Unlikely: A Rookie's Ironman Triathlon Diary

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#1 (Prologue): Tears and fears at the back of the swim-start in the 70.3 Ironman triathlon, Victoria, May 2022.
Lining up with the weak, the stoic, and the possibly hungover.
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#12. The Winter of my Discontent: Training, COVID, and Bouncing Back
(More than you may want to know about how I’ve spent the last many months, but here we go!)
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#11. The final running leg of the 70.3, plus the fitness secret that took me decades to learn
I'll spoil the secret here. Walking. The secret is walking.
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#5. Natalie Portman's Amazing Thor Arms and Body Image in Triathlon
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#12. The Winter of my Discontent: Training, COVID, and Bouncing Back
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#11. The final running leg of the 70.3, plus the fitness secret that took me decades to learn
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#9. Buoy by buoy: The Victoria 70.3 Half-Ironman Swim
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#4. The Strange Joy of Starting from Nearly Zero
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#10. Mantras, lessons and luck: the bike leg of the 70.3 Victoria Ironman
To read about the full Victoria 70.3 in order, start with #1 (about the race start), then read #9 (about the swim). I was so happy having finished the…
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#9. Buoy by buoy: The Victoria 70.3 Half-Ironman Swim
Surviving the part most first-timers dread
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#8. Can't run? Not a reason to quit.
Injuries during training are common. One benefit of triathlon is you can always dial back one sport while gaining momentum in the other two.
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#7. Necessary failures: lessons from the worst marathon of my life
Even after your seventh outhouse visit, with an icebag on your head, it's possible to remember that bad experiences make the best teachers
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#6. Looking for (sport) love, even when it hurts
Bicycling takes up half a triathlete's time, in Ironman events and in training itself. Could I re-learn how to ride and even more, learn to love it?
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#5. Natalie Portman's Amazing Thor Arms and Body Image in Triathlon
Even the pros hate their race photos, as it turns out. A digression from the chronological tale of my training to wade in the shallows of vanity. Yep…
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#4. The Strange Joy of Starting from Nearly Zero
Is there such a thing as a pre-beginner swimmer?
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