10hrs 27 mins
Fastest GBR Age grouper of the day
Fastest GBR Veteran of all time at Ironman Hawaii
9th / 91 in 40-44yrs
40th/ 460 Female age grouper
Swim 1.04.39 Bike 5.31.33 Run 3. 42.00
Sophie Whitworth you are an Ironman! I finally did it.
It has taken me sometime to get round to my blog as we have been full on since getting back getting back to work etc. With London 2012 looming & the countdown clock ticking down [only 275 days to go] I was straight into presenting at a conference off the plane, with my Ironman legs quite battered and a good measure of jet lag it was a challenge!
Reflecting on Kona this is quite simply the best and most mind blowing event on the planet. The journey to Kona is something I won’t forget in a hurry and I have trained with immense pride and a new motivation to be part of this select group of people chasing the same goal. It involved a major trip to the Carribean to qualify and a training progamme that brought me to my knees on numerous occasions – 6-7hr bricks in Lanzarote solo and some massive sessions back home. I’m so glad I did them to be ready for this race, every step was required. I had a great day out, not the best, but a good solid outing and one day I hope to go back to better my achievement. On my first ever Ironman I posted a 10 hrs 27 mins at Kona – which I think I have to be proud of in what are really tough conditions and not really knowing what it feels like to compete for upwards of 10 hrs. That said, I think I can do a better job now I look back…but it’s easy to say you could of done better when quite frankly I just didn’t. I know my training had been really good, my taper was great, but I do feel I was knocked off track in the last 4 weeks with a bike fall which meant I was really nervous in my last weeks of training. read more
