by Karl Zeiner | Oct 16, 2018 | DZF Athlete Race Report, Ironman, Race Reports, Triathlon
August 2018 My journey to Ironman Copenhagen started not long after Ironman Bolton and it wasn’t even my idea – Bryony suggested building on the pain I’d went through there to become even stronger but she wanted a family trip to a destination venue and this...
by Karl Zeiner | Jul 10, 2018 | DZF Athlete Race Report, Guest Blog, Nutrition, Race Reports, Triathlon
It’s a month and a half since my third ever triathlon and first middle distance event – about time I wrote up my race report! Since the Outlaw Half in Nottingham (21 May 2018), I’ve had a number of other life pressures to contend with; juggling a busy full time job in...
by Karl Zeiner | Nov 13, 2017 | Coaching, Guest Blog, Marathon Training, Race Reports, Running
From Jennifer’s blog Which marathons have I done and in what time? Paris Marathon 2015 – 4h46 Loch Ness Marathon 2016 – 4h09 Dublin Marathon 2017 – 3h38 What is my relationship with marathon running? When I signed up for my first marathon in...
by Karl Zeiner | Oct 7, 2017 | DZF Athlete Race Report, Race Reports, Triathlon
Preamble Ironman Barcelona was to be my 4th IM distance event I had competed in, having already claimed a Finishers T-Shirt at IM Austria in 2014 and the Outlaw Triathlon in Nottingham in 2015 and 2016. My times were however heading in the wrong direction with each...
by Karl Zeiner | Oct 4, 2017 | DZF Athlete Race Report, Race Reports, Triathlon, Uncategorized
This year was all about the Standard distance. But having developed in the early Spring an acute on chronic Achilles tendinopathy which was failing to resolve, I had done no run training and virtually no running apart from my qualifying races’ 10km. So about a month...
by Karl Zeiner | Jul 27, 2017 | DZF Athlete Race Report, Race Reports, Ultra Marathon
I helped put the kids to bed. It was 8pm. The race was due to start in 5 hours. I was still riddled with doubt. I had run this iconic race the year before yet was sitting with many many doubts tonight. Mostly heart and desire. I knew it would hurt, I’ll be...
