Where are your strengths and weaknesses? (Page 2)

Currrently... 

• Average to strong swim.
• Average bike
• Average to strong run.

I started out as...

• Can't swim more than 25m
• Bought a bike and though 20mi was a LONG ride
• Average runner (9:00/mi)

In the last two years I consistently swam with lots of focus on drills and endurance. (enough to be first M35-39 after 1,500m last weekend).  I've run consistently as well, adding tempo runs after an 18-month base of slow and steady.  I've also run two marathons and 4 1/2-marathons.  I need to put some T.I.T.S. to bring me up to speed on the bike.

Strength: Swim (Former DI Swimmer)
Weakness: Bike - Just started back on a bike a few months ago and just don't have the time in the saddle I need.  But I'm working on it.
In between: Run - Not strong but not weak either, sort of middle of the pack.

Strong bike (shocker) - weak swim (shocker)

I chalk it up to oh, I don't know .... 5 years of USCF road racing and 4,000+ miles a year for years?  And not doing any real swimming other than one season in '91 at my Jr. college.

Stronger run - I'm not fast, but can go all day.

Learned how to swim exactly 12 months ago, but it's not my weakest area....I like it a lot more than I thought I would.

Pathetic biker....I don't spend enough time with it, so I guess it's my fault.  Looking to change that this year.

I picked strong run / weak swim.  Running is the strongest of the three because I spend the most time doing it   I'm a weak swimmer because I don't spend enough time in the pool.  40 minutes so far for this month.  It's my own fault that I'm a weak swimmer!  Maybe one day I'll be able to pick "good at all!"

Strongest: Swimming. 

Why: Started swimming at age of 4 for Boston (UK).

Weakest:  At the moment it's a toss up between bike and running.

Why:  Last week (273km) was my first week back on a bike in 12 years.  Coming back from injury on the running side.

More time in the saddle and out on the road/trails needed

umm, swimming is the weakest.  Can't tread, don't float. And there are things in the open water that scare me.

Pretty decent runner, decent biker. Room to improve on both, probably more so on the bike.

I WILL start swimming after Western States....I swear. 

If the shoe fits.... 

Strong: Bike

Weak: Things that are not bike.

I put "good at all three" but it really should be consistant at all three.  In my recent races my finishing % in each discipine is pretty consistant between all three.  Below are my results from my last oly out of 240 overall.  Placing consistantly in all three actually puts me in a decent overall finishing place.

I would not say I am strong at anything really just slightly better than average but at least consistant.

I really enjoy all 3 sports also but for different reason.  Swimming was hardest for me so I like the fact I have improved.  I was decent at cycling from the beginning but I like saying I am going out to ride 50 mile and the looks on peoples faces kill me.  I think I enjoy running because so many people hate it.

   O/A         O/A Male      A/G Male
Swim  38th            31st                7th
T1       29th            24th               5th
Bike    37th            28th               10th
T2       11th            9th                 2nd (T) 
Run     30th            22nd              8th
Total   19th            16th               9th

Strength - swim. I swam competitively up until college.

Weakness - bike. I have the least amount of experience with it and I'm a little afraid of getting hit by a car.

Because relative novices such as myself appreciate the time you take to thoroughly answer questions regarding the bike (primarily).

Don't go changin', sty...you da' man.

Chris

some quite interesting reading here

I'm surprised to see so many strong swimmers - among the 'Pirates' that sign up to do Ironman its nearly always the swim tat people are most are afraid of and consider themselves weakest at.

 I consider myself STRONG SWIM - i have always swam since i was 3 but never formally trained and never competitively - i had bronchitis type problems for the first 13-14 yrs of my life and it was swimming every day during the school summer holidays that sorted me out, i have also been on a TI weekend that helped a lot - im not a fast swimmer but i consider it my strongest 

WEAK BIKE -i get very little time to train on the bike - finding 40mins for a swim or 60-90 for a run is easy, even a long run every other week is not a problem, but when it comes to finding 3-5hrs to get out for a bike ride i find it hard to do - I am also quite a large guy at 210lbs which doesn't hep on the hills - i feel i could be reasonable on the bike if i trained on it a bit more as during IMDE i went thru the 100mile mark at just over 5hrs

I am a competent runner, although not that fast (45min 10k) and have been known to run up to 30mile training runs - but i don't think i'll improve much more - although i am aiming for a sub 3:30 marathon in the spring (Paris or London)