Tri / Triathlon / Triathlons - do they float your boat?

I know noone is replying but maybe if I keep posting this thread will come to life...

Guilty. I always read new posts in this thread but don't often reply.

And if the Jamie mentioned above is the "JAMIE" from the running thread, then a beast indeed. Does anyone have his splits?

22 1/2, 58, 38

Thanks bud, all in all a pretty rubbish race even though 6th seems like a decent result. I fell to bits on the run, and got taken by a couple of lads in my wave at the last knockings. My whole race should have been quicker, but might be suffering from a bug as was sick for the rest of the day.

Well done to the others that raced, hope you enjoyed it.

Jamie 6th over all, what a beast.

Good result, considering otherwise - How's the training going otherwise?

My times (which I was very pleased with up until reading all yours)

overall: 02:28:25
Swim:00:29:01
T1:00:05:27
Bike:01:04:06
T2:00:03:34
Run:00:46:20

Chain came off in T1

Is transition several miles long!?

I reckon I can do changes in under a minute not including a long run to and from a rack.

Still you're quicker than my best olympic time so well done, and transition is easy to make quick wins in!

It's a longish transition, and easy to get caught up behind stragglers from other waves, on a narrow path.

Quickest T1 was 2:38, quickest T2 was 1:38

my chain came off in the first one!

And i was very tired in the second one. Its quite a long way too. so shhhhh

Hmmm the new wetsuit I ordered for the Henley Classic swim came with a small nick in the rubber. I contacted the sales folk and they said I could race in the suit and then send it back for a new one. A month later I eventually get news that there is a package downstairs for me so like a kid at christmas I run down to get it. Instead of a shiny new wetsuit, I find the exact same suit with a dab of black witch over the cut.

Whats more, when I sent the suit back to them I carefully wrapped it up in all the original box and packaging etc and sent it back at my own expense. They sent the it back to me stuffed into a half sealed DHL bag.

Less than delighted.

In an ideal world you would have rejected the delivery but I'd send it back again with a letter or a call demanding a new replacement or a full refund...

That's shocking behaviour! You could have mended it yourself!

Anyone doing the National Relays in Nottingham next week.
I'm heading up there straight after the forum tarck day.

Should be good practice as its only a short 15k bike leg.
Thinking of removing my bottle cages

But this is the closest thing to a pissup that triatheletes get

http://www.onestepbeyond.org.uk/national-club-relay-champs.php

Was called in to do it as a ringer last year. We had a paddling pool filled with ice and booze in the campsite after :-)

Won't be there this year though.

Just been sent some press clipping with my name on, highlighting I won last months dorney evening sprint tri, it later goes on to say it was my age group!

The next race is tonight and I'm hoping that not eating half a roast chicken 2 hours before the race will help my performance!

Finished Ironman UK up in Bolton a month ago, 13:01 as the 2nd youngest competitor suited me just fine for a first attempt. Looking to find a fast uk based half Ironman event for next summer, anyone got any recommendations?

challenge Henley next September?

i'm thinking of doing the full distance version...

oh and well done on IMUK.

Any reason for doing a half next year instead?

Cheers, I'm off to uni and would rather focus on a fast half than having to worry about fitting in 100mile rides etc. Also to be honest I found the event itself quite boring, 6+ hours of cycling by yourself is a bit of a drag. I'll wait until I'm 23/4 before aiming for another full IM and then try and qualify for Kona, until then I'd like to target half's I think.

My uncle's done the full at Henley, was actually his slowest race yet, the bad weather took its toll. September is probably too late for me, I'd rather get it out of the way earlier in the year so I can relax a bit through the summer. Was looking at Ironman 70.3 Mallorca if I went abroad but thats really early, mid May, and looks like quite a tough field for qualifying in

I'm doing the full distance in Henley this year and went and looked at the course last weekend. The road surface isn't great but they are touting it as being one of the faster bike courses for UK Ironmen - Howe Hill is the only real climb and it's over before you know it.

Focussing on half distance sounds reasnable enough and if you can build some speed then it should be possible to carry it through to a strong full distance performance. I'm not sure what courses are considered fast, but I enjoyed both Balla and Cowman, and Helvellyn/Wasdale are awesome events.

looks like quite a tough field for qualifying in
Qualifying for what? You don't need to qualify for IM events, other than Kona, I thought?

I would avoid the IM brand ones in any case - they are daftly overpriced.

Try this site for choosing your next big race.

Who is up for a full distance June / July next year then?

Qualifying for what? You don't need to qualify for IM events, other than Kona, I thought?

http://www.ironman.com/triathlon/events/americas/ironman-70.3/world-championship.aspx#axzz2ccNCD8JM

You have to qualify for the 70.3 worlds the same as Kona :)

@ewan If you haven't done a September race before, be mindful of a cold first 20miles or so on the bike if you're not prepared, that's all I know about the course. (other than swallowing Thames water makes you throw up)

The price isn't too much of an issue for me because I'll probably do it through a charity which pays your entry if you raise enough money for them. Even if you raised say £850 of the £1000 you have to pledge, then topped up the £150 yourself it would be cheaper than the standard entry cost :)

did any of you find the full distance too long to feel like a race? I found it a bit of a drain to be honest

the thames in Henley has no particular reason to throw up, i've been swimming further down the river pretty consistently for the last 3 months wiuthout an issue...

I'd have thought that cold could be an issue with september or any other month in the year in the UK, but in the last few years September has been one of the better months.

I can certainly understand finding it long, but i would expect training would massively increase your boredom threshold, given that would be hours spent looking at the bottom of a swimming pool! Then again Bolton is probably less inspiring than Majorca, Lanzarote or Henley for that matter.

Haha probably a nutrition thing then!

Well I like cycling because of the social side to it, and swimming with a club is quite social too. Running isn't too bad because you don't need to do more than a couple of hours. But in the race, it's every man for himself and everyone seemed to go a bit anti social, apart from this one brilliant guy who was hobbling along looking in quite a lot of pain but kept shouting encouragement to people along the route :)

The Bolton bike course had potential, there were quite a few nice roads through the surrounding countryside but the majority was on B roads. The med might be the place to be. Nice looks cracking but there's no half IM there...

I am doing the Dublin triathlon this weekend. The swim is in the River Liffey, 750m upstream, then turn and swim 750m downstream. Should I assume that this would make the swim the same time as swimming in a lake? ie. swimming upstream will be slower than normal and swimming downstream will be faster?

Possibly a bit faster in my experience, hug the bank on the way upstream and then sit in the middle on the way back!

10th in my club champs tonight, 1.05.17 for a sprint distance, so 2.5 minutes quicker than 4 weeks ago!

Well done!