09/14/2026
2026 IRONMAN 70.3 World Championship — Nice, France FINISHER!
First and foremost, I’m incredibly thankful for all of the love, encouragement, and support from my family, friends, patients, and everyone back home following along.
Somehow, despite the challenges of travel, the time-zone change, disrupted sleep, different nutrition, and everything else that comes with racing internationally, I was able to get my body ready and felt genuinely great standing on the start line.
Our age group was the final group to start, hitting the water at 9:20 AM — more than two hours after the first athletes began. I knew that was going to mean dealing with some serious midday heat on the run. What I underestimated was just how hot it would already be on the bike.
My hydration needs were considerably higher than I anticipated, and that became apparent pretty quickly. By the time I reached the run, I was depleted and knew I was going to have to completely change the plan.
That’s where experience matters.
I had to make some significant adjustments on the fly, rebuild hydration and fueling, manage the heat, and slowly regain enough capacity to keep moving forward. Thankfully, years of racing have taught me how to recognize those problems and respond rather than panic.
The heat was absolutely blistering, but you’ll hear me say this all the time:
Triathlon success is born out of proper adversity management.
Race day rarely goes exactly according to plan. The goal is to recognize what your body is telling you, make intelligent adjustments, and keep finding a way forward.
Considering the conditions and how depleted I became, I’m proud to have still put together a respectable finish at a World Championship and cross that finish line here in Nice.
Now it’s time to recover, enjoy France for a little longer, and figure out where this triathlon journey takes me next.
There are so many stories from this race that I could never fit them all into one post. Hopefully I’ll get a chance to share some of them another day.
Thank you again to everyone who followed along, sent messages, checked in, encouraged me, and supported this crazy journey. It truly means more than you know. Special shout out and thanks to Capital Endurance Coaching for helping me be the best version of myself possible going into this race.
2026 IRONMAN 70.3 World Championship — DONE.