Registered for the Nice Ironman

By Julien on Thursday, October 25 2007, 15:12 - Ironman - Permalink

The title speaks for itself, after a long hesitation I've eventually registered for the Nice Ironman 2008. I have to start training a bit more seriously for swimming and cycling... Books and manuals obviously say that before attempting an Ironman you must have completed a certain number of sprint and Olympic triathlons. Maybe. Just like with my first UTMB, I'd like to try the full story first. We'll see what happen.

Ultra triathlon.

Comments

1. On Thursday, October 25 2007, 20:33 by Bastoon

Good luck Man !!!

2. On Friday, October 26 2007, 10:49 by ray

wow, great challenge! good luck :)

3. On Saturday, October 27 2007, 03:01 by Fred

Yeah, I reckon improvising on the spot is half on the fun :) Anyway, on the running part of it, I think you have far more experience than required!

4. On Tuesday, October 30 2007, 22:33 by Börkur

A friend of mine did the Frankfurt Ironman last summer, not the greatest athlete (marathon time 4:20)but she was was determined to finish but 6 weeks before the race she fell on here bike and broke her collar bone badly. That was not a problem, she just showed up at the start line, swam with one hand the 3,8 km and mananged to bike and run/walk the marathon to finish well below the time limits. And the best thing was that she was passing a lot of good looking athletes who had done Ironman many times before but had gone off too fast in this one. That was here first triathlon.

Are you going to give UTMB a break in 2008?

5. On Wednesday, October 31 2007, 16:47 by Julien

Börkur, this sounds fairly impressive!

Indeed, I don't plan to run the UTMB in 2008. I may run something else instead.