My name is Claire, I love living life and I completed two of the worlds toughest Ironman events in the world. Ironman Wales and Ironman Lanzarote. I have type 1 diabetes and I am a double IRONMAN!

I developed diabetes when I was 27 years old and pregnant with my first child. I didn’t want to have diabetes and tried to ignore it for the first few years. When I was 35 years old I became interested in triathlon, and this gave me the motivation to manage my diabetes. Good diabetes management allows me to train and compete in normal blood glucose range and I feel amazing, awesome and powerful.

I still make mistakes and have high or low blood sugars but I don’t get down about it there is always another training session. Experiment, practise and give it a go!

Ironman Lanzarote 2026