Ironman Sweden

I just got this mug at, um...

It's an Ironman mug, and I got it at the Oregon 70.3 race, and I love it because I'm drinking tea.

I'm a coffee drinker, but I'm also a big tea drinker.

I have, I have a hard time asking that or answering that either/or question, but it's very big and so-

Now, this is also important to know how to rack your bike, where your bike is coming from another orientation, and also knowing your order of operations from the minute you put your bike onto the bike rack and then, of course, working from, whether it's from head to toe or from toe to head, knowing what you need to get onto the run.

So one thing that has been helpful for me is finding myself a landmark in transition for where my bike is.

So I think in Ironman-branded races, and I'm sure this is in other races too, you have your bib number on the rack And numbers, right? To help you find your spot.

I find that in smaller sprint and Olympic local triathlons, you don't have that.

... to have a race.

Yeah, that was my takeaway from our little recon camp in Kona, was like, it is incredible that this has built the entire Ironman brand, for, like, how uninteresting, how brutal it is.

Like, that is the whole thing of it.

It's like, why would you ever do this? [laughs]

If you, if you're, if you're-

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Ironman swimmer, if you just, or you, whatever you can perceive to be too slow for the first wave-

Yeah

I'm sure they'll find something for a listener of the podcast.

The next thing to talk about is Ironman Wales this coming weekend.

Obviously, podcast has got reach all around the world, and the numbers are growing massively in America.

But at its, at its core, the history of this show was, you know, way back in the day talking about age group racing in the UK, so it's always got a, a big place in my heart whenever there's a big race in the UK.

Ironman Wales is, to anybody listening around the world, I think one of the hidden jewels in the crown of, of the Ironman races.

It is the most iconic sporting arena.

The swim takes place in a beach underneath a 60, 70-meter-high cliff.

If you're one of our regular listeners and you perhaps use tips from the show, I'd love to hear how you get on after the show.

There were basically still two races left, Lake Placid, which I initially wanted to do, um, but it was really close after.

I think it was eight weeks, um, after, like, when I s- stopped running, and then there was Ironman Kalmar which I can't remember.

It was maybe, like, 12 weeks or something.

So I still had that definitely in the back of my mind, but I also was like, like, Kona is gonna be there every year now, so I can also just go there next year.

Like, I was running after four weeks, but, like, also don't do anything crazy or, or stupid.

So, um, yeah, that was a bit our approach.

Like, in the end, I was really doubting to do Ironman Kalmar or not.

Um, but in my head, like, if I do Ironman Kalmar and I qualify, then I can't do Nice and Kona because it's-- I would have, like-

I'm an Hamburg.

First place, Ironman Sweden.

First place, Ironman's LMC.

It's been a good year.

And, you know, Ironman Sweden, she dominated Ironman's LMC.

She dominated.

I think she's coming into form.