I'm off there next Friday to race the 08 edition. Can't wait. Will be in serpie gear, but the pirates will be with me in spirit no doubt. I reckon it will sell out within 4 hours tops. Get ready on that refresh button!
Excellent guys-you'll really enjoy it. This will be my 3rd outing around IMDE, and its my favourite IM. Time wise, its hard to say. I was hoping to go sub 10, but have had about 7 weeks out through injury since March and this has put a downer on training somewhat. Swim I'll be 55 or thereabouts. Bike around 5 hours. Its whether or not I got enough run volume in to trouble the 9 hour something mark. Will find out next Sunday!
Depending on recovery from 2008, I'll be looking for about 10:30 in 2009. Not in the same league as you though. Also can't start IM training until end of march after MdeS.
Best of Luck Mike, hope it all goes well on the day.
Smiley - MdeS - wow !! And I'll be several hours behind you in Germany, 10:30 would be a dream ! I'll be happy with a) finishing and b) finishing and being in one piece.
If you aim for the moon and miss, you will land amongst the stars. I think the road to a brilliant peformance starts with you living that brilliant performance. Its a self fulfilling prophecy. All too often people understate themselves for fear of failing. You want to go sub 10:30, then tell the world and go do it. More power to you.
Luddy - learn to eat malt loaf whilst riding. Plenty of literature about on training etc...loads of advice on here, and at beginnertriathlete.com ( american but I found it useful ). If your swimming ain't great, get some coaching as soon as you can.
Brill that you are in as well Ultra-Ironwolf.
The German people take this very seriously, I was in Cologne on holiday the day after last years race and they had the winners photo on the front page of the national papers, you don't get that in this country !!
Ta ironholgs. I'm not in the same league as the rest of you though, haven't ever broken 15 hours yet. But I've just improved my 1500m swim from 41mns last year to 36 this year in the same race. Last night's coached session saw 2 x 400m at 8:30 pace, off a 100m best of 2:07 - pretty constant pacing. If I can keep that sort of improvement up I'll be looking at a fairly decent IM swim time for the first time in my life. Roll on 2009 eh????
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Have fun Mike, what time you aiming for ?
And pirate, obviously
I'm in it opened at 8:30am. Dead excited
Good luck Mike, look forward to hearing all about it.
Took me an hour but I got there in the end
Have the receipt! I'm in.
Good luck with it Mike. I'll be glued to IMdead.
Depending on recovery from 2008, I'll be looking for about 10:30 in 2009. Not in the same league as you though. Also can't start IM training until end of march after MdeS.
Best of Luck Mike, hope it all goes well on the day.
Smiley - MdeS - wow !! And I'll be several hours behind you in Germany, 10:30 would be a dream ! I'll be happy with a) finishing and b) finishing and being in one piece.
Why not, good attitude to have ! Sub 13 would see me on cloud 9 !
Thanks Will, looking forward to my first "big IM".
Not a pirate - not a serpie - just your tri newbie ... but I am signed up as well!
Was pretty suprised by the €400 price tag - bit much me thinks.
Anybody for a decent not too complicated training plan? I have the Triathlon Bible but find the training plan bit too complicated for me.
Cheers to all
Luddy
The simple version (that has been tried and tested by loads of people on here) is
swim a bit
bike a lot
run a bit.
thanks a lot for the tipp - love the running and cycling - don't always find the time for the swim.
only a bit then .....
Plenty of literature about on training etc...loads of advice on here, and at beginnertriathlete.com ( american but I found it useful ).
If your swimming ain't great, get some coaching as soon as you can.
Brill that you are in as well Ultra-Ironwolf.
The German people take this very seriously, I was in Cologne on holiday the day after last years race and they had the winners photo on the front page of the national papers, you don't get that in this country !!