Triathlon Zero to Hero in a Year! Ironman, Sprint and Olympic Qualification for Team GB

I joined Viceroys towards the end of the 2014 Season, having just completed my first ever triathlon.  I’d decided that an Ironman was on my ‘to do’ list (as you do with so little experience) so got stuck into a winter training programme with Coach Yeoman.  In the lead up to my Ironman at the end of June there were a couple of races I’d identified as good training runs.

One of those training runs was Belvoir Castle Olympic Distance which also happened to be one of the Chicago Qualifiers – and boy didn’t I know it when all the hot shots started racking their bikes and terrifying the life out of me!  It was a HARD race and I’m not sure my long and steady training sessions had equipped me for bursts of speed, but I somehow managed to sneak home a fraction of a percentage within the qualifying time (although I would have an agonising wait for the first roll down to find out if that I’d made the GB Team for that distance). Continue reading →