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Tuesday Session - 5th November
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Stuart: You are well on your way and could "easily" complete an Ironman event. As for your lack of experience in triathlons, my second tri was an Ironman, the first being a half-Ironman completed a couple of months before.
The Ironman is very much a mental challenge perhaps even more so than a physical one. I firmly beleive that if you want it badly enough then you can finish. You just have to look at other events where women over 70 years of age are competing in Hawaii! If you break it down into the 3 disciplines then it seems far less daunting, remembering that at Ironman UK (if they go the full distance) you will have 17 hours to complete! You will be starting the swim fresh and as you can already swim the distance in less than 1:30 hours that leaves 15 and a half for the other two. Even upwards of a 6 hour marathon gives you over 9 hours to finish the bike. There are always people who make it just in time for the cut-off.
I ran the FLM and then concentrated heavily on my biking through the summer, which is the key discipline in Ironman.
So go for it, believe me you won't regret it!
Gareth
What: 40 min turbo followed by 3 mile run
Why: Had to try out my new toy
Last hard run: A while ago
Last rest: 9 days
Gareth
What: 4-5 easy
Why: Raced sunday, rest yesterday, tempo tomorrow.
Why: circuit training has left me with sore butt' muscles! Too many lunges.
Last hard: Sun 10k
Last rest: Sat.
Why: Large gin on the end of it, and a warm bonfire
Last hard run: Thursday
Last rest: F/S/S/M Gosh, now I feel guilty!
I will run tomorrow...
Wrong forum
what: Choking 5k (tempo)
why: too much smoke, cordite or whatever is leftover from the bang and pretty lights
not bad time though - too hard a run for tempo. - Glad to be training again
Last hard: no comment
last easy: Sunday
WW - I did a triathlon search on the internet today. I want to do one, I was thinking Ocotber time. Do they let us gals in - or is Iron man strictly a male gig!
approx 2 mile warm-up, then
2 x (1 lamppost fast, 4 recovery, 2 fast, 3 recovery, 3 fast, 2 recovery, 4 fast, 1 recovery, 5 fast, 1 recovery);
approx 3 mins recovery and repeat the above...
- except that, as it didn't take us quite to the end of the prom, finished doing (or trying to) 9 lampposts fast.
Lampposts are on average almost exactly 50m apart.
HRM still with Polar, being fixed, so no details on how fast I was running or the HRs recorded. However, it was v competitive and for me it became more than anything a lactic tolerance session - I haven't done one of those for a while.
Early night for me now I think....
I'm going to bed.
Ironman – I am also hoping they decide to make it full distance this year
Snikster – There are loads of TRIs out there right through the summer at what seems to be unlimited variations in length and they are open to everyone – go for it
sunday marked the start of my winter training, over the next 3 months it gets harder and then i ease back off again, my way of thinking is i do endurance to get strength then i get speed through strength all this takes about 6 months but im still learning.
anyway sunday session went like this-
3mile warm up
12 x 1K with 60,50,40,30,20,10,20,30,40,50,60 sec recovery.
3mile warm down.
I did not time the 1k's cos thats not what this session is about , its important to run strong and maintain form as you become more tired.
I did have every intention to jog the recoveries but after the third one i just staggered about in the recovery period.
But talk about job satisfaction.