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2015-05-17 5:59 AM


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Subject: First oly next weekend
Hey everyone, new to the sport of triathlon. I use to swim many years ago and just started training for triathlons this year!
Got my first olympic distance next weekend. Hoping to finish in 2hrs 30min or under!
i couldnt even swim 500mtrs bike 15km or run 2km 6 months ago!
WISH ME LUCK

2015-05-18 10:44 PM
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Hi.  Welcome to BT and good luck on your first Oly.  I don't know how old you are but I imagine you're a fair bit younger than me (65 this year).  

Don't worry about your time.  Once the race starts just keep calm and have fun.  It always amazes me how keyed up I get before the race but once I'm in the water swimming there is no stress you just get down to it and do the best you can.  Don't worry about the time.  Just relax and learn everything you can so you'll be faster next time.

Things will come up in the race and you will deal with them as you go (like flat tires or bad weather).  They may slow you down but don't panic just keep going.

I'm pretty slow in all three sports and I'm usually over 3 hours but I have a lot of fun and meet some pretty interesting people.

 

Come back next week and tell us how you did.

2015-05-23 2:03 AM
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Subject: RE: First oly next weekend
Hey thanks for that, the Olympic was today unfortunately really wet rough conditions so the swim was cancelled and replaced with a 4km run.
Rather happy with my results did it in 2hrs 15min 58 seconds.
under 1hr 10min for the 40km bike leg!
Unfortunately acids in my stomach played up in the last 10km leg of the run and i had to walk for a bit until it settled, so those gels and drinks will get a miss next time!

As you say the main thing is having a good time and i definitely enjoyed it all, even though it hailed during the ride haha
2015-05-23 7:41 AM
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That kinda sucks but good for you to suck it up and do very well.

They cancelled the swim at Age Group worlds in 2008, my chances of success died there. Run # 1 was 2.3 km. The water was cold 11c and would have utterly destroyed all the fast guys from warm climates
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