Jernej Ivanovič Ironman Barcelona 5.10.2025

The famous Ironman race took place in the Catalan city of Calella, Spain and its surroundings on 5.10.2025, in which it is necessary to complete a 3.8 km swim, 180 km bike and run a marathon over a distance of 42 km and 250 m.

Our colleague Jernej Ivanovič participated in this race and successfully finished it in 9 hours 32 minutes and 8 seconds, thus not only achieving his goal of getting under 10 hours, but greatly exceeding it, ….let me take you on his journey over the last 10 months, …

The race was Jernej’s 6th Ironman, in which he started, he prepared for it for 10 months, which meant quite a few sacrifices, absence from his family, sweating early in the morning or late in the evening/night, which ultimately paid off, …

The preparation itself:

• 10 months, approx. 330 training sessions
• Average 12 training sessions per week
• Weekly training quota of 12-15 hours
• Maximum weekly training quota was 21 hours
• Training sessions were a combination of external/internal
• In this process and with a precisely set goal, it is out of the question: NO TRAINING TODAY DUE TO THE WEATHER, I DON’T FEEL LIKE IT TODAY,……
• Jernej had precisely set micro and macro training cycles and in principle he did not deviate from them, maybe they needed to be adjusted at some point, but there should be no noteworthy deviations here,…

GOAL:

• Briefly and concisely, the goal was to finish the race in under 10 hours
• EVERYTHING WAS SUBJECTED TO THIS (training process, nutrition, life,…)

Jernej:

• A quick assessment after the race is that I am extremely satisfied with the result, as well as with the course of everything related to the race,…
• Of course, the analysis shows in parallel, where could I squeeze out even more,..
• The support of my partner and entire family plays an important role in the preparations and Iron life during this period
• I had this support myself and that is why the journey and the race itself were significantly easier
• I couldn’t wait for the start, I am proud that I managed to achieve the goal, and now I am looking forward to a short rest, and then to new goals, which are already set in the rough
• The goal in the future is to improve the result to a level below 9 hours, which will of course be a big challenge,…

My MOTO:

Never give up, EVEN WHEN IT’S HARD FOR YOU, DON’T!!!

Jernej was of course accompanied by his immediate family during the race, which gave him additional drive and motivation, and we were also cheered on by a few other family members along the course, as well as quite a few fans from all over,…

He is also grateful to the parent company Seal-mart SLO, which played the role of MAIN SPONSOR in the project.

CONGRATULATIONS Jernej here and GOOD LUCK on your further journey and once in the future: ALOHA ,…