Ironman Lanzarote Slots 2018

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Last year I had a really bad race at Ironman Lanzarote so after the race I decided to go back and try to get it right. To race here, with my physic, is as logical as how bumblebees can fly. I’m just to heavy, don’t climb well on the bike and typically the guys doing well here are half my length and weight – but I can’t help it, l love the race and keep coming back to be brutally murdered.

Last year I had a really bad race at Ironman Lanzarote so after the race I decided to go back and try to get it right. To race here, with my physic, is as logical as how bumblebees can fly. I’m just to heavy, don’t climb well on the bike and typically the guys doing well here are half my length and weight – but I can’t help it, l love the race and keep coming back to be brutally. Jun 04, 2018 IRONMAN LANZAROTE 2018 ENGLISH COMMS HQ - Duration: 52:01. Club La Santa 117,702 views. Club La Santa IRONMAN Lanzarote 2019 RACE VIDEO - Duration: 14:46. A Unesco biosphere reserve, Lanzarote is a captivating island with 300 volcanic cones. Stark landscapes reminiscent of the black lava fields of Kona are intermingled with tropical beachside scenes. This race offers 40 qualifying slots to the IRONMAN World Championship 2021 in Kailua-Kona, Hawaii.

My goal for the race was to do a <55min swim, 5:45 bike, and a 3:30 run. Most important was the run. I have not been able to run well in an Ironman since I started racing again 2015. My goal was to be able to do a 3:30 after one of the hardest bike courses of all Ironman races (hard gusty winds and >2,500m climbing over +180km).

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Swim was a complete mess as it is with 1800 running into the water at the same time – 3,850m of fighting off people who tried to get a free ride on the Swedish dolphin. Swam much slower than planned and even slower than the easy practice swims I did on the course the week lead by up to the race. 57min.
On to the bike – no bang bang in the old legs at all, cold, miserable and a feeling that the legs would explode at any moment even at low pace/watts/hr. After 100km, they started to feel better and I abandoned my thoughts of DNF and thought – “let’s roll through this shit ride and practice marathon running today”.

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Finished the bike in about 6hrs.

Got out on the run and did exactly as planned and apparently passed a lot of people in my age group. I didn’t know my position at all until after the race as I was just focusing on the plan and not other people’s plans and goals.
Run: 3:32 which I am really happy with!

Overall time 10:39:16 which is a ok time considering the conditions we race in on Lanzarote. only two people went under 9 hours, you could compare that with Ironman Texas a race without marshalls on the bike and 11 people came in under 8 hours. That is just one of the reason I love this race – it’s brutally honest, you simply can’t cheat and draft to get a better PB which nowadays seams to be the main purpose of for many athletes.

I realize that I probably will not be able to beat my best time here from 1997 of 10:08:16, but at least I improved my time from last year.


Overall I was 111th (out of 1,594 finishers) and second in my age group 50-54 (out of 221 finishers).

So I guess I qualified for World Championships I Kona Hawaii again (4 slots in the age group 50-54) – I didn’t collect it as I already have a slot from Ironman Los Cabos, Instead I was out biking during the ”roll down ceremony”. Would have been fun to see that happy someone who got the slot. Congratulations to everyone who finished and also those who had a bad day – now you have a reason to come back to this magical place!

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Hang Loose !

With the health and safety of our community being an utmost priority, we regret to confirm that the Club La Santa IRONMAN 70.3 Lanzarote triathlon originally scheduled for October 03 cannot take place in 2020 and will return on October 09, 2021. Despite the measures and resources Club La Santa has implemented to fulfill the sanitary protocol, this decision has been taken in alignment with the Lanzarote and Canary Island Government's ruling in relation to the COVID-19 pandemic. All such events in Lanzarote, cannot take place until further notice.

In what has been a continually evolving and challenging time globally, we recognize that this decision due to the above-mentioned unforeseen events may come as a disappointment. While we are prevented from holding the event in 2020, we are looking forward to providing athletes with an exceptional race experience at Club La Santa IRONMAN 70.3 Lanzarote in 2021.

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Athletes should have now received an email with further details. If you have additional questions or have not received the email with further information, please contact lanzarote70.3@ironman.com.