Arnaud Guilloux, Simone Mitchell dominate pro fields at Ironman Wales. I trained harder then before and pushed myself harder in races. Lucy Gossage and Joe Skipper celebrated another British double at the ... German co-favorite Marc Duelsen, who won IRONMAN Wales two years ago, kept the pace high and steady at the front of men’s pro race. The Winner of IRONMAN UK, IRONMAN Florida and IRONMAN New Zealand, he was 6th at the IRONMAN World Championships in Kona in 2019 and 7th in … The tracker doesn’t show any timing information for him anymore. Self belief goes a long way! I ended up getting sponsored by Mark Livesey from Functional Fitness and the creator of the Xhale training software which I use. This also meant that I had now accumulated enough points to safely qualify for the 2015 World Championships in Kona. I was getting a lot of positive messages after Florida with regards to my Season and performance there but no sponsors as a result of it and was very upset as I had wrote to 100s of companies! Results. What’s not to like about that?! This was a VO2 max session 5 days post ironman wales and just over 3 weeks before the ironman world championships in kona. Although the season didn’t start off too well. I look forward to your feedback. ... Joe Skipper (GBR) 9:12:29 S 55:46 T1 4:47 B 5:16:40 T2 2:57 R 2:52:21 We’ve seen a couple of new course records this year: Both winners Simone Mitchell and Arnaud Guilloux were able to improve on the old records set back in 2012. This sounded fantastic to me so I started racing pro as you can’t win prize money as an amateur and you get free entries! I can’t tell you how much this motivated me during the race! Conditions in Wales are always extreme – this year just a little bit less. Thank you for your support! Stock up on IRONMAN VR swag by completing IRONMAN VR races. Ben Hoffman (second), Joe Skipper (first), and Andrew Starykowicz (third) celebrate their podium finishes. The content on TriRating will always be free, but your donation helps me to spend more of my time and energy on it and to provide helpful and interesting content. What I have had is a lot of support from my family and friends and a big belief from them that I can compete in the big races. Hall Of Fame. Lost ~30min during this. I never wanted to feel like I did after Lanzarote and even now I remember that race and the pain of suffering in a race is nothing compared to failing to finish! Thousands of people have downloaded my Kona Rating Reports and the Season Rating Reports. I remember posting something on Facebook and being in tears to my Mum and Dad one night on the phone. Thorsten September 16, 2019 at 7:33 am # I’m not 100% sure – I know he started and was making up good time to the front with Bryan McCrystal, but then dropped way back. It was a great experience and one that I couldn’t afford to turn down. And Neil Turner from Pedal Revolution, I got a combined total of £2000 and I have to say this might not be a lot but at the time I was living at home and it felt as though I had won the lottery and enabled me to carry on for the 2014 season. I spoke to Paul Evans (local runner 27m 10k PB, winner of Chicago Marathon) he didn’t start running until he was 26. I got 3rd in Ironman Uk that year and 10th at Florida in October in 8h 17m, unfortunately in Florida I got a puncture and a drafting penalty which I think was a harsh call (don’t we always) which hampered a potential very good result and much faster time! My results got better still and I managed to get some more money. The DQ was for littering (throwing away the old tube). It was £50 a week bills included and it certainly wasn’t the Ritz! 6th Place 2019 World Championships in Kona. This inspired me and the failure of Lanzarote motivated me more then ever. Support TriRating, By continuing to use the site, you agree to the use of cookies. Thanks for visiting! Unfortunately it wasnt to be for…” The following month I managed to get on the podium again at a tough Ironman UK race. An incredible achievement and one which I couldn’t possibly have imagined happening without the support and encouragement from all my friends, family and sponsors. My Mum and Dad helped me out again and I was able to go. The German was a threat, but Skipper kept on pacing himself solidly. If you want to have a look at older Reports, please subscribe to my Mailing List. I was cutting a fine line between working and training. I’ve never had any support from a national governing body, I don’t bother with massages or any other kind of physio as I don’t have the budget, I coach myself, I always have as it doesn’t cost anything. If you want to get access to older reports and to be notified when a new report is available, please subscribe to my Mailing List. Photo: Gregory Shamus/Getty Images Panama City Beach played host to 2,500 athletes from around the world on Saturday as they swam 2.4 miles, biked 112 miles and ran 26.2 miles through Northwest Florida at the 2019 Ironman Florida triathlon. Last month he was crowned the men’s champion of VR6. Ironman Wales 2018 (Sept 9th) – Entry List ... Tim C September 16, 2019 at 1:38 am # What happened to Joe Skipper? Joe Skipper, 32, of Great Britain, has six sub-eight-hour IRONMAN finishes and two IRONMAN World Championship top 10’s to his name. The Brits to look out for at Galveston are Kimberley Morris and Ironman Wales champion Simone Mitchell who will be looking to make a breakthrough in a high caliber field outside of the UK. Simone also set a new bike course record. About Joe. I did my first Triathlon at the end of 2010 initially for a challenge, I wasn’t swimming or running but was cycling and fancied a challenge so entered a half ironman. In today's show we chat with Joe Skipper, multiple Ironman podium finisher, Ironman UK winner and 7th place Hawaii Ironman finisher. In 2012 to enable me to train and race more I got the cheapest house I could find which was near where the tri squad trained as I didn’t have a car. He didn’t beat that record – but Will Clarke has now joined the ‘Sub-8’ club, with 7:59:31 for second place at Ironman Copenhagen 2016. It's all about a strong start. I raced it was 2nd off the bike, and was running well in 3rd having dropped the eventual winner and closing in on 1st place with 20ks to go I felt really good but got hunger knock and he came back to me eventually pulling away and I came 5th in 8h 23! First Pro wins and course records for Mitchell and Guilloux in Tenby. - Ironman UK attracts pro athletes with 100,000 dollar prize purse The self-coached pro finished sixth last year in Kailua-Kona and won the first and only IRONMAN race of 2020 (IRONMAN New Zealand). David was doing the same, although he hadn’t been DQ’d, he was out of the race as he hadn’t completed the bike. The men’s race starts at 6.45am CST (GMT-5) whilst the women’s race begins five minutes later at 6.50am. I lost my passport so missed Pays D’Aix 70.3 at the end of the year so had no choice but to race Challenge Barcelona Ironman or end my season. I wouldn’t change it for the world though as I love training and racing but it hasn’t always been the smoothest road and its certainly not easy! It was all change at the ninth edition of IRONMAN Wales in Tenby on Sunday. The week before we had spectated Ironman Wales and Joe Skipper had run the marathon despite being DQ’d on the bike. at Ironman UK 2018, Florida 2019 & New Zealand 2020, First British Male to go under 8 hours (Challenge Roth 2016), Fastest IM combined Bike & Run split of all time (Florida 2019). My running preperation for Weymouth had been a bit strange really. Ironman Wales 2019 (Sept 15th) – Entry List By Thorsten on July 15, 2019 in IM Wales If you want to have a look at older Reports, please subscribe to my Mailing List . A confident Joe Skipper is ready to take on the world Let’s be honest, you’d be surprised if Joe Skipper wasn’t bullish about his prospects today at the IRONMAN World Championship! 1,264 Likes, 70 Comments - Joe Skipper (@notanotheraveragejoe) on Instagram: “Thanks for all the support out there on the ironman wales course. I completely blew on the bike at Ironman Lanzarote, I felt terrible all week (physically) just weak and was hoping I would feel better on race day. Arnaud Guilloux, Simone Mitchell dominate pro fields at Ironman Wales. My journey hasn’t been the smoothest, most people have the image of pro athletes living the high life. I remember in 2012 when working my bank card refused for insufficient funds when paying for my shopping, it happened a couple of times. I loved the brutality of Ironman racing and was hooked from there on. In June I became, the first British male triathlete in 19 years to take a medal at the ITU Long Distance World Championships. It was £50 a week bills included and it certainly wasn’t the Ritz! Thousands of people have downloaded my Kona Rating Reports and the Season Rating Reports. While several postponed races have slowed the start of 70.3 racing in the USA this year, the upside is that a stellar field of highly ranked PTO athletes will be competing in this weekend’s de-facto season opener in Galveston. You can leave a comment or send me an email to, Ironman Wales 2019 (Sept 15th) – Entry List, Ironman Wales 2018 (Sept 9th) – Entry List, Challenge St. Pölten 2021 (May 30th) – Seedings, Challenge Riccione 2021 – Analyzing Results, Challenge Cancun 2021 – Analyzing Results, Ironman Cairns 2021 (June 6th) – Entry List, Challenge Riccione 2021 (May 9th) – Seedings, Challenge Cancun 2021 (May 2nd) – Seedings, Challenge Gran Canaria 2021 – Analyzing Results. Anyway my focus was on Texas Ironman and failure to get a result would have meant I was going to look to do something else and would be lining up at the job centre, not by choice but because I was out of money. Fellow British racer, Joe Skipper, will be a threat on the bike as he currently holds the third fastest IRONMAN bike split. I had enough money to get through the winter and into 2015. Paul Amey ‘s second place at Ironman Arizona 2011 held the top spot on the list for almost five years- until the magic ‘8’ barrier was broken by Joe Skipper at Challenge Roth 2016. Last year’s adjustments were -43 and -37 minutes, this year’s adjustment of -27 minutes was still very slow but “quick” compared to earlier years. 235 Tri-Anglia members have completed 610 Iron distance triathlons between them. Joe Skipper is one of the best long distance endurance athletes in the world, reflected in his current 7th place in the PTO rankings. Arnaud was under the old bike course record, but the fastest bike split was set by Stefan Schuhmacher. During 2012 a local company Mail Big File said they wanted to help me and pay for travel costs to races, this was huge and them and Clif bar have been with me from the start and took a chance on me when they didn’t have to. He returned and finished second behind Joe Skipper (GBR) at the 2020 Nutri-Grain IRONMAN New Zealand. 2018; 13 Oct: Ironman World Championships 2018 — Kona, Hawaii 7th: 28 Jul: Ironman Hamburg 2018 — Hamburg, Germany 2nd: 14 Jul: Ironman UK 2018 — Bolton, UK 1st: 1 … Joe Skipper finally tops the IRONMAN UK podium After the never-ending (and often pointless…) pre-race chat about the enforced shortened bike course at IRONMAN UK this year, Sunday’s race went ahead – and despite initial fears, the swim went ahead too. If you’ve ever watched Ironman Wales, raced Ironman Wales, supported at Ironman Wales or just heard about Ironman Wales then you’ll love these post-race interviews I gathered at the finish line. Not Another Average Joe! During 2012 … We’ve got interviews with winners Simone Mitchell and Arnaud Guilloux, plus Manon Genet who was second in the women’s race, and Laura Siddall who was 3rd. #IMWales : IRONMAN now Thanks for visiting! Records. (on his facebook page). No the DQ was for ripping off his rear bike race number and throwing it away. So instant DQ. Ironman Wales 2019. Winner of IM UK 2018, IM Florida 2019 & IM New Zealand 2020. Apparently he had a technical and had to change the tire. In 2011 I won the amateur British middle distance champs and Lucy Gossagepersuaded me to race Pro, I couldn’t afford to enter races as an amateur and she said you get free entries and sometimes they will put you up. Ironman 70.3 Texas 2021 Preview. In 2012 to enable me to train and race more I got the cheapest house I could find which was near where the tri squad trained as I didn’t have a car. I didn’t really, had a rubbish swim, although not feeling good on the bike I pushed myself hard and managed to get up to around 5th place and holding the gap to the leader. I raced New Orleans 70.3 and was disappointed with the result, I struggled with the heat on the run but had thrown away too much time on the swim! While 2018 saw previous winners repeat, it was the new kids on the block this year.In the case of the new female champion – Great Britain’s Simone Mitchell – that was also her first Pro start after a distinguished Age-Group career. Over 2,300 athletes are facing the dragon in Wales today, Joe skipper is leading the charge! I was hooked and decided to train with my local tri club (Manchester Tri Club) initially for the social, it was great as it was a very good set up and there were lots of athletes that could beat me at swimming and running and I loved the challenge of keeping up with them. He said it was flapping and making a horrible sound and was in a bit of a grump following the tyre issue that he just saw red, grabbed it and threw it away … in the view of a moto marshall. Fastest and most accurate independent news outlet for triathlon news, duathlon news and multisport news, offering a great mix of race reports of triathlon events, actual industry news, gear, human interest stories, pro- and age-group profiles, long course and short course racing. Fortunately things managed to come together for the main race, despite being one of the toughest things I’ve ever had to put myself through, pushing myself through the limit I managed to achieve 2nd place along with claiming the bike course record which also happened to be the 3rd fastest Ironman Bike split in history, I had now become the 6th fastest British Ironman athlete of all time! After all, his win at Ironman UK aged 20 made him the youngest ever Ironman winner….well, he’s now back with second place at Ironman Wales 2016 (repeated again 12 months later and in 2018 too. With his first-place finish at the 2018 IRONMAN UK, Skipper will be a fierce competitor. Legendary Auckland, New Zealand pro Cameron Brown , 48, is a 12-time IRONMAN New Zealand champion and has finished runner-up at the IRONMAN World Championship twice (2001, 2005). I’m not 100% sure – I know he started and was making up good time to the front with Bryan McCrystal, but then dropped way back. At this point I was working part time in Manchester and at the end of the year I got the opportunity to work in Spain at a training centre which would also enable me to train in Spain full time with other athletes. When you train as hard as he does, you have earned the right to be positive about your ability. Maybe Joe went off-course and was later DQ’d? Skipper rode away for the win in VR5. I thought I would give 2013 one more shot and see how it goes before deciding what to do with my life. I raced predominantly 70.3s coming 5th at the UK one and 15th at the European champs in Wiesbaden Germany. After that I got 2nd at Ironman UK, 1st at Weymouth, and despite puncturing and having to borrow a wheel off a spectator at Ironman Barcelona I got 6th. Some more successes followed in the months after Texas. 6 x sub 8 hour finishes. If you continue to use this website without changing your cookie settings or you click "Accept" below then you are consenting to this. During 2015 the funds started drying up and when looking at hiring a car for Texas and seeing the amount a hire car was going to cost me and working out the total costs I almost bailed on going. Joe Skipper will be competing at this weekend's IRONMAN Wales. 2020/11/22 IRONMAN Cozumel 2020 2020/11/21 New Zealand Sotheby's INTERNATIONAL REALTY Queenstown Marathon 2020 2020/11/07 Visit Panama City Beach IRONMAN 70.3 Gulf Coast 2020 2020/11/07 Visit Panama City Beach IRONMAN Florida 2020 2020/11/01 IRONMAN 70.3 Turkey 2020 Ironman Wales … 14 x Long Course Pro Race Podiums. Challenge Barcelona ’12, UK ’13, Florida ’13, UK ’14, Challenge Weymouth ’14, Barcelona ’14, Texas ’15, UK ’15, Hawai’i ’15, New Zealand ’16, … Ironman Wales had one male and one female Kona slot for 2020, these go to the winners. Triathlon Today: Your News, Our Passion. Joe Skipper. The cookie settings on this website are set to "allow cookies" to give you the best browsing experience possible. If you want to get access to older reports and to be notified when a new report is available, please leave your name and email! ‎We bring you all of the emotion from Ironman Wales 2019 in this week’s show. more information Accept. In 2011 I won the amateur British middle distance champs and Lucy Gossage persuaded me to race Pro, I couldn’t afford to enter races as an amateur and she said you get free entries and sometimes they will put you up. We’ve got Dylan McNeice from NZ who was 5th after leading out of th… There are probably others that are in the same situation and what I will say is don’t give up, a life time of regret is far worse then a couple of hard years. Until at 120kms I couldn’t turn the pedals anymore I had nothing to give and ended up laying down for half an hour in a dessert! Online triathlon magazine with product reviews, a bike fit guide, training tips, and several regular columnists.

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