Subject: RE: upping the distance. I certainly don't think your age is a limiter! Okay, I took a quick glance at your training log and see the biking seems to be a problem for you. You don't have many miles this year and you also complained about not being fast. The problem with longer distance triathlon is that it starts to get really bike heavy. You will need to multiple your time on the bike by about 5 just to be prepared for an Olympic distance race. Longer races than that, you need a lot more bike time. You can look at time cutoffs for the races you are interested in, but I think you need to average at least 14 mph for a 112 mile bike ride (8 hours ) to get by at the bare minimum. I would work on biking first. Find ways to ride more, do you have a good bike? Can you join a cycling group to have support on longer rides? See if it's fun and manageable to do more biking. If you can get that up, I think you can proceed in upping the distance. It's all just a matter of time and commitment. |