Rebecca Romero Reflects On The Ironman World Championships Last weekend, double Olympian Rebecca Romero added to her impressive sporting profile with a spectacular result at her first IRONMAN World Championships in Kona, Hawaii. Renowned as being one of the toughest races in the IRONMAN calendar, Kona challenges even the most accomplished athletes with its excruciating heat and unrelenting winds. Despite this, Romero clocked an impressive finishing time of 11:39:08, placing 46th in the female 30-34 category and finishing well in the highly competitive field. This is an achievement for any athlete, especially for one that only started competing this year, and is so new to the ultra endurance sport. So how did she do it? And how is she feeling now it is all over? Upon finishing Rebecca commented: "Wow, that was the biggest day of suffering of my life, but was made well worth it with the wonderful atmosphere, and incredible sense of elation at the finishing line. The bike section was awesome, but those Kona winds were very angry today. It was nothing like I've ever felt before. It was relentless the whole way." "In my training over the past year I have had to work really hard to build from scratch two new sports of swimming and running. I recognized from the beginning that nutrition was fundamental in order for me to achieve the results that I wanted, so I made sure I trialed and tested my nutrition regime within my training." "I took SiS GO Electrolyte