Hi
Newbie bald chain smoking fat bloke here, oh, &i'm 43. Well that was the case back in June last year.
Thought i would document my new fitness regime on my blog which i have updated regularly since last year & i will continue to do so.
I hadnt originally planned to do a Triathlon, let alone an Ironman. My original goal was just to complete the Norwich 100 cycle ride in 2012.
However, after reading so many inspiring stories on blogs, forums & books i am determined to become an Ironman. Hopefully in 2014.
So far i have completed 2 dualathons & a 10k run. I can swim breaststroke (learning front crawl)
Anyway, as i mentioned earlier the journey so far is captured in my blog.
http://clearseaz-timetogetfit.blogspot.co.uk/Comments , advice & support are always appreciated. Thanks for reading & good luck to everyone in their own challenges.
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first rule here is to get yourself a decent nickname - if you want the forum to come up with suggestions, we're quite happy to
just dive into whatever takes your fancy and if you enjoy some banter and piss taking, and don't take tri over-seriously, you'll be fine
Cheers
I'll have a look at changing the name to something more apt. Maybe something to do with sausages considering my wife said i looked like one the first time i modelled my new lycra cycling gear. Going out wearing that in public for the first time has been the most traumatic thing so far.
Piss taking & banter is right up my street so I should fit in then
ooo that may be a bad call... but your choice... so lets start the ideas ball rolling
Coctail ? , no offence
Battered Sausage ?,
if you happen to be from liverpool ?? Liver-wurst ?
or perhaps on the close fitting lycra theme .....
Fits like a glove (which neatly shortens to flag )
May contain nuts
Couldnt upload one of me, turned into a right mission trying to resize it.
I saw an IM sign this morning, apparently Outlaw has offered another 50 places this year. Although i wont be doing it this year, i've decided The Outlaw will be my IM debut in 2014.
Back to reality though, I still have my first Triathlon to do which is on Sunday. Doing the East Coast Triathlon in Great Yarmouth, anybody else on here doing it?
just want to say hi and welcome.........
I fancy outlaw next year......
http://andysironmanattempt.blogspot.co.uk/
Really impressed with runners world forum, must be the friendliest forum i've ever been on. Thanks
Good luck those planning an IM before me. I think next year will be a bit soon for me.
I did the London Marathon in 2006 & hadnt trained properly due to a knee injury. Still ran/walked it. You know how it is when you have sponsor money at stake. Turned out to be a bad move as weighing 16 stone & not being used to road running , it took me 6 hours & i mashed the ligaments in the soles of my feet, bruising went right through my, couldnt walk for a week, lol. Wife & work were less than impressed. Proper prep this time, ive had my orders!
As part of my prep i will do a half IM next year & hopefully a marathon. Sould be doing the Norwich half marathon this year. Furthest ive ran since 2006 is the Trowse 10k a couple of weeks ago. Did that in 58 minutes, slow but no injury.
Swimming PB tonight, 3 x 25m front crawl in a row. Couldnt manage 25m last month. Breaststroke, i could do all day, i just get so out of breath doing front crawl. Practise, practise, i presme, any suggestions?
Thanks for the link Andy, i'll have a read through your blog.
Sorry for waffling, have a good evening.
i am a crap swimmer but yes i think it is practice......on my first half ironman i still hadn't mastered the crawl and did 20 strokes crawl then 20 strokes breaststroke....used the excuse that i was sighting for the buoys.......still managed to finish it within the cutoffs.....infact it was about the same time as the following year when i did front crawl the whole way...
I feel really inspired & motivated again tonight. Buzzing would be another apt description.
Will the outlaw be your first full IM ?
If that is to Seren, you better read the Enduroman thread!!!!
You'll know what I mean then.
Good luck Sausage Dawg
i'm attemping a double in June..still crap at all 3 but stubborn....you never know what you can achieve unless you try ...i'm a middle aged overweight housewife.....but the feeling crossing the line is amazing...
My question was a bit crap then, your a veteran.
I read some of your blog and noticed you are around Norwich (same as me!) and that you finished the Trowse 10k (the same as me!) I also see you are part of the Tri Anglia club, something that I was considering joining. Have you been part of the club for very long?
I will also be running the Norwich Half, I could bump into you! (Not literally I hope )
I started a blog yesterday, if you fancy reading it the address is:
http://ajourneytothestars.wordpress.com/
You did really well at Trowse 10k. Took me a lot longer to complete. I had two goals for the race.
1 get round without walking
2 do it in under an hour.
I achieved both those so was really chuffed. Do you go to Park run at Eaton?
I joined Tri-Anglia in January this year. i've done a few things with them so far. Really good bunch. Not sure how i've wound up in the national club relay with them later in the year though, lol.
Pretty nerveracking first joining a club. I knew i was slow, out of shape & looked like that daveed character from little britain when wearing lycra.
No fears after first event though, everyone was great & freindly. Great advice & encouragement from the veerans though.
I also joined iceni velo cycle club, only did that for the two free inner tubes, two water bottles & streetlife discount though
May see you around then mate. I'm the only bald large bloke in tri-anglia gear, the male at the rear of the pack.
All the events i'm doing so far this year are listed on the below link.
http://www.bmycharity.com/clearseaz
I think the tile of this thread covers quite a lot of us here FATMAN to IRONMAN
or in some cases you could doe the 'to'
FATMAN IRONMAN ... not naming names
Fatman Ironman
I'm down to 14st 5lbs now. Was over 16st with an impressive pot belly i could stand a glass on at the beginning of the year. Never really understood why my belly always grew but my legs still stayed as skinny as they were when i was 16 & had a 28inch waist???
"Was over 16st with an impressive pot belly i could stand a glass on at the beginning of the year"
welcome to my world of the last 20+ years.....
I did an ironman at 17 stones, I'm still fat despite being 19 stones when I started - I'd be faster if I was lighter but I'm happy in my own skin these days.
welcome - good luck with the training, the blogging and your journey to Ironman.
If you are in East Anglia, check Monster events, I did the half IM in Ely last year and it's a cracking event.
... And of course IronHolgs is mentoring you, me, RafikiD and Lewis11 and going to write a book about it of course
Note - Lewis11 needs a new forum name, let's start a list of suggestions )where's Schmunkee?!?)