Tim is a dad of three with a demanding workload. In around two years with me he set six 70.3 PBs in a row and two full IRONMAN PBs, qualified for the world champs twice, and stayed injury-free.
At a glance
- Racing: 70.3 and full IRONMAN. Five of the six results below are in Taupō.
- Starting point: 4:47:52 at IRONMAN 70.3 New Zealand, March 2018.
- Time with me: around two years.
- Result: 4:36:31 at IRONMAN 70.3 Taupō in December 2019, then 10:13:00 at IRONMAN New Zealand in March 2020.
Where he started
Three kids and a demanding workload. The training had to fit around his life, every week.
His first result in the public record is IRONMAN 70.3 New Zealand in Taupō, March 2018. He went 4:47:52 and finished 6th in his age group.
What we changed
In his words, the plan was tailored “to fit seamlessly around my life”. For an athlete with three kids and a big job, that’s the whole brief: training he can actually do every week, done with the right balance and intent.
The results show where the time came from. At IRONMAN 70.3 Taupō he went 9:33 quicker in December 2019 than a year earlier, and 9:13 of that came off the bike: 2:35:52 down to 2:26:39.
His run there got quicker too, from 1:33:41 to 1:32:59.
The results
These are the public IRONMAN results I can find for Tim, in order:
| Date | Race | Finish | Age-group place |
|---|---|---|---|
| March 2018 | IRONMAN 70.3 New Zealand, Taupō | 4:47:52 | 6th |
| December 2018 | IRONMAN 70.3 Taupō | 4:46:04 | 5th |
| March 2019 | IRONMAN New Zealand, Taupō | 10:16:34 | 16th |
| September 2019 | IRONMAN 70.3 Sunshine Coast, Australia | 4:37:46 | 30th |
| December 2019 | IRONMAN 70.3 Taupō | 4:36:31 | 5th |
| March 2020 | IRONMAN New Zealand, Taupō | 10:13:00 | 13th |
Each 70.3 on that list is quicker than the one before it, and the second IRONMAN is quicker than the first.
His best 70.3 in the record is Taupō in December 2019. He went 4:36:31, 5th in his age group and 62nd of 1,234 finishers: swim 29:36, bike 2:26:39, run 1:32:59.
Three months later he raced IRONMAN New Zealand in 10:13:00, 3:34 quicker than the year before. He rode 5:13:34, 21:23 faster than 2019, and gave some of that back on the run.
In Tim’s words
Perhaps most importantly, I stayed injury-free by training with the right balance and intent, and I gained a deep understanding of training principles that I’ll carry with me for years to come.
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