I set myself the goal of completing a triathlon during my placement year of university (which starts August). Well me being over ambitious and thriving on the buzz of races i signed up to the Maldon Triathlon (700m swim/14 mile bike ride/ 5k run - 23rd July) in Essex, bought a bike and got all excited!
here's the issue, I cycle to my summer job (7 miles) and back every day getting home at 5. How on earth do i fit in adequate rest with the need for the swimming/run/cycle training!! How do you guys cope!?
im just baffled by it and feel lost before ive started! Determined to smash the race I need some help and support and this forum has that in buckets! So any advice would be fantastic and just stories of how you commuters fit it all in......
I myself am a 45 min 10k runner with 1 london marathon under my shoes, little cycling experience, and two years of lifeguarding related swimming under my belt.
THANKS GUYS!!!
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If you're cycling 14 miles, 5 days a week then I would suggest you don't need to do any other cycle training for a sprint tri.
Additionally you can do a decent 10km - so a 5km isn't a problem.
If I were you I'd do a brick session once a week - cycle home, then go straight out for a 20 min run. I'd swim two evenings - focusing on technique not distance, and do a longer run on a weekend day - leaving the other weekend day as a day off.
Easy.
Really if you've got a marathon under your belt, you are logging 70 miles a week cycling and you must be a competent swimmer if you used to lifeguard - really nothing to worry about.
*This is absolutely nothing like my training schedule so it's not "How I do it" but I would definitely feel it is manageable
If you can leave your bike at work cycle in and run home. Fit in some lunchtime swims and trainng won't take up any of your evenings all. I do almost all my training going to or from work or at lunch.
14 miles of cycling shouldn't tire you out - if it does - then ride easier.
You've all weekend to swim and run if you can't face it after work / but I think you'd be a bit wussy to not manage mid week training too.
Given what you'e done and doing, a sprint doesnt seem overly ambitious, and you could do the race tomorrow and get around. If you want to 'smash it', make/find time and train hard(er), otherwise relax, enjoy the experience, and learn from it.
Kanga I'm defiantely looking to place well in the race, thanks for all your help guy's! Think I was a little bombarded with information to start with, but feel much more relaxed now. Cougie thanks the plan next year I think! Thanks for all the help guys it's been really helpful xxx
Second MedicGirl's brick advice - I ride a similar distance commute and it makes a great setup for a solid run-centred brick.
Cheers engineer, how am any stunning sessions do you hit a week? And how many of those are brick?
You could run to work and run home too, double days are good training sessions I find.
The more bricks you do the better you will feel coming off the bike, the run session doesn't have to be that far. A couple of k's would do for some with some longer ones once a week.
Love the forum name!!^^^^^ And as my first Tri is only a 5k I could hit that as a block? I have some 10k races prior to the Tri in July too so will have to balance the miles Do you guy's use any apps opposed to a garmin or other GPS device? Looking for cadence (not that I'm too clued up on this just yet) , ability to draw routes then follow them, plues the normal time/distance etc?
Also I need a gears 101 if anyone has a link to a web page or thread?
p.s. what shite weather