Irontwit
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A blog by John Sutton featuring useful information on triathlon sport.
Irontwit
2w ago
I’m sitting in Manchester Airport with a couple of hours to kill. My train was cancelled, so I had to get an earlier one and now I find my flight is delayed – about standard for Broken Britain. So, I thought I’d reflect on my journey to Sunday’s Ironman Vitoria-Gasteiz. This will be my 3rd ..read more
Irontwit
3w ago
“Strong and stable” was a phrase associated with Theresa May’s general election campaign of 2017. It came to haunt her as she was ousted by 2019. It could equally apply (in a good way) to my adidas Ultraboost Light trainers. I first ran in the Ultraboost Lights in March 2023 and I posted my first ..read more
Irontwit
3w ago
Unless you have trained for an endurance event such as an Ironman or marathon, it’s hard to describe the relief that you feel when your last long training session is done and it is time to taper for the event. In the last month of training the distances and hours will have been steadily increasing ..read more
Irontwit
1M ago
The first post on this blog was published on 17th December 2005 and I’m closing in on 700 blog posts now. It has never really been anything more than a means of documenting my triathlon journey. I’ve never particularly chased an audience or tried to promote it systematically beyond my own social media (Facebook and ..read more
Irontwit
1M ago
This recipe was first posted back in 2011. I’m still making it for my breakfast every week. I’ve developed it a bit over the years, so here’s the latest version. The biggest change is the switch to a plant-based yoghurt. Plant based dairy alternatives have a carbon foot print of less than a third of ..read more
Irontwit
3M ago
Looked at baldly, 12 weeks to go until Ironman Vitoria-Gasteiz seems like no time at all. In less than 3 months, all being well, I’ll be standing on the shore of the Ullibarri-Gamboa reservoir int Basque Country in my wetsuit waiting in the queue of neoprene clad hopefuls to start my 9th Ironman. But, right ..read more
Irontwit
4M ago
How many miles have these running shoes covered? 100 miles? 200? Would it surprise you to discover that they have just hit the 500 mile mark? According to Runners World, I have reached the end of the road with these shoes and need to be replacing them in order to optimise performance and avoid running ..read more
Irontwit
6M ago
The snowdrops are in full bloom in our garden, their white petals defiantly standing out against the dead leaves and left over mulch from the winter. More surprisingly, a few purple croci have ventured out hoping that spring is indeed on the way and we’re not going to have any more winter depressions winging across ..read more
Irontwit
7M ago
Dry January, Veganuary, RED January (run every day), New Year’s resolutions and so on, January has been associated with fresh starts and new beginnings since forever. For sporting folk it’s the time to stop the excess of the previous month and focus on racing goals for the coming year. I always regard January 1st as ..read more
Irontwit
7M ago
Veloviewer is a superb addition to Strava that allows you to dig deep into the data generated by Strava and track your progress in multiple different ways. I’ve subscribed to it for many years and will continue to do so. At the end of the year Veloviewer produces a nice infographic to display your stats ..read more