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Never entered my head
Drinking ?? Depends who you ask I suspect
Contemplating going dry once the IM training kicks in, but I do like a wee glass once in a while
Hell no, if your following Finks 30 weeks dry would be torture, I will still drink but in "moderation"
Marathons and cycling sorted, just swimming? At least its the shortest bit, plenty of time to sort that over the next 13 months or so, great that your joining the IMUK 2013 cabin personnel rite of passage to piracy
Thats a very typical PIrate drink !!!
I never drink Mon-Wed. Does that count as tee total?
I like you
See! Told you so.
And you're not doing IM next year because...................................?
Yep .... he's ripe
Anyone up for the Ely monster triathlon in August, this is the one Holgs mentioned the other day.
http://monsterracing.net/triathlon2012.html
Think i may go for it, wasnt going to spend anymore on events this year but i could drop a couple of planned ones & do this half IM distance instead
Thing is, because ive got loads of events & stuff on already between now and then will that make sensible training difficult?
I've got 11 weeks to go. 3 weekends i'm away on holiday for olympics stuff (not competing) I'm also on holiday 2 weeks prior to this event.
Considering my current training etc would you think i could manage this ok anyway?
Morning all.
That looks like a great event, SD. Not for me this year tho'.
As for whether or not you should do it - well, you can't do every single race out there, you do have to pick & choose! Only you really know what your fitness is like, and how much you're realistically able to do. And you know that you do have to have proper training time for this, and recovery between events. So, at the end of the day, it's your call.
But please try not to kill yourself by overdoing it!
I have a week off Wc 23rd July & 2 weeks off Wc 6th August. Half IM is 19th August.
Week after the above i have the National club champs then nothing till great Barrow challenge (4x125 mile cycle over 4 days) mid September.
I think i know i'm going to go for it
Swim cut off times, is that just based on the time your in the water or is the time up to getting into T1 or away on the bike within the cut off time?
Bike question -
I bought my bike early last year, from Edinburgh Bicycle Co-op. I tried 4 different ones there before we (man in shop & me) decided this one was the right size.
The longest ride I've done is 34 miles, and that was at the end of the quadrathlon so I'd expect to feel stiff and sore, but my back starts to get achey and stiff after cycling 10 miles or so.
I should say at this point that I have long-standing, permanent damage to my lower back (that's what 20+ years of nursing will do for you), but since I started exercising regularly it really doesn't give me any trouble.
Should I take my bike back to the shop (or another shop) and ask them to look at the fit again?
Is it just that I need to get used to time in the saddle?
Anyone else out there with a knackered old back who's found a particular type of exercise which helps? (I've heard good things about pilates)
Obviously missed an interesting discussion on drinking last night - sorry I was out getting pissed, and was still swimminhg OW at 7:00 this morning!! New wetsuit is fab!! Was even managing bilateral breathing!!
NR - maybe try a few more rides - you will be putting strain on muscles you haven't used for a while (maybe) so expect a little discomfort. If it doesn't get any better, try getting a re-fit. Or you must have access to some great drugs.....
Spoons - resistence is futile!! May as well sign up for ExtrvaLanza and get it over and down with!!
And how was Marlow M..eldy? I'll be in Maidenhead tomorrow........
NR any exercise which strengthens the core muscles should help with any back pain, I have never done pilates but I believe they are for core strength?
If that fails as Raf says get some drugs, or failing that nick an ultra sound, I had one used on my back when I wrecked mine, it was bliss, it was the only thing that took the pain away, better than sex I would say but perhaps I'm doing it wrong
Raf - good swimming
Spoons - what u doing 1st July?
Wash your mouth out with Nurse?
Well, for an appropriate fee...............................................
Gutter brain
How silly of me
And it's Mellow Birds
