappear for half of every weekend day, they helped me get my bike on four different planes, they spent all day figuring out where I’d be when to cheer me on, and hung out on the esplanade for hours while I struggled away at the last 13 miles. And my coach, who kept me honest and on track and encouraged me the whole way, I couldn’t have done this without them. 
Triathlon IS a team sport, if you do it right.
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(So I think in the whole “you forget how bad giving birth is” is because babies are so delightful? I mean, talk to someone who has both given birth AND eaten their first meal the day after a long-course race — this is not a comparison that works out well for babies if that meal is artisanal avocado toast and a Bloody Mary, I’M JUST SAYING.)
Part 1: The Swim...
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unikeni · 2 years ago
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Cairns Ironman 2023 Training
アむアンマンレヌス@ケアンズ オヌストラリア 2023/6/18 トレヌニング線
そもそもフルアむアンマンをやるず決意したのは2022幎の10月䞭旬。8ヶ月もあればちゃんず準備できるず思った。本栌的なトレヌニングは幎が明けおからでいいじゃん、ずいう甘い囁きもあったけど、すでにその頃から心を入れ替えおいたず思う。レヌスに申し蟌むこずが最倧の䞀歩、ずいうぐらい、䞀床腹をくくればもうやるしかない。
呚りに䞍思議がられたこずは、僕のトレヌニングに蚈画性がなかったこず。それに日々の成果をモニタリングしたり、数倀スピヌド、心拍数、ケむデンス、パワヌ等で分析するこずもほがしなかった。
矩務感、みたいなものを背負いながらトレヌニングしたくなかったからじゃないかな。僕の堎合、かなりメンタルがフィゞカルに及がす圱響が匷いのかもしれない。やる気を維持する楜しさ / 手軜さ、が必芁で、逆にそれに盎結しないこずはそんなに倧事じゃない。
だけど、運動する距離が長くなったり、頻床が増すこずによっお、考えざるを埗ないこずが䞀぀あった。それは栄逊補絊に関しお。それたではものすごく適圓だった笑。ミスが重なっお痛い思いを䜕回もしたから、その必芁性を痛烈に感じた。たったく耒められたものじゃないんだけど、そういうずころも僕っぜい。
端的に蚀えば、ハンガヌノックに近い経隓が数床あった。䞀床目は十分な氎分も゚ネルギヌ補絊も持っおいなかったこずで16キロのラン䞭、残り4キロが党く走れなくなっおしたったこず。二床目はバむクに乗っおいお、集䞭力が途切れおしたったのか、路肩に乗り䞊げ、思いっきり転倒しおしたったこず。この時も2時間半以䞊、ポカリを飲んでいただけだった。運動䞭の栄逊補絊が倧事だず、本番1-2ヶ月ぐらい前に気づく始末 
でもそういう甲斐あっおか、䟋えば30分おきにゞェルを食べようずか、これには䜕が入っおいお、䜕キロカロリヌあるのか、ず自然に目がいくようになっおいった。なにかセオリヌがある蚳ではないんだけど、ずりあえずトレヌニングの䞭で食べおみお、䞊手くいけば採甚、ずいう感じで、自分の䜓を知る良い機䌚だったず思う。䞭村屋の矊矹・塩タブレットはすごい、ず思った。日本産のものを倚甚しおた。
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スむム緎
3皮目のうち、スむムが断然埗意な僕の堎合、特別なこずはしなかったかもしれない。台湟で3.8キロ泳いだ経隓があるから、そこたで心配しおなかった。メタスポヌツの通垞緎に行っお、スピヌドずかパワヌ系を倚めにやっお、もう1日、長く泳ぐ日を蚭けおた。䟋えば、土曜日に走る぀いでに、その前に2-3キロ泳いでた。それもりェットスヌツを着お泳ぐこずでレヌス感芚を身に぀けるこずを心がけおた。どこが擊れるのかを事前に知るのは倧事。りェットスヌツでのレヌスは結局ケアンズが初めおだった。
バむク緎
その反面、最も手を焌いたのはバむクの緎習だった。週6時間は乗れ、ずいうコヌチのアドバむスを実践し始めたのは4月に入っおからだったず思う。180キロも本圓に走り切れるのか (でしかもその埌走る )、ずいう恐怖心がどんどん倧きくなっおいった。やっぱりフルを笑顔で終わるには、準備が党然足りおないこずに気づいたのもその頃。経隓者を芋おいるず、やっぱり生掻自䜓を倉えないず、ず思った。
特に蟛かった時は2回。
100キロを超えお来る頃には、そもそも気合いだけでは挕ぎきれない郚分が増しおきお、基瀎脚力、を鍛えないずな、ず思い至った。これをしないず、蟛い思いでダラダラ走るだけのような栌奜にしかならない。チャンギの方たで繰り出したりもしおいたけれど、党然楜しくなかった その時取り入れた察凊法が、早朝のヒルクラむム緎。平日3回、近くの䞘を䞊䞋するトレヌニングをやっおみた。これが結構良くお、週末の長距離緎が少しず぀楜になっおいった。
2回目はバむクが走行䞍胜に陥った時。ようやく軌道に乗り始めたかな、ずいう矢先にたさかの転倒、そしおそのこずによるディレむラヌハンガヌの欠損・脱萜。転倒埌も若干倉な音するな、ずいうぐらいの感芚で、隙し隙し乗り続けおいたんだけど、やっぱりダメだった危険なこず 。僕のバむクに合う郚品が調達できず、か぀囜際茞送に時間がかかり、挙句の果おに、やっぱり完党には盎せない、ずメカニックに蚀われおしたった。レヌス本番から1ヶ月切っおいる状況で、バむクを買い倉えるずいう決断をする。新しいgiantのバむクを手に入れたのがレヌス3週間前で、それたでの3週間はバむクがなかった。あの時は本圓に䞇事䌑すだった。それでも、バむクの型を前回ず近い仕様に調敎したし、機胜はすごく向䞊したから、もうこれで䞊手くやっおいくしかない、ずいう芚悟だった。お金で解決した郚分が倧きいけど、でも結果的に十分意味のあるこずだったず思う。最埌半のトレヌニングはずにかく長距離を゚ネルギヌゞェル・氎分・食料をしっかりず蚈画的に取るこずを心がけた。結局150キロに近い距離は2-3回こなした。もちろんもっずしたかったけど仕方ない。雚にも泣かされたし。時間もなかったし、バむクの圢に自分の䜓を合わせるこずが粟䞀杯だった。それでも90キロが短い、ずいう感芚が埗られたのは、倧きかったず思う。
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ラン緎
ランに関しおは、3月のダバオの仕䞊がりが思いのほかよかったこずが䞀぀の収穫だった。 5月の海倖出匵が続いた時期でも、ランはコンスタントに続けおた。でもそれも今思うず、ただ闇雲に走っおただけだったかもしれない。
その時期ぐらいに参考にした友人のアドバむスは、週に3回走るこずスピヌド・ヒルクラむム・長距離2回じゃ足りないのか ず思った。それたでは1日2回のトレヌニングはしない、ずいう自分なりの䞍文埋があったんだけど、もう完党に砎っおた笑。スピヌドずヒルクラむムはメタスポヌツの平日通垞緎でちょうどよかったず思う。長距離緎ははじめのうち氎飲み堎あり・屋根぀きのスタゞアムの呚りを走っおいたんだけど、800の呚回コヌスはさすがに飜きるこずに気づいた。どういう結果を生んだかわからないけど、この時、代替地ずしお遞んだのがマクリッチヌのトレランコヌス。起䌏があっお舗装されおいない10㎞を、最初は2呚、その埌3呚たで増やした。どうせ長距離緎するならき぀い方がいいんじゃないか、ずいう単玔な理由から。結局30キロオヌバヌを2回はやったはず。今思えば、足を怪我しなくおよかったず思う。でも長い距離を栄逊補絊に気を付けながら、止たらずに4時間ぐらいかけお走る、ずいうこずができたから、たあ有意矩なトレヌニングだったんじゃないかな。最埌の最埌にやっおいた緎習はブリック緎で、バむクを90キロ走ったあずにランニングシュヌズに履き替えお、56キロ走っおた。䞀人でブリックをやるには、リム・チュヌ・カヌンのストレヌトな道が向いおいたず思う芋晎らしがきくから。バむクを降りた盎埌は思いのほかスピヌドが出おしたうので、それを抑えるこずを芚えた。
ヌヌヌ
こうしたトレヌニングの詊行錯誀を経隓しお気づくのは、やっぱりアむアンマンレヌスのスタヌトラむンに立぀こずの倧倉さ、だず思う。ずにかく長いし、やるこず・知るこずがめちゃくちゃ倚い。怪我なく、故障なく、無事十分なトレヌニングを積んだ人たちが䞀堂に集うのがあのスタヌトラむンᅵᅵあっお、そこに胞匵っお立っおいる時点で、もうある皋床の結果は出おいるのかもしれない。その䞭の䞀員になれたこずを玠盎にうれしく思った。
ちなみにこれだけ運動をするず、やっぱり䜓ぞの圱響はあっお、顕著なのは食べる量が栌段に䞊がったこず。炭氎化物をちゃんずずっおいかないずどんどんやせ现っおいく感じがした笑。
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cyclingmofos · 6 years ago
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LET'S DO THIS! 💪💪💪💪
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jamesstaniforth-blog · 6 years ago
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#ironman #indoortraining #2weekstogo #cairns (at Miami Aquatic Centre) https://www.instagram.com/p/Bx22oONgxOg/?igshid=xx5yw5i8aosx
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architecturelive295 · 3 years ago
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Kona Slots Ironman South Africa 2019
The IRONMAN World Championship in Kona is the hardest race in the world for a triathlete to earn a spot in. Thousands of age group triathletes begin the year looking to qualify and only a fraction of them make it to the start line.
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The qualifying process is strenuous, not just the training involved, but the logistics of picking your qualifying race can be a headache. What location offers the best course? Not necessarily the fastest, but the one that fits your strengths. What location has the most qualifying spots in your age group? What is the qualifying time you need to hit in order to have a chance? How about the depth of competition in your age group? These are just a few questions one considers when looking to qualify for Kona.
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Just how difficult is it to qualify for Kona? Approximately 100,000 triathletes try to qualify, only 2,000 triathletes end up on the start line. That’s 2%. Every IRONMAN event around the world offers a minimum of one qualifying spot per age group. More spots are given to a race depending on registration numbers and age category. Typically, the 35-39 and 40-44 age group are the most populated, therefore they offer the most qualifying spots. So, you don’t have to win your age group to earn a berth, however, winning does secure your chances.
Qualifying for Kona on the 2019 P5X. Photo Courtesy of Cervélo
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How many spots are there? In 2017, the races with the most entry spots (75) were Brazil, Cairns, Frankfurt, South Africa and Texas. Just because there are more spots, doesn’t mean you have the best chance of qualifying. The more spots that are given likely means the greater the competition. The number of spots given to races can change from year to year, so it’s best to research this before you register.
So, what races give you the best shot of qualifying? Picking a race that is around the same time as Kona is a smart idea. With all the Kona qualified athletes not present, you’ll be able to take on a diminished field. IRONMAN Taiwan, Barcelona, Louisville and Florida all take place roughly two to three weeks before or after Kona. In 2017, there were less than 800 participants at IRONMAN Taiwan. So, if one is willing to travel to Asia, your odds of qualifying exponentially increase.
Just because these races have fewer Kona bound triathletes, still doesn’t mean they’re “easy.” The average qualifying time across these four races (40-44 age group) was 9:20 to 10:10 for men and 10:10 to 11:10 for the women.
Once September comes along many of North America’s top age group triathletes retire for the season. But if you’ve got Kona on your mind, this is your shot to qualify. Plan your training right, maybe do a few late-season training camps in some warm climates, you can peak for a number of the November/December Ironmans around the world.
What about the IRONMAN Legacy Program and the Kona Auction?
As recently as three years ago, there was the IRONMAN Lottery program. The lottery was a way for 100 lucky age group triathletes to get into Kona without having to qualify. But in 2015, the US federal government put a stop to this, deeming the activity to be an illegal gambling enterprise. Without admitting any wrongdoing, IRONMAN paid over two and a half million dollars to the government.
However, there is still the Legacy Program. Created in 2012 as a way to honour IRONMAN’s loyalist competitors. If you complete 12 full distance IRONMAN races over the course of your career, you may be one of a hundred triathletes granted a spot to Kona. To be eligible you must have:
Completed the minimum of 12 IRONMANs (does not include Challenge races or other brands)
Never started an IRONMAN World Championship
Completed an IRONMAN in the last two years
Be registered for an IRONMAN in the current year.
If you meet those criteria you’re then put into a lottery, of which a hundred triathletes are selected.
Lastly, IRONMAN holds an Annual Kona Auction bidding off a select number of slots to next year’s world championship. The minimum bidding price is $10,000 and all the proceeds go to the efforts of the IRONMAN Foundation. The foundation was created in 2003 as a way to “leave a legacy through philanthropy, volunteerism and grant making by supporting various athletic, community, education, health, human services and public benefit organizations around the world.” Auction winner(s) receive;
Race bib to compete at The IRONMAN World Championship in Kailua, Kona
Private athlete registration in Kona
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The racing gear you need for Kona
The training you put into qualifying for Kona is considerable, but your equipment is just as important, and the bike is a key part of that. Equipment choices can be very individual, but over the past 13 years, Kona qualifiers have chosen Cervélo more than any other bike brand. In 2017 for instance, Cervélo outnumbered Trek and Specialized (2nd and 3rd place brands) by 300 bikes and made up roughly 25% of the field. Riding a Cervélo won’t guarantee your entry, but it just might tilt the odds in your favour.
Daniela Ryf heads the field in Hawaii, once again
43 Pro Women set for the 2019 IRONMAN World Championship
Almost a full-house of the 2018 top-10 returning (Canada’a Angela Naeth is the only athlete missing – ironically, having qualified for 2020 already last week in Chattanooga), for the Pro Women of 2019 Vega IRONMAN World Championship.
As in 2018, both of the defending champions – Patrick Lange and Daniela Ryf – get to start with bib #1, with the M1 and F1 designations, respectively.
Here is the full list of Female Professional athletes that will be competing for the $120,000 first prize.
The Brits
There’s a significant British presence in Hawaii this year – six athletes – of which three are previous top-10 finishers.
Leading the way of course is Lucy Charles-Barclay, second in both 2017 and 2018. Winner this season at IRONMAN South Africa, Challenge Roth, The Championship and IRONMAN 70.3 Staffordshire, a drafting penalty (and eventual fifth place) at the IRONMAN 70.3 World Championship in Nice may have ended that winning run, but she’ll be good to go in Kona at an event she’s had good experiences at, even winning as an Age-Group athlete prior to her Pro career. Expect her to lead the race for several hours
 at least.
Sixth in both 2015 and 2017 (with a DNF in 2016 and 26th last year), statistically at least Susie Cheetham should be due a ‘good’ year. Qualifying in late 2018 (at IRONMAN Argentina) allowed a steady start to her season, while a win more recently at IRONMAN Hamburg suggests she is on track to time her peak form for Kona nicely.
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Corinne Abraham secured her best result in Hawaii last year (ninth) – achieved despite a running injury – she was third off the bike. Quiet all year, Corinne rocked up to IRONMAN Tallinn, Estonia and added another impressive IRONMAN victory to her C.V. If her body is in one piece, she could well be aiming higher than ninth this time around.
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Also pictured above – and third in Tallinn, is Kona debutant Kim Morrison. She’s been producing some exceptional Time Trial performances alongside her triathlon racing this season, so the straight roads of Kona could well play into her hands.
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Rounding out the ‘Brit Pack’ are another two British IRONMAN winners in 2019. Nikki Bartlett took her first Pro win at IRONMAN Lanzarote in May, while Laura Siddall earned a third consecutive IRONMAN Australia title in the same month.
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