I Survived...Almost All Of It* | My First Ironman 70.3 Triathlon | training, race day, thoughts

#ironman70.3 #ironmantraining - I trained all year for this, but it didn't go as planned! My first Ironman 70.3 Triathlon (Weymouth).
Here's my race day at Ironman 70.3 Weymouth. Plus some thoughts around training, nutrition and performance.
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[@cpascoe89]

Nice video, I did weymouth as well and it was my first ever 70.3. Like you only had done 2 sprints before. Had an aim of under 6 hours as well. Was on target for under 3 hour on the bike by the 70km mark and then had a puncture which took 30mins to change as I lost my tool to take off my wheel at the 20km mark. Had issue with quad cramps on the bike which meant I wasn’t able to stand on my bike going up that big hill! This was all despite probably drinking at least 2 litres of fluid with electrolytes. Run is my worst part and took 2:35. Already signed up to go bigger and do the ROC trilogy next year.

[@alexreader]

Thanks mate! That's so awesome. Gutted you got a puncture, I was thinking the entire way round I would be lucky not to get one. I had one tube and a canister, so bit of a gamble and I struggle with the rims I've got ha. You did good to change it. Cramp is a nightmare, did you take a decent amount of sodium? Just had to Google ROC trilogy. That looks insane 🤣

[@benjapolcycling]

Congratulations!

[@alexreader]

Thanks mate!!

[@JimHaysom]

9:45 Make sure your crank bolts are tight! Hahaha, that’s me! 😂

[@SwimBikeRunStu]

Congratulations. Tough conditions out there 👌

[@alexreader]

Thanks Stu!! I actually watched your ironman Wales video the other day. Epic stuff 👏👏💪

[@SwimBikeRunStu]

@@alexreader thanks for taking the time to watch it. They had better weather than you 🤣

[@GoLongWithJayLong]

Well done mate awesome effort!! Shame about the weather 😅

[@alexreader]

Cheers Jay 💪🏽yeah. Got your winter training planned out?

[@keirdoubas]

Congrats on the duathlon

[@BasVV94]

So motivational this! Made my signup for my first 70.3 in june. Question: how do bike aid stations work? You have to drive through? Refill your own bottles? Or everyone stops for a drink? Couldnt find any info on this...

[@alexreader]

Amazing 🔥 more like the first one, but they have full bottles for you to take. I didn’t actually use the aid stations

[@haroldarias66]

Great job

[@alexreader]

Thanks!!

[@Andy-mg9nw]

You finally get a ton of views and then you stop posting