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I've done the opposite - entered Roth in a burst of enthusiasm that without illness and car crashes I would do far more training than last year and actually get a time that I could be proud of. However, I didn't factor in that I'm easily distracted, inherently lazy, got ill again, and had a few unexpected jobs turn up that put a spanner in the works.... so I have contrived to have done even less, averaging 5 hours per week as opposed to last years 6 hours. I'm still stronger than last year, but I want it less, and I have no idea what will happen on the day without that driving motivation as a substitute for fitness. In a way I feel like I have really let myself down, and can't quite work out why I'm still planning on doing it. I need to figure it out before the day.
Is that why we sign up for another - to get mask the shittiness! LOL!
Not sure what to say there Dtichy, except you will know what is best for yourself, if that makes sense...?
Do what I do RC, don't try very hard on the day, and you can be back out there training in a week!
Ah - of course, Meldy. I was forgetting for a moment there...
Is the Europe Channel the canal we'll be swimming in? Cos Roth have just posted that it is 20.3 degrees - if it gets much hotter there'll be no wetsuit!!
I'll be stuffed if they ban them - does anyone know the rules - are they optional over a certain temp or banned. There's no way i can do it without...
Probably - too scared to look!
I think it's called the Main-Donal* canal. It's masshoosive! I'd be surprised it if got really warm. I think the WTC rules about wetsuits are that they are banned if water is above 25degrees but I'm guessing that Roth would be governed by some German tri rules....
.....Good news for you! the website says
WetsuitsSince water temperatures of the Europakanal* at the Challenge always are about 21 ° Celsius, wetsuits are compulsory for each participant according to DTU regulations.
*so it seem main-donal and europa are the same thing
It´ll be a cess pit like Frankfurt in 06 I tell you
you will need that suit, its a canal like you have never seen, especially when they don't put the buoys out til about 7pm the night before cos they still have supertankers traversing the route up to the day before, I suggest using the appropriate time to do the practise swim in the mornings cos its used as a busy shipping lane other times and you can't swim in it.
INNIT
HH..Go to ebay mate i have just got a 2nd hand Foor wetsuit for £62....in a very slimming black
Hope everyone is ok...have been off forum for a while now...all your training was scaring me...but i am back on course now...so to speak,
The canal connects the Main river with the Donau, or Danube to you. One of Europe's busiest and longest shipping lanes.
Also glad only doing the run
done a 15 miler on Sat, not fab but its miles in the bank, did a very hard spinning class this morning and can still feel it in my legs, thankfully I only have to take the 'new to running' group out tonight.
Now must do an 18 miler this weekend.
glad to hear most are well (apart from the knife injury)
struggling at mo very heavy cold and tonsillitis
still should be better soon, just missed out on most of my big biking for the last 3 weeks not cool.
it unbelivable i live in one of the hottest places in the world and ive got a cold and tonsillitis!
train safe
Melds - doesn't Oxy have a better IM time than you