I'm running in FLM next April, my first marathon ever. I know zero about Triathlons yet from the little I've read I know I would like to take part in one, ideally in 2004. But I'm not sure of which Tri event or when. Or should I even be considering a tri now ie wait until FLM is over?
My background is as follows:
- swimming: did 2500m swim for charity in about 80 mins (front crawl though did a bit of breast-stroke towards the end). Have now stopped to focus on running.
- biking: from Jan'03 till Aug'03 was cycling upto 60 mins a day but have reduced this to concentrate on running.
- running: As a heel-striker fastest is prob. 13 miles in about 1:48, 10km in about 50mins. I hope to improve as I've switched to the POSE running technique now.
All help, advice warmly appreciated.
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There a great day out and are all over the country throughout the summer months, so depends where you live. Give it a go...
www.220magazine.com
www.britishtriathlon.org
both have Q&A's sections.
Just dont let the man in the black and white striped top, mask on his face and a swag bag hold you bike!!!!!
Security is very good at the events, it is taken seriously as some of the bikes are worth a fortune.
for events listings the british triathlon site lists events, so does:
www.punishingevents.com
hi and welcome to being involved in tri's --but beware, once smitten it can take over!!
Could always try www.tritalk.com its a friendly site with many newbies where any question will try to be answered. Also very motivating to hear what everyone is doing. South East, Sevenoaks have one in April(to close to Marathon) and prob. Sept. Also try East Grinstead tri club as they have run one each year, Burgess Hill, Crowborough, (some of these are the Hedgehog series which I believe isnt running this year unless someone else takes over.)I also think you would have no probs with a sprint distance --enjoy!
Looks as if we're in the same boat, FLM in April, triathlon debut in summer!
I'm new to this thread so apologies if it's been posted before but I found a very useful site at:
http://www.trinewbies.com/
Did an aquathlon in October (2km run + 750m swim + 2Km run), the transition from run to swim was the worst thing I've experienced in my sporting life. It was great!
I've got a few minor details to sort out (e.g I haven't got a bike) but once FLM is out of the way I can't wait to line up in a triathlon.
Outsider: where will you debut your summer triathlon?
Not sure how I'm going to break the news to the Wife that FLM is only the first objective of many ;-)
the atmosphere was great, the weekend was excellent, and now ive the bug.
I have already lined up for London tri and waiting for 1/2 Ironman entry to be ok'd.
People are right to say that once you start triathlon theres no turning back.
and you still get to run!!!
Good luck for 04
Speedie: Olympic distance sounds awesome! What sort of training did you do?
1.5km swim, 40km bike and 10km run
but putting it all together with transistions, a very hot weekend and first ever attempt at the sport then yes it was tough, and I actually beat my time by 4 mins so was well chuffed.
I started most of my training in april and carried on throughout till august.
Always had the distance in my legs due to running, always had a road bike and have done 50+ miles on sundays, it was just the swimming.
I kept swimming my main aim, as it was my weakest discipline, I just worked up slowly to be able to swim 60 lengths and added some sessions together.
One thing I would recomend is to put sessions together, so session on the bike and then go for a run, its a weird feeling when you get off the bike, especially if your hammering about, legs are a little wobberly.
I have also just started a weights prog, now in my 6th week, so hoping that will add strength to my back, shoulders and arms.
London triathlon is still taking places!!!!!
Give it a go, and they do have different distances if you dont like the sound of the Olympic event.
If so I live about a 10min drive from Excel!
and good news for you being so near to excel, even though I live in London, was a nightmare to get to with bike and gear etc...
Now I don't live in a small City (manchester) but I can't find it anywhere. Does it exsist in the real world or is it subscriber only? online based only?
I'm only curious in picking up a copy to see if I bite for real.
Cheers
Maybe I was just a little unfortunate, any idea when the next one is due out? I'll make a trip then
I'll wait and see in what condition I'm in after the FLM before deciding on a tri. I live most of the time in Spain so it will probably be one around Valencia or Madrid in June / July.
Logistics would probably make it difficult to debut in the UK and the water is a bit warmer down here ;-)