Windermere ironman! - NEW

So, no Bolton full IM distance in 2024, nor any LakesMan full distance ! :cry: :cry:

Two of the biggest UK IMs GONE! !:open_mouth:

But fear not ye UK ironman lovers, plans are afoot for a new big friendly ironman distance race at Windermere! !:star_struck:

(plus a Half IM (70.3) and an olympic distance too !

Flattish run but with that superb Lake District setting the bike is likely to be somewhere between Lakesman and Tenby in the amount of climb. So, it’ll be rewarding, scenic, but very do-able!

But what to call it - any suggestions?

Does ā€˜WinderMan’ as a name sound daft ! :sweat_smile: or does it grab you ? :sunglasses:

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Mereman ?

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Ambleman Amble ?

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WiMan
WindyMan

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If I ever enter it will be Bowness Slowness

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Oldman (of Coniston). Doubt that would be too popular.

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IronWind.

TrappedWind.
(special reference to An Inconvenient Triathlon there, eg Hyde Park)

FartMan.

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Ambling Man

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some good uns ta, all being fed back to the organiser, keep em coming Folks!

tho it’ll probably will just be ā€œWindermere Long Distance Triathlonā€ tbh, but canvassing for a better name, as it’s fun.

WinderMan & WinderWoman :woman_superhero: my fave tbh.

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Shouldn’t the lakesman now be rebranded as the lakeshalfman :joy:

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The problem with either of those is they can be read as Wine-der rather then Win-der and might a competition to see who can close their car windows the quickest (assuming you have prehistoric car like mine)

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Cum brianman?

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you at St,Neots on Sat then m8ie?

Unlikely, done zero training since Lanzarote.

Achilles still jippy. Can ā€œrunā€ 2 miles and then unable to walk for 3/4 days.

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sorry to hear that bud :cry:

One of those things

I had the slowest run split of anyone in Lanzarote

6:45 :face_with_spiral_eyes::face_with_spiral_eyes:

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ANYONE! :astonished: :exploding_head:

so that makes you some kind of Lanterne Rouge :upside_down_face:
which is obvs :sunglasses: :1st_place_medal: :trophy: :sweat_smile:

at least you completed it tho m8 :+1:

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