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Well, I've only just learnt to do front crawl - MAJOR achievement as I'm real swim numpty - and everyone else's breaststroke is faster than mine anyway...........oh, and I tend to fall off bikes too ......can I push it up the hilly bits??
Do quite fancy it though........
Seren nos - Well done! that's fantastic - can't imagine swimming that distance and then running and biking too - you must feel great having completed it!
Matt - my geography isn't great and I'm sure someone here will know better, but I reckon you're about 60 odd miles away ?
I've only just learned to front crawl myself. I breast stroked it last year as did many others. This year I'd like to be able to FC the lot. I've done it in training no problems, but race nerves can make me wibbly...
Go on folks, the more the merrier.
I also have spare pirate kit!
Anyone fancies a little fell race that finishes in Herefordshire but starts in Wales????
It is on Saturday and very beginner friendly: http://www.fetcheveryone.com/viewracedetails.php?id=20083
Or how about this little cracking race, in the village where we used to live and which my wife helps out on (and which got me into this running lark!):
www.rasfawrllanddoged.co.uk
They both look great, but unfortunatley I won't be able to do either.
I like the smaller events. There is something about them, I don't know what it is.
Still working on the Cymmer tri. Is it the Cymmer near Pontypridd?
It's by Port Talbot I think PM.
Afan Forest Park is 6 miles off M4 J40.
directions
By the seaside
Matt, did you get a pass?
LOL
she's not daft.
It's jsut getting the balance right. I couldn't just say " I'm doing whatever". I need to see what else is happening that weekend, childcare who else has got any plans. It's not so much as getting a pass as sorting making sure it fits.
As for the Mats', bribery. I fully unerstand that one
Yeah, I can see you need to co-ordinate things, especially if you have kids that need looking after.
Hmmm, bribery, now I suppose that is where I have gone wrong... I should have gone the bribery route and make my men 'bribe' me in stead of just saying yeah, if you'd like to go do that, enjoy!
I now know how to tackle that one next time around, if there ever will be a next time that is...
LOL... We live and learn hey...
Interesting system though... At least that way you don't end up in a situation when one person pays for all the boring yet necessary crap such as rent, bills food... while someone else just enjoys themselves...
If its a local race then I just go and book it..............if its a night away then i have to get a pass because it puts a lot more stress on my OH as we have 3 kids...
Its trying to get the balance right but sometimes when your training your too into it to think of clear balances.......I just want to do them all
And I did feel great after Bala
Unfortunately at the moment every race I prep for I fall ill!!! Its been a repeat pattern. My first race ever last year, sprained ankle before race, ran it anyway in the end. Llanelli half started on the line taking flu relief!! Bournemouth half ill up to 3 days before. Missed the dam 10k! Now prepared and currently ill with Llanelli 10k looming.....................
Does anyone know if there is a reason for this? A mate says that running over the hour mark i.e 6+ miles for me lowers your immune system, would make sense as did 9 milr long run last week and ill the next day with this dam cold tonsilitis thing?
Any ides? or just unlucky!!!
Looking forward to that tri tho, sounds ace, a nice novice friendly one cant wait, will be my first!!!! Do they mind me geting my guts out to get in the water or should I cover it up???
I used to get that,............... the sore thraoty thing. Every year a week after I'd run a marathon, it would last about 6 weeks. I used to think it was some kind of hay fever and then I stopped doing marathons ............................. presto. Maybe cut back all of your runs by 25% for 6 weeks to give your body time to adjust.
Nam, you edited
. Thanks though. No it's not one near Ponty', but it's not too far. I'm Merthyr all of the week leading up to the tri. I've always fancied doing one but my swimming is.................................... well like I'm one of the blue rinse brigade doing lanes and chatting .................... in fact they'd beat me. So this looks ideal, nice little swim, gentle forest bike ride followed by a little jog 
Regards the triathlon, can someone please help with some questions?
Is the swim in a pool or a lake?
Is the cycle rough enough to justify the mountain bike or hybrid?
Is there some nice villages nearby to stay in for me and the Wife?
I am a complete newby to tri, but excited at the prospect!
Hi Matt
The swim is in a pool
You'd probably get away with the hybrid if you are doing the full sprint - definitely if you are doing the novice one
Plenty of lovely places to stay for camping this is the bees wotsits (I have lunch there most Thursdays). There are also loads of B+Bs in the area, but you need to book, they fill up fast.