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My First Tri - Training Help!

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Excitabubble Sep 2011 8:29pm, 4 Sep 2011 2,175 posts	Quote Pin Excitabubble Although it rained, god did it rain, I want to do it again The Newbury Tri is a lovely course, warm swimming pool completed in 10.12. Wonderful Bike route, completed in 1.32.46 but I had a puncture in my back tyre and tried to fix it myself but my Angel "Brian" and his lovely dog turned up and asked if I needed help, so for 28 minutes he took over and repaired the puncture. I feel it could have been roughly a time of 1.05, which is what I had expected. My run, wasn't good with feeling fed up about the puncture and my legs were feeling rubbish, well both calves hurt, so I ran walked and came in at 45.04! The first transition was interesting with wet costume and the rain and putting dry clothes on to become instantly wet, I might as well have just cycled in my costume so by the time I had flaffed around making sure I had everything it took 8 minutes or so, and on the second transition this was only 1 minute something and quicker than Mr C because I didn't need to change my shoes So is this the first of many for me, I'll be back to do this one again and will be tempted to try new ones too
Wazelle Sep 2011 7:43am, 5 Sep 2011 1,454 posts	Quote Pin Wazelle Very well done!! I bet you are still smiling today. Those swim and bike times are not bad and will improve massively with some training over the Winter. Is the next challenge a sprint/ 750m/20k/5k??? Isn't 300m hardly worth getting wet for? I guess we are both at the end of our first tri seasons. I hoping to meet up with some of the more experienced trathletes from the Smell of 220 Hotel Bastardos thread in May at Eton/ Dorney Lake. I'm hoping to do the Sprint. You coming?
Paul Snell Sep 2011 8:32am, 5 Sep 2011 1,207 posts	Quote Pin Paul Snell good work E! There's nothing like running through a car park in your swimming costume, in the rain.
Hills of Death (HOD) Sep 2011 6:21pm, 6 Sep 2011 25,457 posts	Quote Pin Hills of Death (HOD) Well done Mrs E Welcome to Tri
Excitabubble Sep 2011 9:49pm, 6 Sep 2011 2,183 posts	Quote Pin Excitabubble Thank you guys I'm still happy about it and have been looking at Tri's for next year Wazzelle, I'll have a look at the Eton/Dorney Lake Tri in May, but I might prefer to keep to swimming pools for the moment. I'll make sure I swim more over the winter, keep my running mileage up and learn how to repair a puncture on my very own and see how I'm feeling come Spring next year
Helegant Sep 2016 8:19pm, 29 Sep 2016 3,479 posts	Quote Pin Helegant Hello. Is this the beginners tri thread? I've just entered the Mates Wave Super Sprint at Dorney on 21t May. It will be my first tri, and to date I've done one open water swim so lots to learn.
Hills of Death (HOD) Sep 2016 9:33pm, 29 Sep 2016 32,669 posts	Quote Pin Hills of Death (HOD) http://www.fetcheveryone.com/forum__18301__533__basic_triathlon_questions_from_those_who_dont_know
Helegant Sep 2016 10:05pm, 30 Sep 2016 3,487 posts	Quote Pin Helegant A rookie question... how many times a week do you do each discipline? When do you rest?
Hills of Death (HOD) Sep 2016 11:09pm, 30 Sep 2016 32,679 posts	Quote Pin Hills of Death (HOD) I think as a starter I would do 2/3 swims 3 bike 3 runs So a typical week would like Mon Swim shortish/or rest Tuesday Run faster one tempo/speed weds Bike 1 hour Thursday Swim longer Run Short 30 mins easy Friday bike 1 hour Sat Bike Longer 60-90 mins (after a few weeks put a small brick run of 10-15 mins) Sunday longer run 60 mins But this is very general but if I knew the distances you were training for I could be more specific. It is time consuming but fitness Definately improves
Helegant Sep 2016 11:22pm, 30 Sep 2016 3,489 posts	Quote Pin Helegant Thank you again. I'm only doing SuperSprint Triathlon: 400m Swim, 21.2km Bike, 5km Run. Bike is my weakest discipline. Until the end of October I have very little time to do anything except work and breathe, but from November I'll have a bit more time to devote to some focused training. Ideally I need two leg-rest days minimum each week to avoid injury. I've imagined that swimming on the same day as either run or bike wouldn't be a problem.