Following my sightseeing tour (as navigated by Ris) i'm pretty happy with the bike route - well, as happy as one can be about three big b***ard hills placed in extremely evil points about the course.
i just wish i was as confident about my swimming ability, they don't have cut off times do they?
I've not swum in a 50m pool either. Had a couple of lessons in a 33m and that was definately harder. Gonna try and get over to the pool one day next week for a quick practice.
i'm swum in the 50m at bath a few times - great pool, constant 2m depth. it's a little colder than a normal pool but after a lap you feel fine. not sure which end you get out of - one end is raised for racing dive starts so getting out that end over the top can be a little hard.
i always get the same thought in my first lap - at 25m i think 'this is great, i feel like i could swim forever' and by 35 'where is the end of this thing, i've been swimming forever'. after a lap or two it you get into a rhythm and don't even notice.
I went to uni at Bath and certainly remember the hills although I never did manage to ride right up from the city centre - going home took half the time though
I do remember the pool with affection though, I like swimming in a 50 m but it does seem to slow your split times down rather. It is a good pool though - 2 m all the way down and it was always a decent temperature as well.
the 2009 briefing doc recommends it, although i might struggle as it's my daughter's birthday party that day. sneaking off for a couple of hours to get my race number and chip when there is disaster area cake to clean up might make me unpopular!
it's only open for 2hours on the sat, so if i make it then there's a fair chance i'll see some bcttt members there.
I'm going to try and get over on the Saturday to register, but I'm coming down from the Midlands so we'll see. Emailed to change my team name to BCTTT so hopefully that will come good.
Still quite nervous about the time as it'll be a long swim for me but i've just seen that there are a couple of guys with estimated times of 50mins and 1hr in the next lane so i'll just keep them company.
I've emailed about adding the BCTTT membership to my entry but not heard anything back, oh if only we had our shiny new kits
Does anyone know how the pool waves work? Do you go off in like 10 second intervals or what? and do you wear the chip for the whole race including the swim, or just the run and bike?
dan, the race briefing doc says the timing chip is to be worn on the ankle, and i'm assuming it would be for the whole race (swim included). i'm guessing 10 sec between competitors in the waves (8 to lane), but there isn't anything on this is in the doc that i could see.
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You doing the sprint or olympic?
Following my sightseeing tour (as navigated by Ris) i'm pretty happy with the bike route - well, as happy as one can be about three big b***ard hills placed in extremely evil points about the course.
i just wish i was as confident about my swimming ability, they don't have cut off times do they?
That's gonna be pretty close.
Best throw in a couple of extra sessions beforehand to bring it up a bit.
otherwise, i'll be the one at the finish line handing out the guinness
no idea on race no or wave time yet.
hopefully meet up with some of you on the balcony of the sports village after the race is over.
OK so apparently the thread about the bike course last week went straight past me although I did write on it!
I'm nervous about the 50m pool; never swum in one before and think I might really miss that pushoff every 25m!
i always get the same thought in my first lap - at 25m i think 'this is great, i feel like i could swim forever' and by 35 'where is the end of this thing, i've been swimming forever'. after a lap or two it you get into a rhythm and don't even notice.
I went to uni at Bath and certainly remember the hills although I never did manage to ride right up from the city centre - going home took half the time though
I do remember the pool with affection though, I like swimming in a 50 m but it does seem to slow your split times down rather. It is a good pool though - 2 m all the way down and it was always a decent temperature as well.
Hope you all have fun!
VAM
Think I probably will.
it's only open for 2hours on the sat, so if i make it then there's a fair chance i'll see some bcttt members there.
bath standard waves
i'm wave 8, 9.25am, no 435.
Down for 7.30! Can beat the wave time in by 5mins now.
Have emailed it see if i can change.
I'm going to try and get over on the Saturday to register, but I'm coming down from the Midlands so we'll see. Emailed to change my team name to BCTTT so hopefully that will come good.
Still quite nervous about the time as it'll be a long swim for me but i've just seen that there are a couple of guys with estimated times of 50mins and 1hr in the next lane so i'll just keep them company.
I've emailed about adding the BCTTT membership to my entry but not heard anything back, oh if only we had our shiny new kits
dan, the race briefing doc says the timing chip is to be worn on the ankle, and i'm assuming it would be for the whole race (swim included). i'm guessing 10 sec between competitors in the waves (8 to lane), but there isn't anything on this is in the doc that i could see.