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shadowone1
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Ok,
Got my first tri tomorrow, been training all winter to give myself a solid base to work from this year.
Not confident about my swimming, cycling should be fine and run will be ok.
I'm doing a sprint at Edinburgh Uni and I'm not sure what sort of time I should be looking to post, but one things for sure I'm not wanting to be last!!!!
Anyway, anyone got a checklist so to speak of items they take with them (apart from the obv.)?
I know I'll prob not sleep tonight for thinking about it. I just don't know what to expect but at the same time I'm sooo looking forward to it.
Cheeerrrrsss
Got my first tri tomorrow, been training all winter to give myself a solid base to work from this year.
Not confident about my swimming, cycling should be fine and run will be ok.
I'm doing a sprint at Edinburgh Uni and I'm not sure what sort of time I should be looking to post, but one things for sure I'm not wanting to be last!!!!
Anyway, anyone got a checklist so to speak of items they take with them (apart from the obv.)?
I know I'll prob not sleep tonight for thinking about it. I just don't know what to expect but at the same time I'm sooo looking forward to it.
Cheeerrrrsss
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I'm in the same position as you.....I have my first tri on Sunday, and, yes, I'm seriously nervous too! So sorry no advice to offer re your question!!!!
As with you, my big issue is the swim....this has been a major challenge for me since I decided to enter a tri at Christmas! No idea what to expect re the swim, with 3,4,5? people sharing a lane at once! I think I will have a major sense of relief as I wobble from the pool to find my bike.
Good luck and I hope all goes well for you!
Probably a bit too organised for some, but I have a check list on Excel that I can email you if you want. I'm not saying its got everything on there but when I did my Tri's last year I didn't seem to be missing anything!!!
I suspect like most of us you dont feel you could win your first tri, but it will help you become more confidant for the next one.
Get a good nights sleep if you can, get up early and have a good breakfast, and drink a bottle of water if you can.
Leave for the event in plenty of time, and drink a bottle on thw way,just little sips you need to get plenty of fluid inside you.
Once there just go with the flow, look around, every person there will be worried to, but enjoy the day.
Make sure you take something to eat for when you get back from the run, you will need it, mostly protein would be good, couple of chicken breasts or some tuna.
But most of all enjoy it ( have i said that), let us know how you get on.
where is it
http://triathlon.racechecklist.com/
As said above relax and enjoy it - aim to finish first of all - dont overdo the swim. Don't panick and you will be fine. Give yourself plenty of time to look around the transition areas and see the entry and exit points and where you will pick up and leave your bike etc.
Set youself a benchmark figure for your next one but don't worry about times for your first one.
I recently did my first ever competitive event, a duathlon, and set my target of 1 hr 10 mins and did a 1hr 1min 46 - so was well chuffed This was based roughly on my times for each event in training, plus a little bit extra .
I would love a copy of that check list too..... jasoncull@fsmail.net
Can I just say thank you to those who wished me luck... Its really appreciated.
My main prob was inexperience. just didn't know what to expect and then when I was put in the first heat I was bricking myself.
Still loveed the experience (even when I fell after clipping into my pedals _ funnily enoughI laughed as conehead said in a prev thread that it would happen)
The bike section had a massive head wind that to be honest I wasn't able to cope with as my gear selection was terrible.
The run, well first lap was terrible as I've never experienced jelly legs like it. Point to note, a brick session of a turbo will not prepare you for jelly legs..... I was a mess trying to run the first lap.
Second lap was fine and I even managed a sprint to the end.
Summary..... loved it. Feel chuffed to bits.
Happy Days
been reading with interest, cant wait for mine now!
Bravo!
Well done and congratulations. When's the next? [:D]
so another one falls to the addiction that is tri-ing...onwards and upwards
I.
I've hit so many head-winds in training recently - and they always make life 100 times harder.
Best of luck for the rest of the season.
Did you get that feeling after that you cant wait for the next one? i know after each race i finish i have my post curry then cant wait to get out on the road again! (my legs tell me otherwise tho)...