Triathletes

Clipsey · 17 Jul 2010 at 17:28

Cycled about 60miles of the Louisville Ironman course early this morning (which is most of it, as there is a 25mile loop). Very hilly, which is good and bad, but really enjoyed it.........until the last 2miles left I had a blown tire :-(

with no spares (bad Clipsey).

What was far more interesting that it the Half Ironman was this morning also (same route just not as far) and I set off about an hour or so ahead of them. By time I was on the way back people were cheering me thinking I was in the lead lol

Clipsey · 23 Jul 2010 at 03:18

Cycled 95miles of the Ironman course today, the last 1:30 I was pretty much useless. Starting to know the course now, so happy with that! That's about all I'm happy with ............

platypus · 23 Jul 2010 at 10:27

When are you doing it?

Rich_L · 23 Jul 2010 at 10:32

I worked out I could do a sprint distance triathlon by swimming in the sea from a point to my office, cycling the 20km back home then doing a 5km run around the neighbourhood. Whether I will do it or not however is a different question entirely

Clipsey · 23 Jul 2010 at 13:25

platypus said:
When are you doing it?

August 29th, don't feel nearly ready

But then again if it were easy it wouldn't be such an accomplishment.

bam0 · 23 Jul 2010 at 15:09

Anyone know of any events that don't include swimming, or replace it with something else? For example last weekend I did the Winchester PPP which is 20km cycle, 5km run and 2km kayaking.

clv101 · 23 Jul 2010 at 15:24

There are lots of duathlons around.

platypus · 27 Jul 2010 at 09:52

Well I did a 2 hour bricking session last night to try out my new music mix, and it felt fantastic. Given me a lot of confidence ahead of my first Olympic in....2 weeks :eek:

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Myxo · 27 Jul 2010 at 13:22

Good luck platypus! I did a 40mile bike followed by 10k run on Sunday and really did feel it. Definitely going to try incorporate more brick sessions in my training.

[DOD]Asprilla · 27 Jul 2010 at 13:28

I've got a brick session this weekend. 2km in the lake followed by 80km on the bike. It's going to be a gentle session though as it's an intro to brick for a mate.

#Chri5# · 27 Jul 2010 at 13:49

bam0 said:
Anyone know of any events that don't include swimming, or replace it with something else? For example last weekend I did the Winchester PPP which is 20km cycle, 5km run and 2km kayaking.

You could also look at adventure races (eg Questars, Open5) though they add self navigation as part of the challenge.

[DOD]Asprilla · 28 Jul 2010 at 14:12

My next triathlon just got a bit spicy; having a casual conversation with one of the guys at work, and it turns out that 5 or six guys from work are doing the same event.

Let the competition begin....

platypus · 28 Jul 2010 at 14:49

We should seriously arrange a meet up at a triathlon. Sooner than next years Forestman I mean

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platypus · 30 Jul 2010 at 10:35

Absolutely dreadful cycle into work this morning, average speed of 17mph. Just had nothing in my legs!

[DOD]Asprilla · 30 Jul 2010 at 10:47

platypus said:
Absolutely dreadful cycle into work this morning, average speed of 17mph. Just had nothing in my legs!

That's a respectable moving average for London / Surrey. My PB is an average of 30.8kph over 17.5 miles.

platypus · 30 Jul 2010 at 10:57

I would normally average 20, very tired legs this week. Hopefully they'll be alright for Aug 14th!

Clipsey · 30 Jul 2010 at 13:28

All depends on how far you are traveling and hard you push yourself. 17mph is pretty good going. But if it's just for 1hr or less, then you can probably push harder

If it's over 4hours (which I doubt as it's a commute

) then it's great.

platypus · 30 Jul 2010 at 13:38

It's 14.6 miles, and pretty flat, and I usually do 20mph average, with some 30mph parts (on the brand new road :cool:

), and some slow bits on the few hills (if you can call them that

).

[DOD]Asprilla · 30 Jul 2010 at 13:50

platypus said:
some slow bits on the few hills (if you can call them that ).

That's just the camber on the road where you live.....

platypus · 30 Jul 2010 at 14:51

you know it do you?