Triathlon
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Last big training day one week before the event next Sunday. Did swim, bike, and run today of same distance as race, but with much less effort than I’ll put in next week. Will have a light week of training to get fresh. Mostly that’ll mean base pace with a bit of race level efforts to get the body used to the specific feel. Conventional wisdom is a longer taper but I’m looking at this Olympic distance race as just more training for the longer 70.3 I’m doing in august. Trying to get my head around transitions, which will be tricky in the cold. Really looking forward to the challenge.
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Attempted standard distance triathlon (swim 1.1k/.68m, bike 33k/20m, run 10k/6m) in the New Forest yesterday. Swim went well, water temp was up to 15/59 so with wetsuit felt good. First transition took a bit longer than expected as air temp dropped to 7/44 and fingers and toes were numb, so putting on socks and shoes was interesting… but I looked up at the sky and there was still a bit of sun poking through the clouds so I thought I would be ok in sleeveless trisuit as it was 7:45am and thought it would warm up. Then got on the bike and felt pretty solid for about half an hour until the rain and wind hit. Arms felt cold first, so was trying to keep them dry but the rain meant this was a losing battle. Then tried going faster and standing up on the bike to get more blood flowing but eventually the cold got the best of me. I started shivering and felt like I was not in control of the bike. I had to flag down a car for help. A really kind dog-walker with three rescue greyhounds gave me her tea and drove me back to the start of the race. She stashed my bike in the bushes and luckily it was there when I went back for it. Lessons learned: always be prepared for bad weather and schedule races for later in the summer. On the bright side, I'm booked for another triathlon at the same venue in August so will have another chance. Looking forward to that.
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Hit a peak today training for an upcoming standard distance triathlon in the New Forest. The event is in three weeks so went and did the routes of each discipline as closely to the race as possible. Pleased with what I was able to achieve since this is almost the same course as the event I did not finish in May. Today's overall time of around 2 hours 30 (I didn't time transitions) is a benchmark to try and beat in the event. The last three weeks training will get more specific, meaning working at race pace and doing sessions with bike after swim and run after bike, but at the same time lower the volume to gain some freshness.
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Great stuff @Nkwkfld, I take my hat off to you and anyone who does these events.
Loved watching the mixed team triathlon relay at the olympics this year.
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Thanks and yeah @bryaneidins that tri mixed relay was definitely fun, hope it stays in future olympics
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Managed to complete my first triathlon on Sunday. Olympic distance (1100 meter swim, 33k bike, 10k run) in the same area where I attempted a race in May and did not finish because of hypothermia. Very pleased then to go ten mins faster than my goal and end up in 18th place out of over 130 participants. Weather was great, the whole thing went by super quickly. There was a bit of jostling and bumping on the swim, and then a 1k run from swim exit to bike, but bike felt great and my foot injury stayed away for the run. Looking forward to going for longer distance next summer. Will at least go for middle distance/70.3, and maybe Ironman.
A few race photos, my favourite is the person in the car.
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Well done @Nkwkfld !! Glad you finished, enjoyed it and did better than expected.
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Signed up to 70.3 Ironman Weymouth for September '22.
70.3 miles total is a 1.2 mile swim (1.9K), bike 56 miles (90K), run 13.1 miles (21.1K).
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Did a duathlon today in great weather it was a lot of fun. 3.8km run/ 38km bike/ 7.6km run (laps around Goodwood motor circuit).
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Had a great time today. Swim and run were the hardest bit. The bike was beautiful and a lot of fun. Looking forward to getting race photos tomorrow.
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Just signed up for Ironman Vichy on 20 August. Need to do some heat training.
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@AdamC @Dmart this is my first full distance Ironman so really just hoping to finish especially since it will be hot, possibly above 30c. But if my Weymouth 70.3 time of 5:13 is something to go on, I guess a 12 hour time for the full distance would be something. I’m basing that on guesses of 1 hour 15 minute swim (3.8km), 6.5 hour bike (180km), then a 4 hour marathon with 15 minutes of transition. But anything can happen over that much time and distance and it will be hot. The goal is to stay healthy and avoid injury during training.
and no, I don’t wear a UHF swimming that is soaked with water