I am super happy to say that a friend of mine, Dejan Patrcevic, has placed 8th at Ironman 70.3 St. Pölten.

Even though Ironman 70.3 is called Ironman I will always look at it as a different sport, or even a different universe. Just as half-maraton and marathon are only similar in that they are both running and have similar names, also Ironman 70.3 and Ironman (140.6) are totally different kinds of challenges. This website is [...]

At the swim practice session on Saturday was the only moment when I doubted myself. This was my first ever ocean swim in a race, and honestly, I can’t remember ever having gotten much farther out in the ocean than 50m from the beach. So, I was intimidated. I should be intimidated. Water kills you [...]

Natasha Badmann is not my favorite type but I must admit can only remain in awe of her achievement and fighting spirit. I watched her dominate at Ironman South Africa in March and inspite of no competition to chase her the 6 time Ironman World Champion still pushed herself to an awesome result of 09:20:57.

Few weeks ago I have been surprised when I read that Andy Potts (USA), an ex-swimmer and an ITU world cup triathlete, has won the Ironman 70.3 California. And not only did he win it but he won it with the second fastest run.