It’s been a while! After sharing my training for the 2018 Taupo Ironman, which was well received, I thought it was about time to do the same for the magical day I had in Kona on October 13^th, 2018.  

Kona 2018 Ironman World Championships sure was one to remember, winning the age-group race overall and breaking the age-group course record in 8:24:36.   

^{Descending into the Energy Lab during the marathon. This KM was a 3 min 55 sec.} 

I never wrote a detailed race report, however, I wrote a post shortly after the race called Kona Gems and also talked about the race itself on a number of podcasts such as Fitter Radio, Triathlon Taren, Swim Smooth and Oxygen Addict. At the end of the day, it’s all about the process. So below is some of the “nitty and gritty” training data during my build to the Ironman World Championships. The training data below starts from April 2^nd, which is just after a 3-week break post-Ironman New Zealand (28 weeks).  

Overall Training Volume and Loa...