Who's running?
1724, my second and probably last one...gotta beat my first time!
1724, my second and probably last one...gotta beat my first time!
hopefully they are swimming and riding as well.CATAGBQ04 said:
Who's running?
P.U.T.U said:
You do long days in practice so it is just another day. We did a few rides of 120 miles or so
Having seen my wife train for and run a marathon, that makes sense. [But race day sure wasn't easy]. There's no way I have the time to train for an IM for 6 months.AggieOO said:
If you train right, race day is the easy part. The 6 months of training is harder, IMO.
I thought the exact same thing after my first couple seasons. The mileage jump seems so huge. Even after my first 70.3 the thought of doing double that just blew my mind. But as others have mentioned, you just build up that mileage and eventually it starts to seems like something you can actually do.JDL 96 said:
I can't fathom doing a 12-15+ hour event. Especially 110 miles on the bike? How do you guys do it?!?! I ask as someone in my 3rd season of triathlons. I've done a number of Olympics and will do my first 70.3 at Buffalo Springs in June.
Good luck! Looks like good weather, especially compared to previous years.CATAGBQ04 said:
Who's running?
1724, my second and probably last one...gotta beat my first time!
so you are saying I shouldn't have gone from sprint to IM?Crazy Ag 97 said:
The best advice I ever got was not to rush into the longer distances to soon, to enjoy triathlon at each distance for a couple seasons to set a goal at each distance before progressing to the next one. For me, it was sub-2:45 Olympic (first one was a 3:15) before moving to 70.3, sub-5:30 70.3 (first one was a 6:20) before moving to a full. having those goals let me build my mileage and my speed before jumping into full's. That said, I am probably done with the full, the soon-to-be wife was extremely supportive in 2016 with the understanding that Lake Placid and Arizona would be my last ones.
CATAGBQ04 said:
Who's running?
1724, my second and probably last one...gotta beat my first time!
Training. Meh!AggieOO said:
If you train right, race day is the easy part. The 6 months of training is harder, IMO.
i completely forgot they re-routed using the toll road. blech!dave99ag said:
Y'all have fun on the Hardy.
That's very solid advice. This is season 3 for me and I'm doing my first 70.3 at the end of June. We'll see where that takes me. I'm pretty sure I'll be closer to 7 hours for it. We'll see.Crazy Ag 97 said:I thought the exact same thing after my first couple seasons. The mileage jump seems so huge. Even after my first 70.3 the thought of doing double that just blew my mind. But as others have mentioned, you just build up that mileage and eventually it starts to seems like something you can actually do.JDL 96 said:
I can't fathom doing a 12-15+ hour event. Especially 110 miles on the bike? How do you guys do it?!?! I ask as someone in my 3rd season of triathlons. I've done a number of Olympics and will do my first 70.3 at Buffalo Springs in June.
The best advice I ever got was not to rush into the longer distances to soon, to enjoy triathlon at each distance for a couple seasons to set a goal at each distance before progressing to the next one. For me, it was sub-2:45 Olympic (first one was a 3:15) before moving to 70.3, sub-5:30 70.3 (first one was a 6:20) before moving to a full. having those goals let me build my mileage and my speed before jumping into full's. That said, I am probably done with the full, the soon-to-be wife was extremely supportive in 2016 with the understanding that Lake Placid and Arizona would be my last ones.
Ha, that's fair, but I'd say you had a touch more fitness than most when you started in tri. When I go that advice in my first season, I was a solid 70 pounds heavier than I am now, and could barely do a mile under 12:00.AggieOO said:so you are saying I shouldn't have gone from sprint to IM?Crazy Ag 97 said:
The best advice I ever got was not to rush into the longer distances to soon, to enjoy triathlon at each distance for a couple seasons to set a goal at each distance before progressing to the next one. For me, it was sub-2:45 Olympic (first one was a 3:15) before moving to 70.3, sub-5:30 70.3 (first one was a 6:20) before moving to a full. having those goals let me build my mileage and my speed before jumping into full's. That said, I am probably done with the full, the soon-to-be wife was extremely supportive in 2016 with the understanding that Lake Placid and Arizona would be my last ones.
I'd run ultras and ridden my bike from Texas to Alaska though, so my "jump" wasn't that big, except on the swim.
I'm lucky in that my wife does endurance sport too, and we did her first IM together. Part of her ultimate decision to to her first was seeing me do my first two.
I know I want to do another IM some day, but I'm not mentally ready to put in the training. It takes way less time to train for a 100 miler, even though the 100 is way harder than the IM.
everyone's schedules and priorities are different, but i know plenty of people that have kids and do IM, even people with young kids.easttexasaggie04 said:
FOR SURE do an IM before you have kids. I have a 4 year old and a 4 month old. I'd love to do IMTX in 2018 but I would have to do 100% of my training before work every morning. There just isn't enough time.
Whistler 2018?Crazy Ag 97 said:Ha, that's fair, but I'd say you had a touch more fitness than most when you started in tri. When I go that advice in my first season, I was a solid 70 pounds heavier than I am now, and could barely do a mile under 12:00.AggieOO said:so you are saying I shouldn't have gone from sprint to IM?Crazy Ag 97 said:
The best advice I ever got was not to rush into the longer distances to soon, to enjoy triathlon at each distance for a couple seasons to set a goal at each distance before progressing to the next one. For me, it was sub-2:45 Olympic (first one was a 3:15) before moving to 70.3, sub-5:30 70.3 (first one was a 6:20) before moving to a full. having those goals let me build my mileage and my speed before jumping into full's. That said, I am probably done with the full, the soon-to-be wife was extremely supportive in 2016 with the understanding that Lake Placid and Arizona would be my last ones.
I'd run ultras and ridden my bike from Texas to Alaska though, so my "jump" wasn't that big, except on the swim.
I'm lucky in that my wife does endurance sport too, and we did her first IM together. Part of her ultimate decision to to her first was seeing me do my first two.
I know I want to do another IM some day, but I'm not mentally ready to put in the training. It takes way less time to train for a 100 miler, even though the 100 is way harder than the IM.
Yea, the fianc does marathons, so she gets it....sort of. She likes when I'm training, it's just the 3 sport commitment that's hard for to handle. I thought I was good with not doing another Ironman after shattering my goals at AZ, but seeing all my friends getting ready for TX this week has me thinking that I definitely want to do another Ironman. Not at the moment, but possibly in 2018 or 2019, getting her buy in will be the hardest part.
AggieOO said:i completely forgot they re-routed using the toll road. blech!dave99ag said:
Y'all have fun on the Hardy.
We do already have a place to stay there for cheap....drewbie08 said:Whistler 2018?Crazy Ag 97 said:Ha, that's fair, but I'd say you had a touch more fitness than most when you started in tri. When I go that advice in my first season, I was a solid 70 pounds heavier than I am now, and could barely do a mile under 12:00.AggieOO said:so you are saying I shouldn't have gone from sprint to IM?Crazy Ag 97 said:
The best advice I ever got was not to rush into the longer distances to soon, to enjoy triathlon at each distance for a couple seasons to set a goal at each distance before progressing to the next one. For me, it was sub-2:45 Olympic (first one was a 3:15) before moving to 70.3, sub-5:30 70.3 (first one was a 6:20) before moving to a full. having those goals let me build my mileage and my speed before jumping into full's. That said, I am probably done with the full, the soon-to-be wife was extremely supportive in 2016 with the understanding that Lake Placid and Arizona would be my last ones.
I'd run ultras and ridden my bike from Texas to Alaska though, so my "jump" wasn't that big, except on the swim.
I'm lucky in that my wife does endurance sport too, and we did her first IM together. Part of her ultimate decision to to her first was seeing me do my first two.
I know I want to do another IM some day, but I'm not mentally ready to put in the training. It takes way less time to train for a 100 miler, even though the 100 is way harder than the IM.
Yea, the fianc does marathons, so she gets it....sort of. She likes when I'm training, it's just the 3 sport commitment that's hard for to handle. I thought I was good with not doing another Ironman after shattering my goals at AZ, but seeing all my friends getting ready for TX this week has me thinking that I definitely want to do another Ironman. Not at the moment, but possibly in 2018 or 2019, getting her buy in will be the hardest part.