Congratulations ManDownUnder

[Keystone19]

OK, I'll be doing the du, not the tri... let's see, what's sprint distance, 20km bike (40 min), 5km run (25 min), so 1:05 plus transition time, I suppose. I hain't done one-a these thangs befo' so it's just a guess.

I suppose I really should go out with a stopwatch and GPS and time-trial myself beforehand.

lol. I think you do a run, then a ride, then a run don't you?

Better check the website: www.peoplestri.com

yeah, maybe this time I'll remember to time my splits in the race. Do you think I should wear a watch?

[ManDownUnder]

Nicely done, MDU.

Now that Race One is under your belt, what time will you be shooting for on 4 December?

To be fair I don't know. I did 47:44 (STOP LAUGHING) this time around, and I don't know what improvements to expect. I don;t know what WOULD be a good improvement and what is just plain dreaming etc.

I want to come out of it signficantly better than last time - I'll not be jet lagged and not full of Texan food... so something good is as good as I can do.

I felt like a fat man running surrounded by all the bloody gazelles that have been doing it for years though... shite! There are some powerful cyclists out there too!

[ManDownUnder]

Congrats that Man (Down Under). A KB team? Oh yeah I can see it now...
And Dover attempts to hand off to Juzzer (who drops his beer) and in the process misses the corner and ends up over the fence in the paddock. Sarge comes running up smokes at the ready. Mikey is there supporting of course - being dragged off by Bykey Cop for throwing broken glass at the competitors. And Winja's just standing there shouting "LOUD NOISES"... Yep that'll be a competitive team!

Yeah good call... If it's not competitve I will fit right in. It's actually fun... in a bloody exhausting kind of a way.

I have a feeling team MILF was there... in fact I know they were... (they just didn't know it...)

[Colapop]

Yeah good call... If it's not competitve I will fit right in. It's actually fun... in a bloody exhausting kind of a way.

I have a feeling team MILF was there... in fact I know they were... (they just didn't know it...)

MILF, MILF!!??? I I I I'm a try-athlete... I am honest... Yummy Mummies and lycra mmmmmm.....

[ManDownUnder]

To put it in perspective though...

I did 12,699.1km in 19:47:44 and the first 19 hours were the hardest

[jrandom]

I think you do a run, then a ride, then a run don't you?

The duathlon appears to be just ride-then-run. So I'll stick with a 1:05 target for the sprint distance.

Do you think I should wear a watch?

Do you have a waterproof one? I guess so. I'll just be wearing my Polar HR monitor and using the stopwatch function.

I did 47:44 (STOP LAUGHING) this time around, and I don't know what improvements to expect...

Nobody's laughing! Particularly not me, who finished in the bottom 15% of my division [edit: 2:09:55, NOW who's laughing eh...] at the Kerikeri half marathon on Saturday.

I take it that was the Try-A-Tri distance?

I'm a total triathlon n00b. As you see here, I won't even be *doing* the tri to start with. I haven't swum in more than a decade, and I want to get a bit of training in before I try to race in the water.

Talking of improvements, I got a 10bpm improvement in resting heart rate from a 3 week BodyO2 course (simulated altitude training, the Auckland office is in Mt Eden). It seems to make the biggest difference for untrained lumps like us who are still far from our genetic potential, and it might be a good way for you to ramp up your training gain rate. I recommend checking it out. Bit pricey, but hey, you only live once eh?

[Colapop]

Talking of improvements, I got a 10bpm improvement in resting heart rate from a 3 week BodyO2 course (simulated altitude training, the Auckland office is in Mt Eden). It seems to make the biggest difference for untrained lumps like us who are still far from our genetic potential, and it might be a good way for you to ramp up your training gain rate. I recommend checking it out. Bit pricey, but hey, you only live once eh?

I used BodyO2 for rugby in my last season and it makes a huge difference. It's quite good for recovery too. They have a franchise dowm here too.

[Keystone19]

The duathlon appears to be just ride-then-run. So I'll stick with a 1:05 target for the sprint distance.



Do you have a waterproof one? I guess so. I'll just be wearing my Polar HR monitor and using the stopwatch function.



Nobody's laughing! Particularly not me, who finished in the bottom 15% of my division [edit: 2:09:55, NOW who's laughing eh...] at the Kerikeri half marathon on Saturday.

I take it that was the Try-A-Tri distance?

I'm a total triathlon n00b. As you see here, I won't even be *doing* the tri to start with. I haven't swum in more than a decade, and I want to get a bit of training in before I try to race in the water.

Talking of improvements, I got a 10bpm improvement in resting heart rate from a 3 week BodyO2 course (simulated altitude training, the Auckland office is in Mt Eden). It seems to make the biggest difference for untrained lumps like us who are still far from our genetic potential, and it might be a good way for you to ramp up your training gain rate. I recommend checking it out. Bit pricey, but hey, you only live once eh?

You're just technically embedded...you need to go with the flow...

Talk to MDU about swimming, he has the answer...

Trouble with wearing a watch is it doesn't fit well under the wetsuit which is...ahem...rather fitting you know...

[ManDownUnder]

Nobody's laughing! Particularly not me, who finished in the bottom 15% of my division [edit: 2:09:55, NOW who's laughing eh...] at the Kerikeri half marathon on Saturday.

I take it that was the Try-A-Tri distance?

I'm a total triathlon n00b. As you see here, I won't even be *doing* the tri to start with. I haven't swum in more than a decade, and I want to get a bit of training in before I try to race in the water.

Talking of improvements, I got a 10bpm improvement in resting heart rate from a 3 week BodyO2 course (simulated altitude training, the Auckland office is in Mt Eden). It seems to make the biggest difference for untrained lumps like us who are still far from our genetic potential, and it might be a good way for you to ramp up your training gain rate. I recommend checking it out. Bit pricey, but hey, you only live once eh?

Yeah 100m, 10km, 2km. Was quite good actually - my biuggest improvement over the last while has been with the swim... but then that was something I had the most to improve on. 100m would have killed me a month ago (in fact if memory serves... it damned near DID kill me), and now it's quite short, so I guess I can work on pace and survival.

Swimming in the wake of 100's of others isn't fun I'll tell you!

[Lias]

I'll be sitting on my arse playing computer games and thinking "Fuck that exercise lark"

[ManDownUnder]

Trouble with wearing a watch is it doesn't fit well under the wetsuit which is...ahem...rather fitting you know...

Trust me - that's a bonus... compensating against the problem of shrinkage... (the water was COLD!!!!!)

[Waylander]

Fuckin hell man!! And right off the plain from Texas. Shit I barely had enough energy after my flight to make it to the car. How you managed a tri-athalon is beyond me.

[Keystone19]

Yeah 100m, 10km, 2km. Was quite good actually - my biuggest improvement over the last while has been with the swim... but then that was something I had the most to improve on. 100m would have killed me a month ago (in fact if memory serves... it damned near DID kill me), and now it's quite short, so I guess I can work on pace and survival.

Swimming in the wake of 100's of others isn't fun I'll tell you!

Yes, I can attest to the fact that swimming 100m nearly killed him a month ago. I was nearly about to call Speedmedic.

I was in the same position a year ago, it's all just practice...

Now, who wants to join me for a 24hour adventure race next April...?

[Colapop]

Yes, I can attest to the fact that swimming 100m nearly killed him a month ago. I was nearly about to call Speedmedic.

I was in the same position a year ago, it's all just practice...

Now, who wants to join me for a 24hour adventure race next April...?

I'll get me jandals and a towel ready...

[ManDownUnder]

Yes, I can attest to the fact that swimming 100m nearly killed him a month ago. I was nearly about to call Speedmedic.

I was in the same position a year ago, it's all just practice...

Now, who wants to join me for a 24hour adventure race next April...?

I don;t believe I'm asking this ... but

where... when... gimme details...

WHAT HAVE I DONE?!?!?

MDU
edit - SM's going to be needed still... for Simon if/when he shows up at swimming next...

Simon says "Get in the pool and kill yourself over 10km"
Simon says now you're warmed up... let's do some more"

Just as well Simon's a nice guy... but I still think he deserves to be thrown in the pool to celebrate Christmas