Roger Canham - Long Distance Racing

Five Time Ironman Champion 7x Hawaii World Championships Top 20

Sunday 22 January 2017

Posted by Roger at 17:18

contact email: roger@canhams.com

2nd June 2019 Challenge World Championships, Samorin, Slovakia , 4:29:53 Age Group Champion 55 - 59, 71st Overall
4th May 2019 ITU Long Distance World Championships, 6:19:23 World Champion 55 - 59 Age Group, 56th Overall
14th April 2019 Ironman 70.3 Liuzhou, China, 4:23:27 2nd Age Group 50-54 24th Overall
24th February 2019 Ironman 70.3 Colombo, Sri Lanka, 4:38:44 Age Group Champion 55-59 11th Overall
9th December 2018 Challenge Daytona, Florida USA 2:24:57 Age Group Champion 50 - 54 35th Overall

7th July 2019 ETU Middle Distance European Championships, Targu Mares, Transylvania
7th September 2019 70.3 Ironman World Championships, Nice, France
20th October 2019 Ironman 70.3 Shanghai, China
1st December 2019 Patagonman, Xtri long distance triathlon, Chile

Roger: Rutland, United Kingdom; Married with four children and running my own businesses, I entered my first triathlon in 2002 as a means to keep fit. An absence of fast twitch fibres meant I was unlikely to be truly competitive at short course racing so in 2007 I completed IM Lanzarote and felt it was something I had the physical and mental attributes to be competitive in. 2008 was my breakthrough year when I unexpectedly came 7th at IMNZ and secured a Kona slot. 2009 brought IMSA early in the year and an IM age group win to book my ticket to Kona. In 2010 I was starting to become more accustomed to the training and mental tenacity long distance racing demands and was delighted to win the ETU Long Distance Champs in Spain, a very proud moment. That year I repeated my age group win at the Vitruvian and rounded off the year with 18th at World Champs. I now consider myself in a seasoned athlete, with multiple Ironman Kona finishes, continuing the journey to optimise the various technical elements of each discipline – I still have a great deal to learn!

29th March 2015 Ironman African Championships, Port Elizabeth, South Africa, 10:05:31 African Age Group Champion 50-54 74th Overall
17th May 2015 Ironman 70.3 Barcelona Spain 05:00:54 6th 50-54 Age Group 179th Overall
14th June 2105 Ironman 70.3 Staffordshire UK 04:45:58 Age Group Champion 50-54 54th Overall
30th August 2015 Ironman 70.3 World Championships Zell Am See-Kaprun Austria 04:47:37 9th 50-54 Age Group 376th Overall
10th October 2015 Ironman World Championships Kona Hawaii, 10:00:06 7th 50-54 Age Group 327th Overall

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