This is getting silly...

[andygates]

...I mean, me, the baby-eating Bishop of Bath and Wells, at a triathlon training camp? With my reputation?

Sunday, Wellington. A chance to work out what the hell happens at transitions, and ride the route so I can gauge what gear to put on the fixie. Just barely enough time for a bike day and a Saturday swim. Holy crap, that got very real very suddenly!

I'm not there to leer at tri girlies. Really, I'm not. 'ello darlin', your number's a bit smudged, let me touch it up for you...

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[simoneck.livejournal.com]

My impression of triathalon was that I wouldn't fit into any of the bands (and not in a good way). Finishing last, 1 hour after the rest of the field would just be depressing. Of course that may not be the case.
And at those distances I'm quite interested myself. I've been thinking of entering something to give my exercise a bit more focus and was thinking 10k. But since I swim and cycle too anyway, I'll take a look and see if there is anything similar in my area.
What time are you hoping for?

[andygates.livejournal.com]

My first dip into this whole game was a 10k run which I did in just under an hour - that was a Spring benchmark for last year's Half.

I really don't know what sort of time to expect. If I guess, it would be, say, 7 minutes in the pool (!), 40 minutes on the bike and 25 on the run, plus 3 minutes at each transition - so anywhere up to an hour and a half. That seems ludicrously long, though, doesn't it?

I'll be happy to survive. The pool leg will be really hard and I'm quite prepared to break into breaststroke just to finish it. Just think of Michelle Gayle in the Games and you're not far off... ...so yeah, my goal for this one is "finish in good order" - and afterwards I'll get fussy about times!