2003 BeginnerTriathlete.com Triathlon Talk Forum Cold Christmas Holiday Mock Triathlon Challenge ...

more commonly known as the "BTTTFCCHMTC"

When: Dec 27,2003

What: A "mock" triahtlon (indoor/outdoor) to increase motivation for these cold indoor training days, and to get an evaluation point of reference.
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Distances --

Sprint: 500m swim, 13 mile bike, 3mi run (5K)
Olympic: 1500m swim, 26mi bike, 6mi run (10K)
1/2 IM: 1.2mi swim, 56mi bike, 13mi run
IM: 2.4 mi swim, 112mi bike, 26mi run
The Idiot Holiday Special: 5mi swim, 200mi bike, 50mi run.
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Why do I want to do this?

Training is always better with a deadline or test to meet. I have never done all three events in one day in succession. I want to do it to find my time for the three events at a race pace. Then, I want to do this again, at the end of Feb, and make sure my time goes down. I'll use this time as a reference point to evaluate my training.

I'm open to how we can do this. We can make it competitive or friendly. If there is interest, we can work out transition time limitations, equipment limitations, etc.

I'll be doing this at the YMCA. I'll swim, get out of the pool, throw on some socks, shoes, shorts and t-shirt (won't dry off ... 2-3 minutes) and hit the lifecycle , then, I'll jump right up and go right to the treadmill (10 seconds). I won't count the transition times in my total time.

Again, my main goal is to record a december time, and make sure my febuary time is lower than my decemeber time (by a good amount too).

Do you have what it takes? (Okay, a feeble attempt at peer pressure).

Edited by TripleThreat 2003-12-12 6:10 PM