Iron Jack

Who is Ironjack?
My name is Jacky James and I am a 35 year old mother living in Rotorua in the North Island of New Zealand.

I have two boys – one going on five, and one around 18 months old and I’m married to Mike – he is definitely my better half and puts up with more than one of my madcap ideas.

I run my own communications business, and keep myself busy working for small, medium and large businesses around the Bay of Plenty, Auckland and Canterbury.

I’m a committed sports fan, and closely follow rugby, league, triathlon, netball and just about every other sport you can name.

But I’ve never been a fan of exercise myself – I’m more of a fan of bubbly and chocolate! But the time has come to get off the sofa and get moving.

I’ve always been into watching triathlon, and had the privilege of working with Bevan Docherty a few years ago. Just before Christmas 2008 I decided to do a triathlon one week later. Then I did another one. And another one.

And before I knew it, I was committing myself, my body and my mind, to doing Ironman in 2011.