Chris Hutchison – Ironman California 2022 – Race Recap
Chris Hutchison Ironman California 2022 Race Recap I had done about 25 triathlons up until this point, 6 of which were Ironman 70.3 events, or half Ironmans. This was my first “full”. 140.6 miles over the course of a day – a 2.4 mile swim, followed by a 112 mile bike with a 26.2 marathon run at the end just for funsies! I trained like crazy for this day. I hired a coach to really do this right and get me ready for what was to be the hardest thing I had ever done. My coach, Tom Mossman of Go the Distance multisport (GTD), was fantastic (seriously, if you ever need a coach with a ton of experience, hire Tom!). We met in June and discussed what my goals were. He assigned training to me over the course of about 4 months, as I was already trained up already, having just finished Ironman 70.3 Hawaii. The training got harder and harder as it went along. I was waking up at 4:45am on weekdays to get my 2 to 3 hours of training in before work. My weekends were eventually fille