brand newbie - help!
woodsleh
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well, not only is this my first ever post to a forum, but today is my second official day of training having signed up yesterday to a sprint distance at the end of june and a classic in august. so, i thought i had better carry out an initial feasibility study to test my fitness and triathlon potential: it took me 35 mins to swim 1500m yesterday and my arms felt like they were going to fall off. this morning i did 30k on a bike in the gym and then promptly fell off the back of the treadmill when i tried to start running... i don't think this is going to go well for me!! i also plan on wearing my summer surfing wetsuit and i only have a mountain bike of very questionable roadworthiness.
i am so worried that i'm going to be frowned at for being a complete triathlon heathen and hated for being slow by everyone!
any advice/reassurance would be greatly appreciated!!
i am so worried that i'm going to be frowned at for being a complete triathlon heathen and hated for being slow by everyone!
any advice/reassurance would be greatly appreciated!!
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This forum will gives you heaps of help and advice and a few good laughs to boot too!
Regarding your training - too much too soon is the answer there! You need to let your body adapt to the new regime before you start brick sessions (jumping off bike to run or swim etc). The jelly legs episode is hilarious I know - happens to me too- hence the fact that I don't use the treadmill for it but actually run off somewhere instead. It will only take a minute or two before your knees come down and you cease the John Cleese impressions and actually start to run properly.
Log in to the forum as often as possible and you will find all sorts of levels of triathletes, from complete beginners (like me) to elite, like Conehead and many more... Do also buy Coneheads book How Triathlon Ruined My Life, great fun and a lot of info in there that makes you realise YOU ARE NOT ALONE!
Good luck with the training!
the rookie training day looks good.
glad the training dramas aren't just me, will have a nose around the rest of the forum to find out what everyone else is up to - it's pretty daunting not knowing anything when most seem so accomplished in their training/competing!!
also thinking of joining a club but not sure of the welcome i'll get - they all say they cater for all standards, but do they really?
and i doubt anybody will ridicule or be cross with you...everybody started somewhere....right???
hope it goes well...for you and for me....