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sub 1 hour sprint (is it possible?)
apana790
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I was wondering if i could possibly be able to do a sub 1 hour sprint tri by the end of the season? The course im plannin to attempt it is the North west tri one in cheshire. Ive done the fun events on the course 3 times already so im familiar with it. Anyway I can swim 500m in 8.00, bike 20km in 32.06 and run 5 km in 17.30 all of this adds up to 57.36 but there obviously will be transitions involved and i doubt that i will be able to race full out in all 3 disciplines in one race . What are your opinions on this or have i set the bar too high?
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Brinscall sprint Tri,near Chorley,27 sep.
Best of luck.
www.chorleytri.co.uk
that 2:23 will need to cover
* getting out of the pool
* running to bike
* helmet on
* bike off rack
* run to mount line (assumes bike shoes on bike, if not add bike or runners on, assumes trisuit worn)
then
*run from dismount to racking
*rack bike
*helmet off
* runners on (if not on already and cycled in them)
*run to "run out"
If the tri you are doing has short runs to transition from pool and dismount, and equally of course short runs from transition to mount and to run out then you may well be able to do this yes!
Anything with a long run between disciplines and transition will I suspect hamper your effort e.g. salisbury for example has a 200m at least run from t1 to mount and back again.
didds
It's a fast course (the top 5 always go under 1 hour) and i have transition practiced to perfection, shoes attached to bike etc (although my display in trentham didn't reflect all the time i spent perfecting my transitions) . It would be amazing to break the hour in first season of properly competing and being in A category (15-16). If i have a bad day then it's no biggie, there's always next year
Sub 1 hour, I'll tell you after I've done London on Saturday