Hi guys,
I'm not really sure where this goes, so I fugred here would be a good place.
So early July this year I got this crazy idea to enter my first Tri - 10 weeks to train & at the end of September I managed to finish it with a smile & wanting more.. See my article "I finally did it" for the details..
Since then, I've been going a bit mad... I tackled a sprint duathlon at the end of November
(2.5k/12k/2.5k
) and I've got to say that not being a strong runner does not help wih Duathlon.. however it does give me something to work on over the winter while the waters in the UK are too cold to swim. I came in 7th out of 13 in the novice catagory...
I've also registered for another 3 Duathlons in the first few months of next year - Jan/Feb & April, closely followed by tri's in May/June & the London Triathlon in August. All Duathlons & Tri's are sprint type distances, with the longest runs being 2 x 5k in the duathlons & 20k in each of the bike rides.
My wife also got me to sign up to a 10k run with her through central London in July...
So it seems I have a fairly busy time next year with something happening in almost every month from January through to September.
For info - Currently, my training consists of doing between 15k & 20k's running a week over 4 or 4 sessions with anywhere up to 40 or 50ks on my bike normally over 3 sessions. My swimming is fairly strong, so I tend to neglect it - wrong I know, but I normally get away with swimming at most 2 sessions a week.
The thing is, while I'm all excited about my new found joy for getting fit & racing against my PB - am I being over enthusiastic, do you think that this is fairly normal of someone interested & actively involved in the sport, or do you think I'm going to head into melt down part way through the year? What sort of schedule do most other people have, and how do you make sure you're not burning yourself out ?
Thanks for reading, & I'd be keen to hear what you have to say. Oh yes, one other thing... I'm in the decision making process over attempting the Monaco 70.3 in September