Kieran Lindars is enjoying the moment after his magical Kona debut – but already planning how to take the next step to challenge for “the top positions”.
The Briton touched many a heartstring with an emotional interview after coming second at IRONMAN Frankfurt in August to book his place at the IRONMAN World Championship , something that had been a dream since childhood.
His words particularly resonated with age-group triathletes as most of his training sessions are done in Britain with local clubs and volunteer coaches rather than at warm-weather training camps.
We spoke to him soon afterwards and he admitted that, after a challenging first half of the season, Frankfurt could easily have been his last pro race had things not turned out as well as they did.
But second place to the great Kristian Blummenfelt in a stacked 80-strong field sent him to Hawaii in a buoyant mood and with renewed confidence.
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And he produced another superb performance on the Big Island – he was in the lead group in the swim, first out of T1, in the main chase bike pack for most of the 112 miles and then had a super-solid run to finish it off in style with eighth place in a time of 7:51:55 .After letting the dust settle, he’s now given his detailed thoughts on the race on his Instagram page , saying: Completing an Ironman is such an enormous accomplishment, and I’m incredibly grateful to have shared this journey with […]
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