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@Colm89
Signed up for my first crack at a tri tomorrow morning, bit nervous, haven’t been nervous for a race in a long time!
Seeing some form coming through in the swim, came 9th in an open water 3km last week in shitty choppy conditions with a time of 53 mins, so should hopefully be up there in the 1500m.
Bike, my ftp is back up to 291w, trending in the right direction but a way off my 330w ftp of old. Internet suggests 85-95% of ftp for a standard distance tri, so I’ll try to hover around 260w +/- 10w.
Haven’t done much running at all, and never more than about 5km off the bike, so it’ll be a case of holding on for dear life at that stage.
Beyond a non serious relay tri, I’ve never actually practiced transition, but I learned a lot from that relay. Not using socks for the cycle, and only using ankle socks for the run. Have a race belt and elastic laces. I’ve played through transitions in my mind a good bit, what could go wrong.
Fuelling, decent breakfast at 7am, some fruit at 9am, and maybe a gel just before the swim at 9.50am, and maybe a gel just as I start the cycle, and again just coming to the finish, or else just commit a few seconds in each transition to inhaling a gel?