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Ironman Regensburg 7th August 2011 - entries open 5th July
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I trained for the VLM and then put in 4 weeks training for the Swashbuckler HIM, and finished in 5:55. This is double right?
So I figure 8 weeks should cover it.
Dave
Interesting comments about the time commitment. I'm a newbie 10 weeks away from my first ironman. I am lucky in that most of my kids have left home and there is just my 17yr old son left at home. My OH has been fully supportive but I know he finds it hard at times. Its not the hours of training thats the problem, its the fact that i'm tired a lot of the time (always falling asleep on the setee) and I hardly have any time to help around the house. I am not very house proud but I do sometimes find it hard how messy the house is. My OH does all the cooking and gardening so Ican't complain.
Having said that I wouldn't change anything, I feel likes I already acheived so much and I love being so much fitter. At the moment it feels like each week I knock off a major milestone, 100miler, OW swim, first brick etc.
I haven't finshed the journey but so far I would recommend it to anyone as long you have to be prepared to put in the time and continue when you have setbacks (thats where the forum really helps).
Calamity!!!!!!!
The pirate flags got pinched in Hawaii and we're having a whip round to replace them ahead of Bala.
Buy your slice of pirate history here!
Apart from time, the other major point is obviously money
"the Large stuff no longer fits and you now need a medium."
Oh yeah? Not so I've noticed. Would be nice.
Hotel and flight? Normal for a holiday, isn't it?
Dont forget the Stella!
The forum is no place for jokes OC.
Did you hear the one about the lady who walks into a bar and asks the barman for a double entendre?
OC, good point about the money. It does add up pretty quickly. That said, I've spent a lot already on bike /wetsuit etc etc, because I knew I'd be doing this one day. Just need to decide is next year is the year!
Also, i'd be ecstatic to have to pay money to get smaller clothes, been striving for that for a while, so that wouldn't be a burden
When all is said and done, life is short, and you can't take your money with you when your gone. To me a good life is one made up of many different experiences, some bad, but mostly of them good/amazing/thrilling <fill in blank here> . You can spend months or years wondering what the right thing is to do, or alternatively you can just get on and do it. The best things in life aren't always easy to achieve or attain, so as long as you're prepared to accept the hard work and JFDI, then why not go for it?
hee hee.
seriously though, the point about having your family on board is important. IM training will take over your life - you won't want to go out partying the night before a big training day or warm-up race (unless your name's Barlist). You won't have time to do much else except train, and if you're not sure you will have the support from the important people in your life, please please talk it over with him/her/them. Although I work full-time, I don't have kids at home (except dogs) and my OH is a triathlete too, we support each other in training and racing. Housework takes a back seat, no good feeling guilty that you haven't done the ironing or cleaned the windows this week! Luckily for me I'm an exercise junkie and really enjoy hard training, but you need to be clear what is involved here and how it will affect your life overall.
If you've done all that, are sure of your feelings, have the support of the ones who matter - then welcome aboard for one of the best trips of your life!
Very sensible advice here. Last year I can honestly say my whole life revolved around Ironman, training for it, preparing to train for it, shopping for it, eating for it lol (don't expect it to be a weight loss programme guys!).... wibbling over it!!
That's why I pulled out of Roth this year, I can only realistically give that sort of commitment every other year.
It is a journey and one I am so thrilled to have experienced.
You are going to LOvE it guys!!
JFDI!!
UIW, in some ways i've got no support!! I'm single, I live with flatmates, but I want to get my own place soon. I've got no-one to make sure I don't hack off with all the training, but on the other hand i've got no-one to maybe make my dinner when i'm too knackered or don't have time, so that's a downside too. Being on my own is a bit shit sometimes, but on the other hand, no point sitting at home moping about it, I'd rather get out and do stuff. Of course I've got friends who support me, but that is a bit different I guess.
Saffers, so sorry to hear about your Dad. I lost my Mum when I was 21 and it changed my view on life quite a bit. I've done a lot of things i'd never ever thought i'd ever do, and I don't have many regrets. Dreams are there to be fulfilled
Indeed, saffers - I've said it before and I'll say it again because it's the motto I live by. My Dad told me shortly before he died, he had always wanted to run a marathon and now it was too late for him. I found that terribly sad and vowed never to put off things I want to do until it's too late for me. Tomorrow isn't promised to you.
There's always things you can do to fit your training in - for instance, I had a 4 hour cycle on the schedule for today but I needed to take my car in to the garage and it was raining hard this morning. So I loaded my MTB into the car, drove it to the garage, biked 2 hours home in the rain which stopped before I got there, swapped to my tri bike and did another 2 hours including the 4 scheduled fast intervals. Did a short T-run after with the dogs. Job done. I am on leave form work this week and next to concentrate on cycling. Same for OH, except his emphasis is long swims for the upcoming races he has.