With a last minute call up to go head to head against the newly crowned Ironman World Champion – Kristian Blummenfelt, Joe Skipper didn’t disappoint delivering a performance which saw him break the 7 hour barrier convincingly in 6h:47m compared to Blummenfelt’s winning 6h:44. As usual Joe excelled over the bike leg with a blistering team effort covering the 180km in an astonishing 3h:16m giving him the lead but in the end was run down by the mighty Norwegian.