How far have you ran/cycled/swam today?

[Rupe]

Yeah but you go down the hills aswell! Any circular route should average out the same, what you lose going up you must gain coming down. Where I actually live there are hills on three sides and the fourth side is just boring/industrial and then farmland.

 

The hilly sides are the lovely cotswold hills and thats where I always go biking, hils are great and I'd hate to live anywhere flat.

 

The triathlon was at the cotwold water park which is lots of old gravel extracted lakes on the southern end of the cotswolds so by the very nature of the geography its flat there, perfect for a triathlon.

[ben lightfoot]

Well done there rupe, I have been tempted by a triathlon seems a good variety of training but unsure of the open water swim. That would need plenty of training

[Rupe]

Yep, swimming is the difficult bit, unless your a lifelong good swimmer but even then I know some who cant handle deep water, fish etc!

 

This time last year I couldnt do a length of front crawl in the pool, the thing with training is very simple, if you do it you will get better. Nothing much more to it than that. I got better in 3-4 weeks and then joined a triathlon club so I've now had a winter of 1-2 nights a week of swim coaching.

 

Just got back from the pool today and did 1Km straight off in 19.56

 

Anything is possible!

[Amelanchier]

Yep top third would be my aim for most things these days, not quite there with the dualthlons yet!!

 

So 148th from >500(ish) is <29% Well in that top third mate...

[Christopher Schroeter]

I'm enjoying this endomondo thingy! It's pushing me harder than before. 19 Miles today.

 

I'd love to try triathlon. Maybe when Im a bit all round fitter.

[Rupe]

So 148th from >500(ish) is <29% Well in that top third mate...

 

I wish!!!

 

Got the full results today, and the 500+ entrants turned out to be 371!! So thats nearly 40%

 

And I was 24th in my catagory (mens over 40) out of 53 so thats 45% !!!

 

My excuse is that these events are a bit more specialist and top half is good enough for now!

[Will Ayers]

Just starting training for the OMM in October. Running every other day at the mo, just slowly building up. Usually with nothing to train for I'm a lazy git so I haven't done much training since my last OMM two years ago (pre baby). So I am a bit rusty to say the least.

 

So I'm pushing distance by roughly half a mile a week, currently hovering around 7miles this week. finding it easy progression so far. And I'm trying to get consistently under 8min/mile over progressively longer, short runs. Managing 3 miles at that pace so far. Lots to improve on but I'm happy with my fitness as a building block.

 

Anyone else run mountain marathons? I really enjoyed my last one, which was also my first. Any advice greatly received.

 

 

Sent using my pudgy fingers on my phone.

[Rupe]

Another triathlon done last monday.

 

Swimming very good, biking poor, and running average! Same weekend as tree climbing comp but found the tri easier as the comps drag on for hours and make for a very tiring day.

[Chunkymunky]

Ain't done a great deal. New gf

 

But i am cycling most days now from work to the gym then back after and drive home.

[Rupe]

Did a small aquathon this evening.

 

750m swim and just under 5Km run, (4.7km I think) was tough, going from swim to run was hard work, usually the bike section of a tri is a good place to get your head together and get the legs working but straight into running was weird. I passed a few poeple at the begining of the run who were throwing up lake water!!

 

Finshed in 34min so probably middle of the feild where I usually am, dont know what the time splits were yet but my running was painful and slow. Swim was mental, biggest mass start I've done and flippin chaos for the first 300m or so.