🏊 🚴 🏃   Half Iron Man · Taupō 2027

Olivia & Tristan
Take on
Taupō.

A sister and her little brother. Two cities. One race. 1.9km swim, 90km bike, 21.1km run across the most beautiful lake in New Zealand. We have some months to figure this out.

📏
113km
Total distance
👫
2
Siblings
📍
Taupō
Lake NZ
Olivia and Tristan at Big Bang Adventure race
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📅 6 March 2027 · Taupō, NZ
About the mission

Why we're doing this.

01
Olivia
27 · Raglan, Waikato

The older sibling and the one who somehow talked us both into this. Former competitive swimmer, so the 1.9km in Lake Taupo is the least of my worries. The 90km bike and the half marathon after it? That's a different story entirely.

🏊 Swimmer
Background
7km
Current run range
20km
First bike ride
📚 Student
Life status
02
Tristan
22 · Feilding, Manawatu

The little brother who said yes without fully reading the fine print. Training in a different city means we're doing this mostly apart — comparing notes, suffering in parallel, and holding each other accountable from afar.

🆕 Rookie
Triathlon experience
6 Mar
Destination date
2
Siblings doing this
📚 Student
Life status
Training progress

Building toward
race day.

Each bar shows how far we've pushed our longest session against the race distance — a snapshot of where we're at right now.

01
Olivia
📍 Raglan, Waikato
🏊 Swim
1.2km / 1.9km
Race goal: 1.9km
🚴 Bike
35km / 90km
Race goal: 90km
🏃 Run
7km / 21.1km
Race goal: 21.1km
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02
Tristan
📍 Feilding, Manawatu
🏊 Swim
0.5km / 1.9km
Race goal: 1.9km
🚴 Bike
20km / 90km
Race goal: 90km
🏃 Run
5km / 21.1km
Race goal: 21.1km
Last updated: update me
The challenge

113km.
One day.

🏊‍♀️
Swim · Lake Taupo
1.9
kilometres open water

A freshwater swim in the caldera of an ancient supervolcano. The water is impossibly clear. It's also 300 people thrashing alongside you at the start gun.

🚴‍♀️
Bike · Countryside roads
90
kilometres rolling farmland

Rolling farmland, geothermal steam, and the kind of hills that make you question every life decision. The longest leg. The one that decides your run.

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Run · Lakefront
21.1
kilometres half marathon

A half marathon. On legs that just cycled 90km. Along the lakefront with the whole town watching. The finish line on Tongariro Street is reportedly the loudest in New Zealand.

🏅
113km
Total distance
Recent trainings

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