Chef Gordon Ramsay is again, child! The 58-year-old MasterChef star took on his first triathlon in additional than a yr on Sunday, July 13, 2025, and he could not be happier to be crossing the end line once more a couple of yr after a scary bike accident left his entire torso bruised.
“Good morning Luxembourg!!!” the TV chef wrote beside a pre-race photo kissing his spouse, Tana Ramsay, whereas rocking his swimwear. “So excited to have the ability to take part at this [Ironman 70.3]. It’s taken loads [of] arduous work and coaching to get me again to the place I’m right now, and it was all for this! Good luck to everybody taking part right now and LFG!!!!”
Seven hours later, he posted a sweet video from the end line after finishing the Ironman 70.3, also referred to as the Half Ironman, which features a 1.2-mile (1.9 km) swim, a 56-mile (90 km) bike journey, and a 13.1-mile (21.1 km) run.
“Ironman 70.3…executed,” he wrote beside the clip, which confirmed him beaming whereas crossing the end and embracing his spouse, who additionally gave him his medal. “I’M BACK and Cooking!!!”
Ramsay began doing triathlons in 2018 to get again in form, however he was pressured to take a yearlong break in June 2024, when he suffered accidents from a severe bike accident.
“You understand how a lot I really like biking… Sadly, this week I had a very dangerous accident. It actually shook me,” he stated in the video. “And I am fortunate to be standing right here.” The chef went on to thank all of the surgeons and nurses who cared for him after, however careworn that helmets are “essential.” He even confirmed off a stunning bruise stretching the size of his torso.
“I’m doing okay and didn’t break any bones or undergo any main accidents, however I’m a bit bruised up wanting like a purple potato,” he wrote within the caption.
In April 2025, Ramsay revealed he was training again. No shortcuts. No excuses. Simply sweat, sea, coastlines, and severe grinds,” stated the caption of a put up shared by Ramsay, initially from his trailer. “Wonderful Cornish coaching camp with @gordongram as he preps for @ironmantri challenges this yr.”
Gordon is thrilled to be competing once more, one thing he makes use of as “decompression” from his grueling work schedule. “That is my approach of enjoyable and decompressing,” he as soon as advised Impact Magazine. “I can get my thought course of collectively and get readability between a busy service, hectic dish, or buyer. It’s my escape. Competing in races helps me keep motivated by attempting to enhance each time.”
