Roll an ankle, complete an Ironman | Tri Journey Podcast Ep4

This week on the podcast, I’m joined by Justin Nothem.

Justin was one of the founding members of our community – joining back in the very beginning of 2019. He had his sights set on Ironman Wisconsin and while everyone hopes for a smooth journey, his was anything but.

The title of this podcast says it all. With just 48 hours until Justin was to toe the starting line, he was carrying his bike to transition when he rolled his ankle. Not really the thing you want to do before embarking on a 140.6 mile race.

The crazy thing? That’s not even the craziest thing we talk about.

We talk spontaneous 100mi bike rides, getting stuck in a lightning storm, live streaming on Facebook, among other things – but one of my favorite portions of this podcast, is when Justin defined for himself, that he was going to be an Ironman.

It suddenly wasn’t an “if”, but an inevitable.

Take a listen, and remember – you can push through anything in your way – even a rolled ankle on race weekend.

Ben A. Ironman

“Huge thank you to Josh for his Ironman training program. It was absolutely instrumental in my completing Ironman Canada a couple weeks ago. I bought his program in February 2021. Over the next year and a half, I went through all the ups and downs of training; dealing with injury/illness, busy schedule, cancelled events… but Josh’s program was the solid foundation to keep coming back to. Even when life got in the way and I missed many workouts, the layout was super easy to pick up right where I left off. It really was the key component that got me across the finish line. Again, can’t thank you enough Josh for your program and all the work you put in to it! Best feeling in the world making it through the Ironman. ”

Ruth S. Ironman

“It was like no other feeling I’ve ever experienced. What a thrill! Thank you for a great training plan Josh and for many of you that inspired me with your stories and posts along the way! ”

MT Ironman

“Happy to report a successful finishing time of 14hrs 26 min and 18 seconds for the Ironman Lake Placid. My first ever Ironman and Triathlon. Thanks for all your help. Stuck with your training pretty religiously. I plan to do this again. Thanks again. You will hear from me very soon.”

Rebecca R. 70.3 Ironman

“I did it!!! With these little monkeys and all of you!! Keep going everyone!! You can do this and Josh's plan will get you there!!!!!”