Kona 2015: Gordon Ramsay ‘wants to improve on the bike and run’

Get ready for some swearing, Hawaii – it looks like Gordon Ramsay is making a return to Big Island for this year’s Ironman World Champs.

>>> Gordon Ramsay: The adrenaline ‘never stops’ at Ironman 70.3

The ‘Hell’s Kitchen’ star raced Ironman 70.3 Lake Stevens on Saturday (15 August) and posted a sub-6hr time with splits of 42:11mins for the 1.9km swim, 3:06hrs for the bike and 1:51hrs for the run.

Lake Stevens 70.3 IRONMAN….Done ! http://t.co/FQBr2rPMtp

— Gordon Ramsay (@GordonRamsay) August 16, 2015

Asked by Ironman afterwards if he’s working on anything specific in preparation for Kona, Ramsay said: “I’d say efficient riding and climbing to help with smooth power output.”

He added that at this year’s Kona, he wants to “improve on the bike and improve on the run without any hamstring issues”.

Ramsay finished Kona 2013 in a time of 14:04:48, but injury woes scuppered his plans to take part last year. More recently, he raced Ironman 703. Staffordshire, finishing in a time of 5:53:49 as part of his GR100 squad.

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