If you decide to read this, I ask you to support the Run to Homebase Charity with anything. Your contributions of any size will help save our US soldiers, their […]
If you are one of my 50,000+ viewers since I started this blog after my first Ironman in 2012 then please support with a charitable contribution to me in this […]
I did it! I passed the CPA REG Exam! This was the 3rd of 4 exams and I passed with an 82 on the first try; my best result out […]
May 13, 2026 Tucson: We are at 3,000′ and climbing out of Tucson to Denver and then to Vancouver for our Alaskan Cruise family holiday. My mom and stepfather will […]
I’ve always loved that line. I’ve always quoted that line. And ain’t it the truth? I mean it doesn’t really matter what happened in your training, your studying, your practice. […]
Many of us want to inspire especially us Type A athletes. Teachers to their students, coaches to their athletes, Parents to their children, bosses to their employees. I am proud […]
It’s been 4 months since my last post after my 3:03 marathon at Jack and Jill -WA. Since then my running has been at a high level with a 62m/wk […]
Wow, what a day. Fiona and I are celebrating dual-BQ’s (Boston Qualifiers). We haven’t done this since 2015, 10 years ago in Alice Springs, Australia where I went, still my […]
Monday July 14, 2025. I’m in Indianapolis, Indiana Day 1 of a 4 day, 40 hour drive back to Tucson, Arizona. Yesterday, I completed in my 14thhalf ironman 70.3 which […]
Within 2 days I have had 2 great emotional accomplishments; running the Grand Canyon Rim to River and passing the CPA Audit exam. One was physically tough, the other was […]
A bucketlist item we treated like an Ironman that gave the same sense of accomplishment and inspired me to make major changes to my 2025 race schedule. The Grand Canyon […]
Marathons take a lot out of you physically. They say 1 day per mile. So with 28 days since my recent 3:02 BQ at Buckeye Marathon, I should be recovered […]
I “technically” just qualified for the oldest, most prestigious marathon in the world with a 3:02:45 at the Buckeye Marathon west of Phoenix, Arizona. This was my 51st marathon across […]
I have a challenge for you to live and be fit for life. By the end of 2025 I want you to pick some where you want to travel but […]
December 15, 2024, Taupo, NZ: Wow. What a day. This is a race report of my 5th World Championship, my 2nd 70.3WC after St. George, Utah. Today in Taupo, New […]
Since 2012, there have been more than 47,000 hits to my blog. Thanks to those that have come to share in my journey. It started with my first blog June […]
12/5/24 – On Monday I had my second attempt at the Certified Public Accountant (CPA) Financial Accounting Reporting (FAR) Exam. I started studying for this after I took the Audit […]
October 20, 2024 – Lake Las Vegas-Henderson, Nevada It was game 5 of the American League Series and the Yankees had just beat the Guardians but we missed the last […]
5 years ago today, I competed in my 2nd IRONMAN World Championship in Kona and competed against the greatest endurance athletes in the world after having earned my spot with […]
The night before the CPA scores came out this past Wednesday, I went onto the NASBA site because I thought the scores might already be on there and they were. […]
IRONMAN to CPA. Sort of. (FAR #1) Yesterday, I completed an Ironman. Sort of. Thursday night before the race, I mean the exam, I went back through the Becker book, […]
We turned out of the parking lot at 3:50AM and on the other side of the street the Dream Palace had a parking lot full of cars and the ladies […]
Tucson, Arizona. There was absolutely no sun. It was rainy and sort of cold. I ran the 10K to have a race at faster than marathon pace vs a 5K […]
In March 2023 I bought flights to visit my father and step-mom in Wilmington, North Carolina. I set up the trip for 2 weeks to encompass the Battleship Half Marathon […]
Today Fiona and I competed in the TMC A Mountain half marathon here in Tucson, Arizona. We did this race 6 years ago but didnt run up the mountain because […]
Yesterday my wife and I completed the Ironman 70.3 Santa Cruz triathlon. There was a 1.2mile swim in the 63F water of Monterrey Bay around the Santa Cruz boardwalk, a […]
BLUF IRONMAN #19 done and in the blog. A great swim in perfect temperature and crystal clear Mirror lake of 1:03 had me out of the water in 7th of […]
I am in an epson salt bath recovering after another big weekend of training with 4 weeks left till my 19th Ironman since 2012. Friday we woke up at 5am […]
It’s the start of my 13th year in triathlon and my 11th year competing in IRONMAN. This year will see Fiona and I compete together at Ironman Lake Placid, 70.3 […]
In short, off on the swim from a headwind, current, and heavy water, brutal winds on the bike with a throbbing left leg, off the bike and the body struggling […]
I am ready and I am going to absolutely smash this race. In my prior 17 Ironman’s, I don’t recall ever being this fit, fast, or confident. But when you […]
I am stoked, thrilled, happy, and super pumped on todays success at this years 70.3 World Championship in St George Utah. This post will be Race Eve following from Part […]
Friday 10/21/22 – Up at 5am, 2.2KM swim with 200 w/u, 4x500m 2 with pull, 2 with pull/paddle watching the sunrise. Took wifey Fiona for breakfast burrito, and drove 9hrs […]
This time last year we were finishing up a 2 week road trip to Vegas, Tahoe, Napa, Disney, and Phoenix. It culminated with 70.3AZ where I went 4:39. 3rd M35-39 […]
In May 2019, I joined Pro Triathlete Pedro Gomes on the Mt Lemmon Crusher. He was going to Ironman Boulder, and I was going to Ironman Cairns, 3 weeks later. […]
It’s 6pm September 18, 2022. I am sitting in our 102F inflated hot tub with some epson salts outside in the 93F heat watching Lionel Sanders and Sam Long at […]
Its been 3 months since my last post but if you follow me on Strava, Kevin Coyle from Sahuarita, AZ, you might know that I have been on it! Today […]
We are heading back from an amazing weekend get away to San Diego. Fiona competed in the Rock n Roll Marathon finishing 7th F35-39 in 3:36:57. She wanted a BQ […]
October 17th, 2019. It was 5 days after my 2nd IRONMAN World Championship in Kailua-Kona, Hawaii and Ironman St George had come back after an 8 year drought, planned to […]
Let the taper begin! Man, I am so excited to say that. After training for now my 16th Ironman over the last 10 years and third World Championship. I can […]
27 Days to go till I get to compete in yet another Ironman and by the grace of God, my third World Championship. I have been training for 13 consistent […]
FINALLY! Finally back under 3:10 and a race I am quite proud of. My Personal Best is a 3:02:34 (3/43) from Alice Springs Australia in 2015. The Green Mountain Marathon […]
It’s Saturday January 8th. I am on zwift doing a 1 hour recovery ride at <150 watts and watching Armin Van Buren on YouTube. The day started off with moving […]
My goal was Sub3 and a BQ (Boston Qualifier). I was way off my goal, moving backwards and not performing anywhere near my capability. I have finished 15 iron distance […]
This past Sunday I competed in my 10th half Ironman 70.3 in Tempe, Arizona. (Vermont Half, Syracuse 70.3, Geelong 70.3, Arizona 70.3, Oceanside 70.3, St George 70.3, MountainMan x2, and […]
It’s only been 2 weeks since I qualified for Kona after going 10:18 and took 18/189 M35-39 at Ironman Couer d’Alene but I am already back with quality work having […]
It was just after 7:00 a.m. Fiona and I were walking up Sherman Ave. heading towards a local bakery ready to meet her teammates of the cupcake cartel. I pointed […]
Yesterday I repeated Big Day Out (BDO) from 4 weeks ago in preparation for my 16th Ironman. Fiona and I did essentially the same thing for her comeback race from […]
The 14,000′ mountains are covered in snow and the force of the plane just slowed on our final decent into Denver, our stopover en route to a family wedding in […]
My 2nd ever 50miler is in 6 days at Bitter Springs, Nevada located 45 minutes from Sams Town where I have 3 free nights to stay. I will be driving […]
Its Base 2, Rest and test week. I have 2 weeks till my 50mile trail race in Las Vegas and 15 weeks till Ironman Coeur d’Alene. For 11 weeks now […]
Two weeks ago I turned 37 years old. And what I am, what I stand for, is Passion and Love, Grace and Peace; living everyday like its my last, living […]
It’s 7:39PM Saturday December 19, 2020. I got Sydney on a leash and my sore and aching legs are roasting at the campfire. We ate steaks over a bushcraft built […]
2020, nothing more can be said than has already been said. We just gotta deal with it and “keep moving forward”. So when the Tucson Marathon was cancelled on October […]
A week ago I came out of work (I am essential and go in everyday wearing a mask, getting temperature checked, and answering a survey), and saw crushing news; The […]
We are in Chandler, Arizona this weekend for Fiona. After years of studies, she is an official licensed Physical Therapist in the US and is continuing further training for her […]
Like many others, 2020 plans sort of went to shit. But as a famous comedian Ron White once said, “I Believe, that if life gives you lemons, you should make […]
Eugene Oregon, Manmouth Lakes California, and Flagstaff Arizona. The epicenters of Elite and Professional runners in the USA and from around the world. I’m here for the next 9 days […]
In March 2020, the last episode of The Bachelor aired when Pilot Pete took his final two bachelorettes to Alice Springs, Australia. Fiona and I had been waiting for this […]
8 weeks ago the family and I came to Roper Lake State Park for the first time to ride up the 4th tallest Mountain in Arizona. Yesterday, Sydney and I […]
My first marathon was Boston, for charity in 2009. Over the last 11 years I have now run 40 marathons: 21 Marathons (3:18:30avg), 15 Ironmans (3:44:36avg), and 4 UltraMarathons (up […]
I am 36 years old. Yesterday, my long time friend who I have known for 18 years since my Rowing days at Northesatern University, someone who I supported at his […]
My wife Fiona and I signed up for this half marathon back in August for $70pps. She was coming off 3 months with a sacral stress fracture diagnosed by Sam […]
‘Ohana: “an idea in Hawaiian culture. The word ʻohana means family in the Hawaiian language, but in a much wider sense, to include not only one’s closer relatives, but also […]
For those able to arrive on the Big Island of Hawaii, a week before the Ironman World Championship, there is an opportunity to race in a 3.8KM/2.4mile practice swim called […]
We are on our first flight of three from our home in Sahuarita, Arizona, just south of Tucson, to Kailua-Kona, Hawaii. We are leaving behind our fur-child, Coach Sydney, and […]
In large, Fiona and I have been self-coached IRONMAN athletes since 2012 when I competed in my first ever Ironman, in Cains, Australia. Upon taking second at Ironman Arizona and […]
In 2011, Cairns, Australia debuted its adventure week culminating with Challenge Cairns. I started off that week with an Olympic Triathlon in Port Douglas, the 3KM swim at Green Island, […]
Facebook. Love it or hate it, sometimes it can give you a pathway to something incredible. And today for me, that was being able to ride with Professional Triathlete Pedro […]
I consider myself a “Mostly Vegan” athlete. I’m at Starbucks and paid $.60 extra for Soy Milk in my Chai Tea Latte but bought an everything bagel with cream cheese. […]
Yesterday I competed in and finished my first ever 50 Mile Ultra-Marathon. When I think back at the hardest things I have done: Mt Washington Hill Climb, Ironman Western Australia […]
In honor of today’s run I cracked open a bottle of Sonoita Vineyards Sangiovese wine made right here in Sonoita, Arizona. There are so many incredible areas of Arizona but […]
I do this thing where I plan holidays, events, and adventures before I even complete what’s up next. Before I even started my first ever marathon, I was registered for […]
Today I competed in my first ever Parkrun at Himmel Park in Tucson, Arizona. Originating out of the United Kingdom back in 2004, these Free and Timed 5K Events are […]
This morning I completed my 35th Marathon at the 25th running of the Holualoa Tucson Marathon (Fiona’s 17th). My marathon journey started with the Boston Marathon in 2009 when I […]
As always, this post is long but I promise it’s worth it! Please share and subscribe or follow!!! “Let me tell you something you already know. The world ain’t all […]
Earlier this month my wifey suggested that I apply to the Wattie Ink HitSquad. As a member of the team, athletes “Rock the W” as an ambassador to the brand […]
I’m an analyst. So I analyze. Read and you may learn something. #IMAZ is only 4 weeks away from today which according to Joe Friel tells us that today […]
So how about that Kona? Man, if you are like me, then you’re not entirely happy with the results. I’m not the biggest fan of Ryf or Lange, pretty much […]
In May 2018 when building out our IRONMAN Arizona training schedule, I looked to see what races we could include in the lead up. I found a nearly half-iron distance […]
Big Day Out. We’ve done these for every Ironman since 2013. 1hr swim, 90min rest, 5 hour ride, 90min rest, 2 hour run. All at race pace and […]
BQ. Boston Qualifier. It is the pinnacle of running for the average age group runner. It is the oldest, most prestigious marathon in the world and I am lucky to […]
Less than 2 hours from the South Rim of the Grand Canyon in Northern Arizona exists a race that has stood the test of time. It started in the year […]
We were wine tasting a few weeks ago in Elgin/Sonoita, AZ after a training camp weekend at Patagonia and saw a flyer for an upcoming race. It would be the […]
This week, I was on the IRONAMN Arizona 2018 page and found that there was a published Participant List. It was updated 4/5/2018 but I am going to assume that […]
Yesterday American IRONMAN Record Holder Linsey Corbin was drafting off of me. I also was behind 70.3 World Champion Tim Reed and a few other Pro’s. Today, I rode next […]
Friday June 8, 2018, 2:42PM. It’s the day before the final race of the season and the third and final half iron distance race in Arizona that is available to […]
“I can sing it to you all night all night If I could I’d make it all right all right Nothing’s stopping you except what’s inside I can help you […]
The day after 70.3 Utah Jo, Pete, Fiona, and I met up and went to Zion National Park. We drove through the man-made tunnel, took the shuttle to the far […]
I love to write and I’m highly analytical. That means I write typically 2,000 words. I hope my Passion and Love of Life, triathlon, and travel emerge in my words. […]
I first heard about Mt Lemmon from my former boss who is quite a talented Masters Cycling athlete. He told me then that it is known as the worlds longest […]
Last November in 70.3 Arizona I set a PB in a time of 4:29:09. It was good enough for 2nd in my division and 9th overall out of 1,783 athletes. […]
2,400 words of Passion and Love. In July 2017 while still living in Alice Springs, Australia, but knowing that in just under 3 weeks we would be moving to Tucson, […]
When I confirmed the dates of my mother-in-law travelling from Melbourne, Australia to Tucson, Arizona, I thought where should we travel to show her some of the south-east? We were […]
Five weeks ago, Fiona and I arrived back in Sahuarita, Arizona from a 3 week holiday binge fest eating and drinking anything we wanted. I hit the scales at 197 […]
Hello everyone and thanks for reading this blog. My name is Kevin Coyle and I am an IRONMAN athlete. I began running in 2009, became a triathlete in 2010, and […]
Robyn Stanley was a legend in the truest sense of the word. Fiona and I first met her when we headed to Darwin, Australia in 2013 to compete in an […]
I am currently the AUSTRALIAN All-World-Athlete M30-34 Age Group Champion, two spots ahead of an absolutely incredible athlete and mate of mine, Blake Kappler. He won our A/G at Cairns […]
It was September 2009, just one year after I went on a Caribbean cruise in which I gained 10 pounds in one week. To lose the weight I began running […]
We paddled west into the sun just south of Tucson in the land known as Patagonia. The light wake startled little Sydney learning how to balance on a ten foot […]
RACE EVENING October 21st, 2017. 7PM Race Eve of 70.3 Arizona. I was here 10 years ago, in Tempe and reunited with my uncle today who met my wife Fiona, […]
Sunday Evening. 7:35pm. I’ve got my Normatec’s on and I’m surrounded by Zipp wheels and Garmin’s charging while listening to smooth Jazz from our 75” LG. Because what else should […]
This blog entry is about Big Day Out and the Barrett Lake Triathlon Race Report. I’m starting this entry race report right now because, what else do you do when […]
“It don’t matter if you win by an inch or a mile, Winnings Winning.” When Dominic Toretto said this in Fast and the Furious, I don’t think that in the […]
Base 3, Recovery Week. 11 weeks till Ironman Arizona race day. I split 17 hours of training over 27miles of running, 199miles of cycling, and 4.7miles of swimming (3x). The […]
Welcome to TucsonAthlete.com. Just over one month ago my wife Fiona Coyle and myself, Kevin Coyle moved from Alice Springs, Australia to Tucson, Arizona. It’s been an incredibly stressful, experience […]
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Just before finishing our run down the thousand foot decent of Mt Gillen in Alice Springs, Australia, I had a flashback to March 2011 that made me appreciate how far […]
Yesterday Fiona and I skype’d with Sean Foster of Fluid Movements based out of Melbourne, Australia. He’s the real deal. A former professional triathlete with “4x Top 10 Ironman overall […]
“I came off the bike with feet on the pedals, handed off the bike to a catcher and ran in. I had just overtaken Chris Rancie, the eventual 3rd place […]
If you or someone you know is suffering with Type 1 Diabetes, there are many support groups available. Please refer to https://www.jdrf.org.au/type-1-diabetes/support-groups I admire people who choose to raise money […]
Seven days ago I completed IRONMAN Cairns in 9:45 coming 15th in my a/g. My run of 3:45 was far off from the 3:30 that I was planning for and […]
The short: A course PB of 1min27s, a 10min9s bike improvement, but a slower run still going in the wrong direction. My 4th fastest ironman of 11 and back under […]
3:03PM, the day before the 2017 Ironman Cairns Asia-Pacific Championship. My Normatec boots are on and I’m sitting on the couch looking over the downtown marina from the 11th floor […]
Today was the culmination of the Desert Oaks Veterinarian Trail series. It debuted last year after the vision of Jamie Lines to share his passion for some of the Alice […]
This blog entry is about a training week based in Tucson, Arizona, USA with 4 weeks till Ironman Cairns. The purpose of this trip was to buy a house which […]
If you don’t realize how amazing the world is, fly during the day and look out the window. I’m currently in transit from Tucson, Arizona USA to Alice Springs, Australia […]
Ironman Cairns is 4 weeks away and we’re in week 3 of Build 2 which means one thing, BIG DAY OUT. It’s our 8 hour race-day simulation that includes a […]
Well if you’re looking to improve FTP, find motivation. For me, that came in the form of a reply to a hiring manager for a position in the 2nd biggest […]
INTRODUCTION It’s long, as always but I hope you enjoy it. Just over 10 months ago Deb, Tami, Lynn, and Pete surprised me along with Fiona by coming to OLSH […]
With a half-eaten dark chocolate Easter bunny and a bottle of Seppelt sparkling wine split between two concealed Gatorade bottles, Fiona and I are on the train between Ararat and […]
Just under seven years ago I competed in my first ever triathlon, the Mill City Olympic Triathlon in Lowell, Massachusetts, USA. I finished the race in 2:33. My parents were […]
It’s 8:47pm on Wednesday April 5th. 9 ½ weeks till Ironman Cairns and I’ve got 48minutes left on zone 4 of my Normatec Recovery boots we picked up at Kona […]
Someone I know has recently sought my counsel on nutrition and the process of adopting a Whole Foods, Plant Based diet (WFPB). They were interested in understanding my 5 month […]
I met my wife at a local triathlon in Alice Springs back in September 2012. Since then we have competed in races around the world with IMNZ being our 7th […]
So there we were, toasting to family, friendship, and memories that will last a lifetime. It was 9PM the night after the 2017 IRONMAN New Zealand and five athletes representing […]
It’s been a great week. After our phenomenal meal at the Aero Restaurant at the Park Royal Hotel outside the Melbourne Intl Airport, we boarded our 10:50PM flight and barely […]
Saturday February 25th, 2017. Park Royal Hotel, Melbourne International Airport. With one more day to go in the Peak Phase heading into my tenth ironman I look back at the […]
Motivation “Most people, they raise a family, they earn a living and then they died. They stop growing, they stop working on themselves, they stop stretching, they stop pushing themselves. […]
Dear Duncan and Mark, At some point in your life you heard of the MARATHON. You learned what it entailed; running 42.2km. You probably thought how could someone run that […]
We’re now less than 5 weeks from the 2017 Ironman New Zealand. This is a bit of a recap of the past week and a status of my current mental […]
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Thank you everyone for voting on where you would like me to announce in 2017. Over 11,500 votes were cast and I’m happy to say…
Fiona and I are back at home safe minus our car plus a few scratches. The last 24 hours have been an adventure during our first and only training camp […]
It was nice getting an email notification of my new FTP although I knew it while doing the calculation in my head. The graph is from Garmin Connect. The sporatic […]
In 7 weeks, Fiona, Duncan, Mark, and I will travel from Alice Springs, Australia to Taupo, New Zealand to compete in Ironman New Zealand. This will be my 10th ironman, […]
A year ago today I was on a cruise outside of New Caledonia gorging myself with the premium drink package and eating anything I wanted with my wife Fiona. […]
This article is about a prophecy I learned of as a sophomore at Northeastern University in Boston, MA and new revelations that I see in a terrifying future. I’m publishing […]
After nearly 2 ½ years of living in Australia, Fiona and I travelled back to the USA for an American Thanksgiving during the base phase of training for Ironman New […]
With so many blogs, articles, and newsletters out there why would someone read this blog or follow it? What will differentiate what I have to say from others? Well, I’d […]
“you spend far too much time training and racing for it only to be about win or lose” Brett Sutton I’m not big on race reports, unlike […]
SAD = Standard American Diet and it’s pretty much what Fiona and I have consumed since completing the Ironman World Championship. It started with pork rolls and domino’s pizza after […]
Pre-Race 7 Days before todays triathlon I competed in the Ironman World Championship. For the week leading up to the IMWC, I gained nearly 4kgs of water weight including 2 […]
Duathlon. A sport consisting of a run/bike/run. Wikipedia doesn’t provide much insight but I suspect that it emerged years after Triathlon was invented in 1974 in San Diego, CA, USA […]
Swim 1:03:21, Ride 5:04:24, Run, 4:03:04, Overall: 10:21:23. 125/168 = 74.4%, 673/2,315 = 29.1% Two Thousand, Four Hundred and Three athletes were registered for the 2016 Ironman World Championship, but […]
The day started off around 8AM. Dad and Donna came over soon and we reunited for the first time since Fiona and I celebrated with a USA wedding in June […]
We started the day off with our carbo-loading adventures that continued through the entire day. We drove down to a parking spot and then I ran off to the King […]
Wow, another major day and a bit of a historic day for Fiona as I. But, I’ll get to that later. It was a 5:40AM wakeup for a 6am departure […]
Since it’s 9:44pm and a very long day, I’ll make this as quick as possible since I have to get to bed but it was a huge and massive day […]
Fiona was tired and she slept in. I went to the ART Massage tent in front of the King K hotel and met up with Natasha who my Chiropractor, Craig […]
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