Viktoria Brown Triathlete RSS

This was easily the craziest race I've ever had, not because of the race but because of what went on prior to the race - and it kind of continued a bit during the race. THE SLOT First, how I ended up at this race. When Ironman announced back in July 2022 that they would add 100 Women For Tri slots to certain races, I started looking. Women For Tri is a foundation by Ironman and its goal is to support women for doing triathlons. I don't think most men realize how much harder it is for a woman to...

Kívülről könnyűnek és simának tűnhetett, pedig nem volt az. Kezdettől fogva küzdelmes volt ez a verseny, és folyamatosan azt mondogattam magamnak, hogy "nem biztos, hogy mindig csak egyre rosszabb lesz". Amikor már 3 órával a verseny kezdete után sem úgy mennek a dolgok, ahogy terveztük, és még mindig van 45 óra a végéig, akkor kell valami kapaszkodó, valami reménysugár. Csak úgy lehet ezt túlélni, ha az ember azzal áltatja magát, hogy még lehet azért ennél jobb. Fizikálisan, edzettségileg és a futóteljesítményem tekintetében nagyon jól éreztem magam. Jól sikerültek a nagy edzésblokkok, megvolt az állóképességem, a gyorsaságom és nagyon edzett voltam....

It seemed smooth and easy but it wasn't. I was struggling from the get-go and my motto for the whole race was "It doesn't always only get worse". When things are already off the rail in hour 3 and you have 45 more hours to go, you have to have something to cling onto. Hoping it would get better is the only way to go. Physically, in terms of fitness and running, I was feeling great. I had a really good build to the race, I had the endurance, I had the speed, I had all the fitness. I was...

Badwater 135 is probably the most famous ultramarathon in the world. It is a 135 mile/217 km road ultrarunning race that starts at Badwater Basin in Death Valley, 282 feet / 85 meters below sea level, and through 2 other mountain ranges goes all the way up to Mt. Whitney Trailhead, which is the highest point in the lower 48 states in the United States at 8360 ft / 2548 meters. The total elevation of the course is 14,600 ft / 4450 meters. All this, in the hottest place on Earth during the hottest time of the year when temperatures...

I threw this race in my calendar because I only had the 6-day World Championship in March and then Badwater in July originally, so I thought a B or C race would fit well and there are a lot of races I would like to qualify for, so having this out of the way for next year seemed like a good idea. I had also expected that I might need a few tries to get what I wanted so if this one didn't work out then I would still have plenty of chances next year to put up a good...