{"id":128935,"date":"2026-03-27T04:00:00","date_gmt":"2026-03-26T17:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\/geelongtimes\/?p=128935"},"modified":"2026-03-25T21:08:17","modified_gmt":"2026-03-25T10:08:17","slug":"local-triathlete-finishes-first-ironman-to-celebrate-60th-year","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\/geelongtimes\/news\/local-triathlete-finishes-first-ironman-to-celebrate-60th-year\/","title":{"rendered":"Local triathlete finishes first IRONMAN to celebrate 60th year"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>WHEN Robert Dekker turned 50, he felt the urge to jump out of a plane. So as his 60th year approached, it was no surprise the adrenaline itch returned.<\/p>\n<p>Not an adrenaline junkie by nature, there is something about a milestone birthday that pushes Dekker to do something big.<\/p>\n<p>After watching family and friends compete in the Geelong IRONMAN 70.3, he decided he wanted in.<\/p>\n<p>More than 20 months of training later and just three weeks into his 60th year, Dekker crossed his first IRONMAN finish line on 22 March.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_30038\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-30038\" style=\"width: 600px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-30038\" src=\"https:\/\/static.timesnewsgroup.com.au\/prod\/uploads\/sites\/21\/2026\/03\/RobertMarathonG70.31_60464.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"899\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-30038\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Robert Dekker celebrates his IRONMAN 70.3 finish with his wife Narelle. Photo: Michael Chambers<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;My 50th year I thought maybe I should start celebrating the end of a decade and I&#8217;ve never liked the idea of jumping out of an airplane, but I could absolutely just feel it coming,&#8221; Dekker said.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;So, in my 50th year I twice jumped.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;It pretty quickly came to me that this one [my 60th year] was going to be something to do with swimming in deep water.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;That&#8217;s where it stemmed from, and I thought, well swimming is all well and good, and I knew how to do it, but not very well.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Then I thought I can ride a bike. I&#8217;ve always been a cyclist and back in NZ I was doing club riding, and then I thought well, running can&#8217;t be too hard because it&#8217;s just one foot in front of the other, so I should be able to figure that out.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>After nearly two years of preparation, Dekker said the final week before race day felt surreal.<\/p>\n<p>A sense of &#8220;it&#8217;s finally here&#8221;, and a focus on staying present, kept him moving forward.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_30038\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-30038\" style=\"width: 600px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-30038\" src=\"https:\/\/static.timesnewsgroup.com.au\/prod\/uploads\/sites\/21\/2026\/03\/RobertMarathonG70.32_60468.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"899\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-30038\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Robert Dekker cools himself after finishing his first IRONMAN event.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I didn&#8217;t want to be one of these people that was going hell for leather and never got to enjoy it,&#8221; Dekker said.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The swim was just like a mill pond out there \u2013 it was just epic.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Being out on the bike and being out on the run and doing the event, I was enjoying the scenery, and just saying, &#8216;Hey, you know, I&#8217;ve taken 21-22 months to get here, I think at least should sort of try and enjoy the day.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>With 10km left on the run, an ongoing knee issue began punishing Dekker, but an unlikely companion helped get him home.<\/p>\n<p>Running alongside another competitor, whom he had never met, Dekker said the community feeling on course was carrying everyone to the end.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;There was a girl in the last 10km, we ended up running together \u2013 running and walking as we both had injuries,&#8221; Dekker said.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We were just going through it all and encouraging each other to get to the finish line, and we finished together.&#8221;<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_30038\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-30038\" style=\"width: 600px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-30038\" src=\"https:\/\/static.timesnewsgroup.com.au\/prod\/uploads\/sites\/21\/2026\/03\/RobertMarathonG70.31_60399.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"400\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-30038\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Robert Dekker finished the 2026 Geelong IRONMAN 70.3 alongside Aletta Bristow after running the final 10km together. Photos: Michael Chambers<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>While running together they encountered another unlikely pair, two men who had joined together as &#8220;brothers in pain&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>What started as a celebration has become a genuine love for triathlon. Dekker has already started thinking about what courses he would like to complete next.<\/p>\n<p>No matter what the next race looks like though, he knows he has a fantastic team in his corner.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>WHEN Robert Dekker turned 50, he felt the urge to jump out of a plane. So as his 60th year approached, it was no surprise the adrenaline itch returned. Not an adrenaline junkie by nature, there is something about a milestone birthday that pushes Dekker to do something big. 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