Comments on: Booking my Kona Ticket – Ironman UK Race Report

By: russ

russ — Sat, 15 Aug 2009 14:18:03 +0000

Zaf! No Way!

Not planned to do the Athens Classic, but just looked at the website and maybe… Will have to see.

By: Zaf

Zaf — Sat, 15 Aug 2009 09:51:45 +0000

Dude! Well done! I still don’t believe it – reached your goal pretty fast. You must have been doing some excercises while sitting all day coding – that explains those facial expressions I kept seeing sitting accross from you.

I’ve got my 10k in Novemeber, half marathon next year and then marathon the year after. Really tempted for the Athens Classic next year, it will be 2,500 years since that dude who did the original route and died. Its gonna be packed out. I probably skip this due to it being supposedly one of the toughest courses. Of course, if you plan doing it then let me know – I’ll hand you a cold beer after the finish line.

Go Hawai?i !!!

By: Steven

Steven — Wed, 12 Aug 2009 21:11:13 +0000

Roger, Russell,
I’m sure we’ll be sat having a coffee at the turnaround in Hawi together before Kona ;o)
Bring on Splashers.

By: Roger Canham

Roger Canham — Mon, 10 Aug 2009 09:38:51 +0000

well done Russell, Steven has been telling me about your journey this year and the result in IMUK sounds very well deserved. Would be great if we could meet on a long ride before Kona somewhere in the middle.

By: gabriel

gabriel — Sun, 09 Aug 2009 07:38:59 +0000

Just read your result. well done and congrats. Have a great Kona.

By: maryka

maryka — Thu, 06 Aug 2009 11:26:31 +0000

Nice work, sounds like you put together a great race! I know what you mean about the Kona slot and the relief/euphoria that comes with achieving what you’ve wanted for so long… congrats! I’ll be joining you there myself!

I see you’re in Reading, not far from me (Kingston) so if you’re wanting a training partner for some long bike rides between now and October, let me know!

By: Neill Gowans

Neill Gowans — Wed, 05 Aug 2009 12:32:22 +0000

Well done Russ.
You’re doing something I haven’t got the balls to do and its great to see you work hard and qualify for Kona.

By: Steven

Steven — Wed, 05 Aug 2009 12:20:29 +0000

Toptastic mate! Now no one can tell you that doing 6 ironman races in a year is a bad idea.

By: Tom Williams

Tom Williams — Wed, 05 Aug 2009 07:58:45 +0000

Well done Russ, following your journey has been an inspiration and I can’t wait to be there ‘virtually’ in October!

By: Rob Knell

Rob Knell — Tue, 04 Aug 2009 07:57:35 +0000

Well done on a great race and finally getting that Kona slot.

I’ve just signed up for IMWA again…

Cheers

Rob