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 | Jul 3, 2018 | Guest Blog, Triathlon
Alvaro has been working with me for the past 2 years and has an interesting story to tell: Who am I? Why am I writing this? Well, the best thing to do is start from the beginning, or maybe from the end. The beginning is I’m a Spanish guy living in Scotland, the...
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 15, 2017 | DZF Athlete Race Report, Ironman, Race Reports, Triathlon
Was not the best race, not even close. Fears, demons and doubts… Morning started early, not cold, not warm… windy as expected. Calmed down. Just as I were going to do a hard training and not a race… Talking with friends and strangers. Feeling alone… Sea showed up its...
by Karl Zeiner | Jul 11, 2017 | DZF Athlete Race Report, Ironman, Race Reports, Triathlon
A couple of years ago when my friend Julie announced she had signed up for Dublin 70.3 I distinctly remember saying I could never do that in a million years. So how did I get here? After failing to get a place in the London marathon I was feeling at a bit of a loose...
