Race Reports

I am still in shock.And I still have a smile on my face:)

To win Ironman Western Australia has been my overriding goal since I placed 2nd there in 2005. That was a breakthrough result at the time, and gave birth to the dream that I could one day win.

This is a special race for me. I have always either done personal records or placed really well. continued here.

Charlotte Paul, Ironman USA, Lake Placid

Hello everyone,

It's now a few days post Ironman USA, Lake Placid.Let me share with you my highlights, low points, my goals, what I achieved and the lessons learnt.

Hard goals require hard work. I’d done the work, but it still wasn’t going to be easy. continued here.

ALOHA HAWAII – REACHING THE HOLY GRAIL

Sat June 2 and here I am lining up at the start of the Hawaii 70.3 Half Ironman, a qualifier for the World Championships. I take myself away from the crowd to have five peaceful moments and focus on my goal of winning my age group. This is to be my last ditch effort to reach the holy grail of Ironman..A do or die experience. continued here.

Becoming an Ironman…by Zoe King

Since the Ironman people ask me – are you now made of Iron? I tell them yes, reinforced steel. It’s true though that training for and competing in any personal challenge toughens you up mentally whatever your chosen event, from a 5km fun run to an Ultramarathon it’s all relative to the individual and that’s the important part.

In November last year I got a roll down spot for the IM, I had two weeks to decide whether to do the race or not , would mean giving up a lot of social activities and making more time for the training. Kristian just said to me one night at the track ‘why not, just go for it’ so I did. Making the decision and committing to the task was the hardest part, once I had and made it my focus the rest fell into place. continued here.