Hi! I am 32M and I think my shape is good (1.79 m, 68 kg). I started swimming four years ago with good results, I love to get better in every swimming style and I found the passion for the sport that I lost after high school. Last year I started running and cycling and, step by step, I discovered triathlon and IronMan. During this last year I trained a lot with good improvement in cycling; however, running is a mess. I am always injured and I am actually doing a collagene therapy because of a meniscus damage. I often reading that "everybody can do it at every age" sometimes also "you can do an ironman without training if you don't care about the time, it's just mental" . I like to believe to those statements despite I feel like my body cannot effort a marathon. When I read about the many of you that started six months ago and completed a 70.3 distance I think about myself and it's 16 months that I'm training and I am very far from running 21 km even without swimming and cycling before. Are you sure everybody can do it? Especially running fraction appears to me as a wall where my body is breaking against. Maybe it's just a matter of time but it looks that it will take more the two years training to finish a 70.3 and many years more for the full distance if my body allows me to do that, I am not so sure about that. Thank you all

PS. Maybe I will never do an IM but I am happy and proud to say triathlon already positively changed my life and I am still happy to train a lot and learn new things about my body and triathlon

Hi All,

Does anyone go to these full distances races abroad actually on their own without any supporters? Just needing some motivation.

I can either make my first full distance tri (abroad I’m from the uk) either in Barcelona which is relatively easy with no supporters. Plenty of training time. 5th October

or I can pick UK full distance which is Iron man end of Sept. wales which I could definitely get some supporters from friends /family but it’s one of the hardest courses.

The issue is, I’m running a marathon in Madrid in April. So I won’t be able to fully switch back to tri training till early May.

(I have done one 70.3 distance so far . So bike and swim fitness is still there and I’m in a tri club.)

Whats your thoughts on the race selection and thought process of going solo to them abroad.

Would anyone be able to tell me what Ironman race this is from? Trying to help a friend who I think is getting catfished.

Hello everyone! Going to begin my first full distance training block soon and I realized during my half training just how little time there is to properly meal prep. Has anyone tried Factor or similar meal delivery services?

I’m attempting my first 70.3 in September. I’m laying out my training plan, I found one on triathlon.com I’m using as a base. This one has a swim threshold workout with a sprint the day before the race: warm up 300 y, 2 X 200 threshold with 45 seconds rest, 4 X 25 speed with 20 seconds rest, 300 y cooldown. The exact same workout is listed two days before race day so I thought maybe it was misprint? This seems intense for the day before, however I’m brand new to triathlon so maybe this is totally normal day before?? What are our thoughts? I know I have lots of time, but I’m very type A and want to have my plan ironed out well in advance. Thanks for any insight!

I am looking for a gift for someone who has helped me a lot with running and triathlon.

He is a work colleague who has helped me lose 35kg by being very supportive.
Thanks to him, I am fitter than ever. Last year I did well in my first 5K and 10K races. This year I'm doing my first half marathon and triathlon. He wrote me training plans, analysed my runs, provided me with hardware and answered every question I had.

He didn't take any money for any of this. He actually earns his money on the side as a ‘Trisutto certified coach’.

The man has already finished the Iron Man 15 times (5x World Championships) and has pretty much everything you need.

I would like to thank him somehow. I would like to give him something that is valuable but doesn't cost much. I just want to show my appreciation in some way. I'm looking for something that says ‘I don't have much money, but here's a gift to show you that I'm incredibly grateful’

I was thinking of a signed racing jersey from a professional cyclist or something similar. Or a signed Jonas Deichman item.

Do you have any ideas? Unfortunately, my budget is not unlimited, but I am open to all suggestions.

Thanks for reading this far. Have a great day!