Subject: stupid distance q / help me pick a race in the Southeast OK, I have a stupid question. One of the races I'm looking at is "International" distance, listed at 1000m /22mi/10k. I thought International = Oly, and that the Oly swim was 1500m?
I am going to do my first tri, a sprint, in April. Assuming I don't die and / or absolutely hate it I'm going to do the same race in September to see how far I've progressed in one season. I want to do one more, preferaby a different distance, mid-summer.
I'm looking at these 2:
I'm not expecting to be fast or anything, keep that in mind if you look at the training logs. I just want to complete the distance. Also, I am about to purchase a road bike -- my bike times are all on a mtb with knobby tires. I can comfortably complete a 10k running (slowly ) right now. I can comfortably sit on my mtb for 80 minutes (ok, not that comfortably, but you know what I mean ) on the trainer or road pedalling at 80-90rpm. I can comfortably swim 2000yds at 2:30 min / 100yds...I'm sure I could do more but I just don't have much time to schedule the swim workouts so I do 2x/week right now if that. I train in flatland, and both of these races are in hills. When I say comfortably, I mean I can finish those distances individually without needing a nap immediatly after, unless I am having a rotten day.
Is it sane to think i could keep my current level of training and do either of these distances this summer? I think so but I want other opinions.
Has anybody on here run both of these events and recommend one over the other?
Any tips/pointers?
Thanks! Sorry for the long post. |