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KeyserSoze wrote:sorry, meant 750m open water. old habits.
Get a wetsuit. Or hire one. I have a blueseventy Reaction wetsuit Direct from their website. After a brief conversation they established my size and sent me this:
Fits like a glove. Cost me £160 but as I say you could hire one just for the day.
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Sorry, late reply. Thanks gary - i think i will hire one as this will be my first T, however we'll see if that shall be changed later!
The triathlon's at Eton Dorney. My company sponsors one, had free places and i entered a ballot for one, and got one. http://humanrace.co.uk/events/triathlon" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
The triathlon's at Eton Dorney. My company sponsors one, had free places and i entered a ballot for one, and got one. http://humanrace.co.uk/events/triathlon" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
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KeyserSoze wrote:Sorry, late reply. Thanks gary - i think i will hire one as this will be my first T, however we'll see if that shall be changed later!
The triathlon's at Eton Dorney. My company sponsors one, had free places and i entered a ballot for one, and got one. http://humanrace.co.uk/events/triathlon" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
Eton Dorney's brilliant. That's the Olympic rowing venue with a 2 km long lake. I did the sprint relays there last September (doing the same again this September)
The lake is clear, bit of weed round the edges but otherwise fine. The bike and run are around the lake basically which is about 5k. So three or four times on the bike (not sure if you're doing 15k or 20k)
You'll have a blast.
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Thanks man gonna be hard to get to the level but looking forward to it! Out of itnerest, are tri-suits worth it? Was just gonna wear cycle shorts under wetsuit
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KeyserSoze wrote:Thanks man gonna be hard to get to the level but looking forward to it! Out of itnerest, are tri-suits worth it? Was just gonna wear cycle shorts under wetsuit
Tri-suits have a built in padded section for the bike (although not as much as cycle shorts). They are pretty comfortable to run in and, given that the bike section isn't long, will be perfectly adequate.
Also, if you care about your transition times you don't want to be pissing about putting a shirt on. Tri-suit, number belt, Boom!
They retail about £70 for a half decent one but you can pick them up cheaper to give you an idea.
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i think i'd want as long a transition time as possible - to get a bit of a rest!!
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don't really care about times (yet), just want to finish it first! gonna have a run in my cheapo cycle gear later to see how it goes. Don't want to start shelling out too much too soon, and have already booked swimming lessons at the behest of my bank balance.
Either way, it's going to be a very heavy couple of months, fitness wise.
Either way, it's going to be a very heavy couple of months, fitness wise.
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Just over 5 miles of fartlek this evening. Third run/walk in a week. Getting closer to a 50/50 split of running and walking. Very warm tonight too. Feet up with a cold drink now. Sadly, its not a beer!
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3.6 miles run home last night, 3.6mile run in this morning, then swimming lesson at 8.
Run was slow and steady, and had to stop at a couple of intervals. But it's good to get in a habit again, and i'm sure that as i continue the consistency and times will reemerge.
Swimming was good, though i was appalled at how bad my technique was!
Run was slow and steady, and had to stop at a couple of intervals. But it's good to get in a habit again, and i'm sure that as i continue the consistency and times will reemerge.
Swimming was good, though i was appalled at how bad my technique was!
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KeyserSoze wrote:3.6 miles run home last night, 3.6mile run in this morning, then swimming lesson at 8.
Run was slow and steady, and had to stop at a couple of interviews. But it's good to get in a habit again, and i'm sure that as i continue the consistency and times will reemerge.
Swimming was good, though i was appalled at how bad my technique was!
wow - having to stop for interviews?? how famous are you??
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thebish wrote:KeyserSoze wrote:3.6 miles run home last night, 3.6mile run in this morning, then swimming lesson at 8.
Run was slow and steady, and had to stop at a couple of interviews. But it's good to get in a habit again, and i'm sure that as i continue the consistency and times will reemerge.
Swimming was good, though i was appalled at how bad my technique was!
wow - having to stop for interviews?? how famous are you??
You know what...I've been doing that a worrying amount lately, thinking one thing in my head and then typing something completely different.
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KeyserSoze wrote:thebish wrote:KeyserSoze wrote:3.6 miles run home last night, 3.6mile run in this morning, then swimming lesson at 8.
Run was slow and steady, and had to stop at a couple of interviews. But it's good to get in a habit again, and i'm sure that as i continue the consistency and times will reemerge.
Swimming was good, though i was appalled at how bad my technique was!
wow - having to stop for interviews?? how famous are you??
You know what...I've been doing that a worrying amount lately, thinking one thing in my head and then typing something completely different.
:/
Good start, well done. You need to incorporate a couple of 'brick' sessions too. That is, running off the bike. Try cycling for about half an hour (moderately fast) then running about two miles to get used to the transitional feeling in your quads and calfs. I need to do this more as I 'died' on the last couple of miles of my run on Saturday.
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Ta, gary - will look at doing that next time i cycle home.
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Just watching HG run the chorley trail race. He was doing a dougie ands saying what poor shape he was on during the pre race interview I did for TW.
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Shaved over 9 minutes off Monday nights time. Also managed 26 mins running, compared to 21 mins walking. Feeling much stronger over the last part of the course too. Just wish that I could run for more than 6 minutes at a time. All in all a very happy chap this evening!
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I'm sure if I let Dougie do my post race report it'd sound like I won the thing! I've not put much training in recently and it showed when a club mate who's never beaten me before came flying past me in the last mile. He's currently training for a mountain ultra in the Pyrenees and is obviously getting the benefit.LeverEnd wrote:Just watching HG run the chorley trail race. He was doing a dougie ands saying what poor shape he was on during the pre race interview I did for TW.
Well done BP - keep it up fella
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Something that made me laugh in a re-run of Lewis tonight:
Bird fancies a bloke who does a bit of running, says, gushingly: "I've always wanted to learn how to run"...bloke, not interested, replies dismissively: "It's easy, you just walk, but faster"
Bird fancies a bloke who does a bit of running, says, gushingly: "I've always wanted to learn how to run"...bloke, not interested, replies dismissively: "It's easy, you just walk, but faster"
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Nice one BP. And HG, remember you achieved your pre race aim of not getting beat by that 'gormless bloke from work' who never beats you! Well done!Harry Genshaw wrote:I'm sure if I let Dougie do my post race report it'd sound like I won the thing! I've not put much training in recently and it showed when a club mate who's never beaten me before came flying past me in the last mile. He's currently training for a mountain ultra in the Pyrenees and is obviously getting the benefit.LeverEnd wrote:Just watching HG run the chorley trail race. He was doing a dougie ands saying what poor shape he was on during the pre race interview I did for TW.
Well done BP - keep it up fella
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After pre-season training on tuesday can confirm Prufrock is actually Felix Magath.
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