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Sports other than Triathlon
TommiTri
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Just a quick poll to see what other sports if any, other triathletes participate in.
I still try and play football, but in the last 3 years I've had 3 serious injuries, knee ligament rupture, dislocated shoulder and most recently a knee meniscal tear.
I've been strongly encouraged by all the triathletes i know that I have to chose between triathlon and football. Just thought I would ask the opinion of you guys.
I still try and play football, but in the last 3 years I've had 3 serious injuries, knee ligament rupture, dislocated shoulder and most recently a knee meniscal tear.
I've been strongly encouraged by all the triathletes i know that I have to chose between triathlon and football. Just thought I would ask the opinion of you guys.
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I'm also a fair weather golfer.
I dont see why you have to choose!?! dont get me wrong, it will probably take its toll but if you enjoy both why choose either? just take care.
a)most of the guys referreeing at the level I played
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b)than I ever was a player.
Then herself got into triathlon and I realised I was not cut out to sit and watch her, so the only option was to do them as well.
Generally I always up for any sport except horse racing and golf. I always tend to rely on enthusiam and endurance rather than any great skill.
Andy
So I guess one can assume it is combinable.
I was a marathon runner for years and came into tri to prevent injury to my knees (Ha! now putting in way more miles than I ever used to!!)
SR
Rowing has to be the most complete sport ever invented! I have played pretty much every mainstream sport out there to some level (rarely that well!) and Rowing is the only one that stole my life.
Then in the 2006 season I had a bike accident on the way to training one morning and buggered a knee. Which kind of sucked as the 4 I was rowing in had prequalified for Henley!
I had run the London Marathon that year and cycled everywhere previously. Then taught myself to swim as it was the only exercise I could do with a bad knee before and after surgery. Rowing is a sport where if you miss Oct-Dec you may as well skip the season, so give Tri's a go instead and loved them.
The beauty of Tri is that the training duration is pretty similar to Rowing (actually easier I find as less intensity and throwing up involved!). The main beauty of Tri's though is that you can train in your own time, rowing properly is Mon-Thus Evenings, Tues, Thus mornings before work and then Saturday and Sunday 8-1pm double sessions - so kind of takes over your life!
My only quandary now is whether to aim for Henley or a full Ironman for my 2008-2009 season...
Gave them all up, and now i want to be a TRIATHLETE!
I work with 2 guys who are in a top rowing club, A team, and yet they still admire me and my training!
I have tried to train with them, but rowers are lethal blent of athletes!!
I row now, only on a Concept 2 machine, and find it fantastic aid to me training! A 2 / 5k Erg is another ball game!!
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But as heaps of you have said, it's the time factor! I'm lucky because i commute to work on my bike and then either run or swim in my lunch break so i still have all those hours after work to do stuff...
If i have enough energy!![:o]
It is a supreme relaxation sport... to get it right you almost have to be meditating. You think of your 'sighting image' - for me it was an Oak Tree - and totally relax. When you release the arrow you have to will yourself not to watch it, just repeat exactly the same motion six times over and you should find six arrows all in the same (-ish) spot.
I was really sad to give it up, but Tri was calling and there's only so much time. It still makes me feel calm and peaceful just thinking about Archery. I got a Bronze in my first and only competition, too.
My motives although slightly different, with the onus on injury prevention, i still understand this from a different perspective. I would only play football twice a week, but unlike other exercise I find i feel stiff after football for about 2 days! and in that period I am reluctant to train! therefore i loose training time!
By removing football from my schedule over the past few months I have been able to train for 4 hours a day (I get alot of time off!), no interruptions, every time I train i feel better. Rather than the post football drain!
Thanks for all your opinions on this!