I am a triathlete!

[Synpax]

As of two weeks ago I did my first race. Disterous but educational. I picked up a tri coach after that and have another race medium dist in August and an iron man in November. <p>Any other tri people out there?

 

[pits97]

As of two weeks ago I did my first race. Disterous but educational. I picked up a tri coach after that and have another race medium dist in August and an iron man in November. <p>Any other tri people out there?

Done a couple of sprints, need to improve on the bike.

 

[Synpax]

Know what helped my bike tremendously (and my run?) Just getting my damn bike fitted right.

 

[silverfish]

No tri's, can't swin. Duathlons are more my speed.

 

[Synpax]

No tri's, can't swin. Duathlons are more my speed.

www.totalimmersion.net

 

[texasbrainsandbeef]

Well bro I am not there yet, but I am currently in the begining of my training for my first. It is also my comeback...I have been out of everything for 2 years with injury, sickness, and most of all....a condition known as "lazy ass". But I have a coach and I am working towards getting ready for it...and pointers or pearls of wisdom to give?

 

[Synpax]

Yeah - do your workouts.

Second pearl - get a Dell DJ Pocket (150) and a Yahoo Unlimited Subscription (unlimited music, $5 / mo) for running and biking.

Third - Totalimmersion.net.

 

[textridave]

I will doing some tris this year. I have taken a year off from them..

My first year I did six of them..

There are a couple of tri sites online that I am a member of that are really for information..

Which if the Ironman's are you doing this year?

As of two weeks ago I did my first race. Disterous but educational. I picked up a tri coach after that and have another race medium dist in August and an iron man in November. <p>Any other tri people out there?

 

[Synpax]

I will doing some tris this year. I have taken a year off from them..

My first year I did six of them..

There are a couple of tri sites online that I am a member of that are really for information..

Which if the Ironman's are you doing this year?

This is a really old post. I actually did FL in Nov and am registered again for next year.

I have 8 of them schedueled for this year plus a marathon and a 10k.

I check out trifuel but I think my coaches keep me pretty well informed.

 

[Dial_tone]

I'm dipping a toe in the multisport waters this year. I have a cycling background but little running and no swimming. This year will just be individual parts and maybe a sprint triathlon late summer. I have a half century bike ride in mid March and my first 5K run event on 4/1.

 

[silverfish]

I'm dipping a toe in the multisport waters this year. I have a cycling background but little running and no swimming. This year will just be individual parts and maybe a sprint triathlon late summer. I have a half century bike ride in mid March and my first 5K run event on 4/1.

Once you start, you can't stop. I did my first duathlon on a dare and now it's probably my greatest passion.

 

[treadwell]

Training to do a marathon in the fall of 06 myself...but also want to put on some muscle while I lean out, which I know won't be easy. What's your body composition like and how do you maintain / grow while training?

 

[MrsJnuts]

What do you eat to maintain muscle while losing BF on a tri training program? I'm thinking of training for a few sprint tri's this summer. I would like to lose 15 -20 lbs while maintaining/building up my leg muscles. I did 3 sprint tri's 3 years ago and just bought a Cannondale road bike. How do you break up your training? I know I asked alot of questions Thanks.

 

[Synpax]

This is an ancient post.

Just eat a lot of protien and carbs. You won't loose muscle.

Break up training? I do whatever my coach tells me.

 

[JayC9]

Did my first triathlon 6 days ago and thoroughly enjoyed it. Will be doing training trithlons with a local club (trinerds) every 4-5 weeks from now on and have registered for the Thailand Phuket Laguna international triathon in December. Should keep me off the beer till christmas.

Any golden words of wisdom from those who've done it before would be most welcome.

 

[Synpax]

Get a good coach.

Use Heart Rate Training.

 

[jnuts]

Use Heart Rate Training.

Zones 1 - 5c?

 

[rocky_road]

I can't wait to compete in my first one this summer!

 

[Synpax]

Zones 1 - 5c?

Yes, though in practice, nearly all of my training has been in either zone 2 or zone 4.

All of the long workouts on Z2. All of the shorter ones (threshold) on the track in 4.

On occasion for recovery after a marathon or something stuff has been zone 1. And while it is not written, time trials, races, and economy workouts can get into 5.

But yeah, you got it.

HR training only works really well when you can go do a VO2 Max test to get your hr zones calibrated.

Once you do that, get the Timex HRM or Timex Bodylink that has GPS too. When you go out for a Z2 run, set the alarm to go off when you fall outside the zone. That has helped me A LOT.

 

[Dial_tone]

I use the Karvonen formula for determining training zones and I try to skip Zone 3 also. You're training too hard to recover/burn fat but not hard enough to improve AT.

 

[reigninghard]

As of two weeks ago I did my first race. Disterous but educational. I picked up a tri coach after that and have another race medium dist in August and an iron man in November. <p>Any other tri people out there?

you just did your first race and youre doing an iron man in november? Good luck! thats a quick progression in my opinion. Ive done 5 Triathlons, Im concentrating on bodybuilding now....

 

[Synpax]

you just did your first race and youre doing an iron man in november? Good luck! thats a quick progression in my opinion. Ive done 5 Triathlons, Im concentrating on bodybuilding now....

Ah, this is ancient. Did the IM. Doing a tri this weekend. 11 races total this year, including a marathon and an IM.