Tris - MultiSport

tunney

I'm looking for the name of a newbie-friendly triathlon club in Dublin. Anyone got a list of a few? Which ones are the best?

daveirl

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tunney

I can run, I can cycle, I recently got the decent bike. Its just the bloody swimming that will kill me. I'm a poor swimmer at best, so I'm going to have to work very hard at my technique. But ahhh well, at least its warm in pools

moby2101

hi there, long time readeer of your posts and views on Fitness, v. informative.

I intend getting into triathlons next year also, swim is nearly there, cycle and run are O.K.

have any of you come accross any decent training programmes??

tunney

I've got a few books at home (triathletes training bible and going long) that cover them and I'd recommend reading them.

You say your swim is nearly there? What do you mean by nearly there? What distance are you swimming and in what time?

moby2101

At the mo I' swimming 3 mornings and 1 @ weekend.

.5 mile swim in morning @ 18 mins
1 miler in 42 mins.

trying to improve on technique, trying to start doing drills and other stuff.

trying to get body fat down (13% @ mo) need to loose 7lbs, weight training 4 evenings combined with 20 mile cycle and 6 mile run 3 evenings.

diet improving also, spent two months "swallowing" gallons of EAS protein drink, didnt see any noticable gain in muscle.
have stopped taking protien drink, upped protein meal intake.

any suggestions,

daveirl

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tunney

Decent times for an olympic distance? I'm reckoning 7:00 minute miles for the run and and average speed on the bike of 20-25mph would be respectable, but the swim baffles me, I know from 220 how fast the elites and the age groupers that win do the swims in, but what they don't tell you is how fast do you have to do the swims in order NOT to come last

Then of course there is the problem of putting it all together and not f*&king up the transitions

Anyways I'm thinking of joining the belpark tri club just to get more help, but that will ahve to wait till I've gotten rid of the ITBS and broken in my lovely Cannodale Ironman 800 Beautiful bike

daveirl

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