Hi, I’m Lorna. I’m a Marketing Manager at a very cool company. I squeeze training in around my awesome job and 3 fabulous kids. I’m not gifted, I lack time and I don’t do things by the book.
If I can do Ironman, you can too.
Its been 2 years since I raced in the Ironman World Championships in Kona, Hawaii and coincidentally it is the weekend of the race again; and I am out of retirement, at the start of another Ironman race. This time its the Marbella 70.3. Half the full distance but at 1.2 mile swim, 56 mile…
Its 6:30am, the air is cool and we’re walking towards the imposing Bran Castle, home of Dracula. Many towers with pointed terracotta roofs adorn an eerie grey stone building surrounded by dark trees. Behind the castle climbing high into the sky are the immense Bucegi Mountains. Lush green meadows and huge pine tree forests occupied…
Ever felt like you’ve come full circle. Like there’s a pattern to life and no such thing as coincidence. You’re on the cusp of understanding why things are the way they are. How things have changed but they’re still the same. Back where you began but the players have shifted slightly armed with wisdom. You…
Its 4:30am and I’m walking on deep soft carpet laid on the pier at Kona Hawaii. Its the Ironman World Championship 2022, back after 3 years in its birthplace, and I, an ordinary athlete, am racing. The air is warm and humid, there’s a low buzz from the crowd. I periodically gulp for breath, blink…
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The Ordinary Ironman