If I'm not mistaken, isn't the entry to the London Tri £64, irrespective of what event you enter (supersprint, sprint, oly)? If so, £45 for the du seems proportionately extortionate!
Well it is expensive, but I've entered it anyway. I guess they had to fork out quite a lot to get Royal Parks to agree to shut out the traffic
I've been looking for a beginner's duathlon for months and this seems a perfect way to start; it's just down the road and I know the park well. I could wait round for a cheaper one but it might not turn up for ages. And by the time you've paid petrol and spent a couple of hours getting there and back I reckon the difference would be negligible.
I've been ripped off as well... but if i didn't enter I know that I would regret being in the park that day watching and wondering why I hadn't given it a try... anyone got a bike I can borrow?!?
I've got a dilemma actually inasmuchas I have a place in the New Forest half the next day. Much as I love the race, I've done it twice before whereas I've never done a duathlon. I'm wondering whether to do the NFHM as well, maybe as a very long recovery run. Or is that just desperate?
As it's my first I'm doing the shorter one (disparagingly called the Fun race) as I reckon it'll be less embarrassing and good enough as an introduction to the discipline. What about the rest of you?
Leo as a newbie to cycling too I am going to approach it the same way as running - gradually increasing mileage and intensity!
Be sure to practice transition from cycle to last run though because your calves cramp at the second run if they are not stretched out. Apparently the best way to do this is ride the last mile or so out of the saddle. I have tried run to cycle and cycle to run in the gym and it isn't easy!
I'm doing the du as well - done a few years of triathlon but this is my first duathlon
Anyway, as RF said, practise the bike to run transition - it feels very weird, but if you know what to expect you'll soon get the hang of it. I find I run too fast out of the bike leg, and then knacker myself.
I'm still wondering what the route will be - not all the hills
I'm not sure on the bike training side - its only a very short ride, so speed is going to be the order of the day - that and getting round the course without taking it all out of those legs before the final run. I plan to ride circuits of the park more than normal to get used to going up and down the undulations.
The other thing I have experienced before is cramping in my legs after running before riding - so I'll be concentrating more on strengthening my running more than my bike (as my running is weaker).
Hello Rio! So, I am a newbie to all of this tri stuff - I am buying my bike this week [hopefully] and decided to book the London duathlon as a starter.
I am most worried about the transition - you are clipped into the pedals so I can see myself coming to a halt and suddenly finding myself horizontal before having unclipped my feet!!
I think i will be very slow (i am doing the challenge) because i tend to run longer distances, rather than shorter sprint runs, so I consider myself as more of a plodder when it comes to running.
Twinkles, I know exactly what you mean about being clipped into pedals, I bought my bike last week and cycled it home using cleats for the first time ever....down the A23 through Brixton....at rush hour! I nearly fell in front of cars and buses at almost every traffic light and junction.
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I could only find the price on one section of the site - I wonder if it was a typo? (I doubt it though)
If I'm not mistaken, isn't the entry to the London Tri £64, irrespective of what event you enter (supersprint, sprint, oly)? If so, £45 for the du seems proportionately extortionate!
I've been looking for a beginner's duathlon for months and this seems a perfect way to start; it's just down the road and I know the park well. I could wait round for a cheaper one but it might not turn up for ages. And by the time you've paid petrol and spent a couple of hours getting there and back I reckon the difference would be negligible.
Anyone else doing it?
Knowing the park well from many 100's of laps training on my bike I reckon both the ride and the run's will be difficult, hilly routes.
I'm feeling nervous already.
have fun those doing it.........
Mackem
Spans
Scott Phillips 2
Rio Fair
As it's my first I'm doing the shorter one (disparagingly called the Fun race) as I reckon it'll be less embarrassing and good enough as an introduction to the discipline. What about the rest of you?
Never done a duathlon before so would probably go for the 'fun' distances.
Anybody know of any others on the south coast?
Mackem (fun?!)
Spans (challenge!)
Scott Phillips 2
Rio Fair
Mackem (fun?!)
Spans (challenge!)
Scott Phillips 2
Rio Fair (challenge)
Anyone any tips for a newbie?
Any tips on how much training and/or the best type of training to improve your cycling would be gratefully appreaciated.
I'll add my name to the list
Mackem (fun?!)
Spans (challenge!)
Scott Phillips 2
Rio Fair (challenge)
Twinkles
Leo M (challenge)
Be sure to practice transition from cycle to last run though because your calves cramp at the second run if they are not stretched out. Apparently the best way to do this is ride the last mile or so out of the saddle.
I have tried run to cycle and cycle to run in the gym and it isn't easy!
Anyway, as RF said, practise the bike to run transition - it feels very weird, but if you know what to expect you'll soon get the hang of it. I find I run too fast out of the bike leg, and then knacker myself.
I'm still wondering what the route will be - not all the hills
PS - I'm doing the 'challange'!
Be prepared for alsorts of questions Chris
I'm not sure on the bike training side - its only a very short ride, so speed is going to be the order of the day - that and getting round the course without taking it all out of those legs before the final run. I plan to ride circuits of the park more than normal to get used to going up and down the undulations.
The other thing I have experienced before is cramping in my legs after running before riding - so I'll be concentrating more on strengthening my running more than my bike (as my running is weaker).
So, I am a newbie to all of this tri stuff - I am buying my bike this week [hopefully] and decided to book the London duathlon as a starter.
I am most worried about the transition - you are clipped into the pedals so I can see myself coming to a halt and suddenly finding myself horizontal before having unclipped my feet!!
I think i will be very slow (i am doing the challenge) because i tend to run longer distances, rather than shorter sprint runs, so I consider myself as more of a plodder when it comes to running.
Can understand that looking after the swimming bit is expensive and requires some organisation but £45 for a fairly short run and cycle??
Perhaps it costs alot to do events in main London locations?
The other thing that worries me is getting punctures or something in the middle of a race.
I haven't cycled for years...so this may also be a bit of an obstacle!!
Saying that - I am so excited about getting bike and a wetsuit!!! Ridiculously so!
as for the price - london/high profile events are almost always more costly.
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Twinkles
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Chris from TriTalk (challenge)
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