So if you could go back...

Britspin · May 2009

Not to do it??????

Britspin · May 2009

In the spirit of Coneheads training weekend & FAQ session...what was the main 'I wish someone had told me that' moment in your first race(s)?

Jack Hughes · May 2009

Not so much a race thing, but mine is "I would have stopped running for a week or two as soon as I felt the first twinges in the knee back in January, or was it December even".

Jules · May 2009

First race? I'd have believed everyone who tried to explain about wobbly legs and how brick sessions might be a good idea.

Jesster · May 2009

That even if i get really f*#cked during a race, i will recover in, say, a few seconds of stopping.

Fact.

PC_67 · May 2009

I did my first race in 1998 and it took me 6 years to do my second.

For my first race I wish someone had told me that playing football 2 or 3 times a week is not ample preparation for running 10k off a 40k bike.

scott_burrows · May 2009

That I could somehow come up with so much money to buy triathlon gear..

BexH · May 2009

Thanks to becoming a member of this wonderful forum I didn't actually have a 'wish someone had told me that' moment at my first tri. It all went quite smoothly thank goodness! Cheers to all those who offer friendly and good advice even if they have repeated it hundreds of times before!!!

jibby26 · May 2009

That toughing it out and "being a man" when trying to run over 300m of gravel/loose grit in T1 bare foot is a bad idea. Given it was allowed, taking your run shoes pool side would have made for much quicker transition and probably improved speed in the run too.

willieverfinish · May 2009

I would have followed through my 3 sports at county level when I was at school and taken up Triathlons at an earlier age.

Instead I found a social life. beer, fags ( the kind you smoke) and lost everything fitness wise.

Now at 31 - I have the chance to put it right....... Why don't we listen to our parents ?

So if you could go back...

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