How I Became An Ironman In 6 Months 

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I wouldn't necessarily say I was miserable the whole race, there were a lot of walls of course and pretty much the whole marathon sucked but there were good times when I was "celebrating" my fitness and how far I've come in such a short time. I feel like full Ironman can be a pretty unpleasent race in general, whether you're well trained or not, but I'm sure that if I trained for a year it would be much less taxing on my body and mind. So I think that if you take 1-1.5 year of consistent training you'll definitely be not only ready to finish but ready to finish feeling stronger than I did. Good luck in your training!

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hi there, 1. for Ironman Calella you have to finish within 16 hours, at least that has been the case for the past few years 2. i think you can change t-shirts as long as you take the spare one with you after T2. it’s against the rules to take something from non-participants, so if you wanted to change into the t-shirt that your family member will give you on course then that’s a no no

Hi. Are wetsuits allowed for your event? Wetsuits add buoyancy and help you swim faster, even if your technique is poor. Adrenaline should also help you on the day of the race. If I were you I would probably slow down and focus on the technique for the next two weeks. When you’re frantically trying to make it to 1500 meters your technique usually suffers and therefore you need to put more energy into your stroke which results in you being more and more tired. Maybe try to slow down, focus on a nice stroke and breathing. At least that’s what helped me a lot. You could maybe consider one or two classes with a swimming coach, so that he/she could point out some of your obvious mistakes that you could improve fast. On the race day I would also advise to try to keep your mind calm and not to rush into the water too hard, with all the adrenaline and people swimming around you it can be overwhelming and you might want to go all out right from the beginning but I think it’s important to start easy so that you can settle into your stroke and breathing. So to sum up, work on your technique, try to relax more in the water so that your body doesn’t use so much energy and use wetsuit if you can for your event. Fingers crossed you make it, good luck 🤞

Hey, how did it go?

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Pretty good overall. I was aiming to consume one energy gel every 25-30 minutes and to drink 1l of fluids every hour. This tactic worked well until the second half of the marathon, my body was so done by that point that I started to eat and drink anything I could choke down

Wouldn’t recommend others to approach it the way I did, with only 6 months of training, but for me yes, 100% worth the satisfaction.