About Me

Hi, I’m Gabi 👋

I’m Hungarian, but I’ve been living in England since 2011. I’m a train driver, dog mum and a very average runner who somehow keeps coming up with increasingly ridiculous ideas.

I definitely didn’t grow up dreaming about running marathons or doing Ironmans. I wasn’t sporty and none of this was ever part of the plan.

It all started in 2015.

It started with running…

I started running in 2015 and entered my first half marathon in Reading. At the time, running 13.1 miles felt like a massive achievement.

Then obviously I decided I should run a marathon 🤣

My first marathon was London in 2017. Somewhere along the way I found out about the Abbott World Marathon Majors and decided I wanted all six stars.

Because apparently one marathon wasn’t enough.

So over the next 23 months I ran London, Berlin, Chicago, New York, Tokyo and Boston.

In 2019 I crossed the finish line of the Boston Marathon and got my Six Star medal ⭐

Since then I ran London two more times , New York one more and Berlin once more again.

Surely that should have been enough?

Nope.

Then I discovered triathlon 🏊‍♀️🚴‍♀️🏃‍♀️

For some reason I decided just running wasn’t enough anymore, so I added swimming and cycling too.

What could possibly go wrong?

In 2020 I completed my first full distance triathlon at Nagyatád in Hungary in 13:58.

And somehow that turned into more Ironmans.

I raced Texas, went back to Texas again, raced Chattanooga and eventually ended up at the Ironman World Championship in Nice.

Nice was supposed to be the big one.

Unfortunately, I crashed on the bike and ended up with my first DNF.

I genuinely thought that was it. I’d had my chance to race at a World Championship and completely messed it up.

Or so I thought…

And then there was Kona 🌺

In December 2024 I got an email I definitely wasn’t expecting.

An invitation to race the 2025 Ironman World Championship in Kona, Hawaii.

KONA.

I genuinely couldn’t believe it.

On the 11th of October 2025, I was standing on the beach in Hawaii at 6am crying my eyes out and wondering how the hell I had ended up there 🤣

The race was brutal.

It was hot, ridiculously humid and there really isn’t any way to prepare for that while living in England.

But 16 hours and 43 minutes after starting, I crossed the finish line.

I had actually finished Kona. 🌺

Even now that sounds a bit mad.

What now?

Well, apparently I’m still not done.

I’m still an average runner. I’m definitely not a professional athlete. I work full time as a train driver, which sometimes means getting up at absolutely stupid o’clock, and I have to somehow fit training around normal life.

Sometimes I’m really consistent.

Sometimes I’m absolutely not 🤣

This website is basically where I keep all of it. You can clearly see the lack of posts through out the years.

The races, training, travelling, things that go horribly wrong and whatever ridiculous challenge I decide is a good idea next.

And there always seems to be a next one.

So what’s currently on the list?

Ironman Texas 2027 🤠

Because apparently five Iron distance finishes and Kona still weren’t enough.

Thanks for stopping by.

Gabi x