Posts Tagged ‘ Ironman France ’

Race Day. Breakfast was at 02:30 - four hours before the off to allow time for my guts to settle. Then after reading the good-luck cards left out for me, it was back to bed for an hour or so’s kip before getting up at 05:20 to shave, put to coffee on and be monosyllabic...
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After the swim, the relief of getting out of the water and onto the bike. I’d anticipated that I’d have swallowed a bit of sea water and that I’d also be somewhat dehydrated, so in my transition bag there was a bottle of plain water to take some gulps from. Also, with the sun...
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I couldn’t believe it - I’d got to the end of the bike, 20 minutes ahead of schedule! The Family were waiting to see me coming into the paddock and then into the transition tent to ditch the bike shoes and slip on my trainers for that short run - I was just 26.2...
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Gulp! The day before the Ironman, and I woke up early. An ideal opportunity to cycle into Nice and have a look at the start of the swim course at its start time. The sea looked flat (which was good) and very, very big (which was less good). No marker buoys yet in position, so...
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After picking up my race pack from the Ironman registration on Thursday, we headed up into the hills above Nice for a look at the final descents of the race’s bike route. After putting the bike back together, I waved good-bye to the family to have a look at this stretch of road from...
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Arrived in Nice on Tuesday . . . couldn’t sleep on Wednesday morning, so I went for a run along the prom, before getting home (back to the fab apartment Wife had sorted) to unpack the bike. Later in the day, I felt really, really tired, and was initially worried that I was...
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So more than a week before the race, and I’ve packed my bike in its box , ready for the flight to Nice: Funny thing is, the bloke in that video makes it look really easy. Oh, hang on a minute - that’s me in that video, isn’t it? Two things made it harder...
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The organisers of Ironman France have been sending me sporadic emails over the last six months. In the last couple of weeks the volume’s picked up - daily messages about all sorts of things: how the starting positions are allocated for the swim; the locations of the feed stations; another reminder about the 1800m...
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