first olympic distance tri - any advice?
mka
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Hello
I've done a few sprint tris, however, next year I plan to try an olympic distance one. Does anyone have any advice on good events to enter within a reasonable distance of London?
Thanks
I've done a few sprint tris, however, next year I plan to try an olympic distance one. Does anyone have any advice on good events to enter within a reasonable distance of London?
Thanks
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Not done this one before (my first year of triathlons) so hoping for a good start.
What I'm interested to know is how much extra training I'm going to have to do to get a decent result?
I currently do about 6 hours a week but that includes almost 3 hours of bike commuting.
Not sure if I can fit any more in and stay married![:D]
And...the sea is nice and warm and blue [:D]
There's an Olympic October 4th 2009 - lovely warm (but not too hot weather)
Think about it!
(Oh and no the only thing I get out of this is getting to compete with new people! - gets a bit boring always competing against the same faces)
But we're pretty free and easy here...mainly would just need to drop them a line bit before to confirm. Or can just contact me and I can sort entry, accomodation for you.
The following are the planned events for 2009 so far:
http://www.maltatriathlon.org/Events.htm
Cheers! [:D]
Thanks!
Watched it on CH4 this year.
The swim was against a strong current - the camera showed people getting out the river and walking! Then there's an uphill run to transition and a climb to the castle on the run.
Sounds great - see you there!!![:D]
As I live in Bracknell and cycle to work (when the weathers nice!!) in Maidenhead, I actually comute along some of the cycle route. As an unfit fat bloke with a legacy racer the roads aren't too bad and only a couple testing hills - although they might be testing due to me only having 12 gears [:D]
I must confess the running route does look a little more challenging - it looks like it climbs up the hill that is parallel to the castle (opposite Eton bridge) which is quite steep, and you do it 3 times!!!
As a kid I used to swim in The Thames and I turned out ok[&:]
Scotty