Callum McGowan Coaching

🏆 YOU ARE AN IRONMAN 🏆

Yesterday was incredible!!

And this incredible human just became part of the 0.01% club 🥳

Fraser Brown… you are an IRONMAN 👏🏻

The weekend started off on the back foot however

The swim being cancelled which is very poor from Ironman & Leeds council

These guys & girls have been prepping for months for this & it’s been well known how hot it’s been so something should have been done about it! 

However, adversity aside he took it in his stride!

But whilst in transition Fraser also noticed his right tri bar was sitting off and we quickly resliaeed that the bolt was broken & make shift tri bar secured in with tape & a bike inner tube 🤦🏻‍♂️

Nonetheless, rolling start on the bike! Some crazy hills, technical decents and a course that you always have to be switched on with to get to the end of the bike leg

He put in a tremendous bike effort with some great average paces across nearly 3000M of elevation coming off the bike in under 7 hours 👏🏻🚴🏻‍♂️

Followed by a very hard run route with lots of turns, downhills but also, slow long uphills to match

He kept chipping away
Stride after stride
We knew it was going to be tough

But coming across that red carpet to hear those famous words

And to be part of the 0.01% club 🙌🏻

It’s been amazing prepping Fraser for this Ironman

He’s taken everything in his stride

Learning to swim
Balancing a busy job
Young kids & family life

All whilst putting the efforts in each week to get ready for yesterday
And it all payed off 🙌🏻

Fraser once again…

YOU ARE AN IRONMAN 🏆
🏊🏻‍♂️ - 🚴🏻‍♂️ - 🏃🏻‍♂️

It’s All Pulling Together 🏃🏻‍♂️

7 weeks out from Barcelona 🇪🇸

SLR exactly where things need to be from a run standpoint & looking forward to the next 5 weeks of prep before we dip into our taper phase 🎯

There’s so many points throughout a prep where you’re peaking & you’re fighting for it but long runs like today give you that confidence boost to know it’s all coming together!

And this is something you learn over time, it’s just sitting in & allowing whatever is going to happen, happen! But as long as you’re on the money with your numbers & keep slotting pennies into the machine you’ll get that reward 🏆

I’m excited to see what’s to come from this years IM, 3 years on from the last time at Barcelona & hell of a lot of knowledge, experience & hard to put on show 🙌🏻

The Ironman Hype 💭

It’s on the up and up

But I don’t think that’s a bad thing…

I’ve come from a professional fighting background
I couldn’t actually swim front crawl for 25M when I started 🫣

But it’s been a sport that has changed my whole outlook on life & training

However, the social bubble can be hard to live in

Sub 8
Sub 9
This TT bike
Those £250 shoes
Tri suits, wet suits, bikes, helmets, this, that…

F*ck me, gives a minute please 🤦🏻‍♂️

I think we miss the greatest thing about it…

Progress & development and learning along the way

My first wet suit was from Aldi (terrible idea 🤣)
My first bike was £500 from Halfords (the derailer fell off it)
I ran every run in carbon plated shoes
I couldn’t swim more than 25M front crawl 🫣
But what a journey 👏🏻

If you never start, you’ll never know

And this is not just a story for triathlon
Or sports

But life in general

The stories we see online
The highlight reels
They might not be reality

The average Ironman finish time is between 12:30-13:30 hours
Not sub 10 🤷🏻‍♂️

So just start
If it’s a business
A new life across the world
A new hobby, sport

There is always going to be what if’s
There will always be risks and hard work

But the life you actually desire comes from the action you feel uncomfortable to take

It won’t be easy

But the reward is amazing and in the terms of ironman

Well you join the 0.01% club 🤝

Another Big Week In Tank 🤝

8 weeks to go to Barcelona & things are stepping up 🇪🇸

Biggest week of volume this week training wise with a 2HR’s 30 on the bike to top things out tomorrow 🚴‍♂️

Ironman prep isn’t for the faint hearted but I know what that feeling of crossing the finish line in 8 weeks feels like & I can’t wait to do it again 🙌🏻

Here’s to a 6 weeks of training before we dip into our taper 👏🏻

🏊🏼‍♂️🚴‍♂️🏃🏻‍♂️

In Just 18 Months 🤯

This is a special one & one that deserves the highlight 👏🏻

Around 18 months ago Crawford decided to dip into this running malarkey 🫣

He started like many people do, dipping in with some Couch To 5KM

Two weekends ago he ran his first 50KM ultra event 🏃🏻‍♂️🏆

The journey has been incredible but it’s one of exploration and hard work 👏🏻

But I think that’s what gives Crawford that edge

It’s the bubble of just constantly looking for what is possible and going into each week with excitement around what he can do 👏🏻

We could go into the programming etc but none of that matters

What matters is, what is possible and Crawford has shown that it just takes starting

It takes showing up each week for what you want to achieve

Accepting that it isn’t going to be perfect along the way but that’s okay and that’s part of it 🙌🏻

But never loosing sight of what success looks like to you

Last weekend he PB’d his 10KM off the back of running his first ever 50KM ultra 🏆

And all of it came down to just throwing himself in the deep end & finding love within the progression and development 👏🏻

Couldn’t be prouder of that effort & the hard work you’ve put in to get here

Time to go and enjoy some downtime on holiday

And I can’t wait to see what madness occurs off the back of it 🥳

Top work matey, keep on being you 👏🏻🏆

Run The Blades 🏆

What a weekend the team had at Run The Blades 🏃🏻‍♂️

On Friday we had a number of the team take on the 10K event 👏🏻

All of us going for what a running event should be for having a good time and enjoying a course

Myself, Natalie, Reece, Alison, Gordon & Ross all had a blast out there enjoying the course, fighting off the midges and battling the Scottish Summer heat wave 🫣🤣

Everyone smashed it & had a great time 👏🏻

Next up we had Crawford running the 50KM on Saturday which was a special one

As he only started running 18 months ago, going from Couch to 5KM to 50KM ultra 😳

Absolutely incredible!! He smashed his prep for this event and has thrown everything at it and he got what he wanted coming away with his desired anything starting with 5 🥳

Couldn’t be prouder of his journey and seeing him absolutely nail his first ultra & there’s many more to come after crossing the finish line looking in incredible form 💪🏻

Last up at the weekend we had Joe 👏🏻
Another tremendous journey & ticking off his first ever half marathon on what is not an easy course!!

With a very busy job & challenging prep, he still showed up on Sunday and smashed it out he park 🎯

This year alone he’s really stepped up his running and it’s been incredible watching him go from strength to strength 👏🏻

Time to see whats next for him 🚀

Honestly what a weekend for the team that was 🙌🏻

Everyone smashed it out the park 🏆

Run The Blades 10KM 🏃🏻‍♂️

A very hot but enjoyable night as always at Run The Blades 👏🏻

The last few years I’ve spectated but this was my first year taking part & the sun was out in full force to make that hill even hillier 🫣🤣

But the best part was getting to run side by side with Natalie Pirrie 🧡

The rest of the team smashed it as always 🙌🏻