08/06/2026
10.34
Tried my best
Preparation has been awesome last months and I had a lot of trust in my fitness. I actually wasn’t really nervous the days leading up to the competition and the day itself. We finished all the lifts around 4am and I felt fresh and ready to go.
Last preparations done and I took my last gel. Felt good and excited to start the swim. I was talking with Max and I randomly puked out my whole breakfast over his feet (sorry bro). We were laughing and at that point I just had to accept it. Turned out I had more nerves than I thought and felt like. My stomach has always been a big weakpoint of mine, which isn’t great for big endurance events.
Started the swim and I was just burping the whole time. Had a really mid swim with 1.25 as end time. I hoped the stomach would settle down and was totally committed to still rock this ironman.
Hopped on the bike and tried to follow my raceplan (ride around 245-250w). Just tried to stay positive but I almost puked out all the nutrition I tried to consume. Slowly turned into a big battle and the second lap of the bike course was just a paincave with minimal energy. I had a hard time holding 220w while normally that’s easy for me. Got from the bike feeling like a weak p**s maniac and even managed to fall with my bike in the transition zone.
I knew I felt horrible but still wanted to try and get that sub10. Felt so extremely weak and was already deep in the paincave 3km in losing my pace. It was a long, long day. I managed to consume 30g of carbs and 100ml liquid during the run, rest left the body real soon again. In the whole day I consumed around 1L of liquids and around 100-120g of carbs. That’s just a little over 10g of carbs an hour. Can’t advise it.
I don’t know if I did a too aggressive carbload or that it was purely the nerves that influenced the stomach problems. I felt comfortable as I said and was really hyped to finish this challenge.
Disappointed but proud I didn’t stopped running and just battled all the way to the finish. Quitting otherwise becomes a habit, always finish. Really left it all out there.
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