My training
Swim
I swim in the pool 3-4 times a week, and aim to do about 1000m each time. I know this isn't enough for Olympic distance (which is 1500m), but I find swimming pretty dull unless it's in open water. I like to listen to the radio whilst exercising, and have recently tried out a waterproof radio which might help me increase my distances.
update 18 Aug 07: I've finally joined Oxford Tri this week and so have started taking advantage of their open water swimming sessions at Cassington Lake near Oxford. I love wetsuit swimming (probably because it's easier!). I'll add a Saturday morning session to my training each week (only until mid-September though, when it gets too cold to swim)
Bike
Just recently I've been focusing on Swim and Run, so my bike legs have suffered a bit. When I did a 90km ride with my friend the other day, he was sprinting away up hills whilst I was virtually rolling backwards in bottom gear.
I used to get out once or twice a week for a 20-50 mile ride, and I need to try to get back into that. I reckon I need to be able to comfortably manage a 60 mile ride if I'm going to be able to do a 40 mile as part of a Triathlon.
Run
Running has never been my forte. I always like to do things quickly, so pounding away on the pavements was always a bit depressing - I can go four times as fast on a bike. So running is an area I've needed to concentrate on. I've been working on both distance and speed as part of my gym routines. I'm currently (August 07) able to run a 7 minute mile, and a 26 minute 5km*. I'm aiming to be able to run 10km in less than 1 hour, but I'm not sure if this is realistic or not.
*I was born in 1972 just after the imperial/metric switchover, so I use both but understand neither
I swim in the pool 3-4 times a week, and aim to do about 1000m each time. I know this isn't enough for Olympic distance (which is 1500m), but I find swimming pretty dull unless it's in open water. I like to listen to the radio whilst exercising, and have recently tried out a waterproof radio which might help me increase my distances.
update 18 Aug 07: I've finally joined Oxford Tri this week and so have started taking advantage of their open water swimming sessions at Cassington Lake near Oxford. I love wetsuit swimming (probably because it's easier!). I'll add a Saturday morning session to my training each week (only until mid-September though, when it gets too cold to swim)
Bike
Just recently I've been focusing on Swim and Run, so my bike legs have suffered a bit. When I did a 90km ride with my friend the other day, he was sprinting away up hills whilst I was virtually rolling backwards in bottom gear.
I used to get out once or twice a week for a 20-50 mile ride, and I need to try to get back into that. I reckon I need to be able to comfortably manage a 60 mile ride if I'm going to be able to do a 40 mile as part of a Triathlon.
Run
Running has never been my forte. I always like to do things quickly, so pounding away on the pavements was always a bit depressing - I can go four times as fast on a bike. So running is an area I've needed to concentrate on. I've been working on both distance and speed as part of my gym routines. I'm currently (August 07) able to run a 7 minute mile, and a 26 minute 5km*. I'm aiming to be able to run 10km in less than 1 hour, but I'm not sure if this is realistic or not.
*I was born in 1972 just after the imperial/metric switchover, so I use both but understand neither
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