Ironman 70.3 Germany

SherroM

Just signed up for this the other day. Am a strongish runner, did my first marathon in 3.35, and run a 1.32 PB half marathon. Am grand on the bike, and will put in a lot of brick training the next 6/7 months before; but am terrified about the swim.

Plan on doing some shorter tri's first in the summer of course, but was just wondering if anyone else was/or has been in a similar position? It's not until mid-Aug

Thanks guys

dare2be

SherroM wrote: »

Just signed up for this the other day. Am a strongish runner, did my first marathon in 3.35, and run a 1.32 PB half marathon. Am grand on the bike, and will put in a lot of brick training the next 6/7 months before; but am terrified about the swim.

Plan on doing some shorter tri's first in the summer of course, but was just wondering if anyone else was/or has been in a similar position? It's not until mid-Aug

Thanks guys

I am in a similar position although not going for an IM event. My goal is Camlough Tri and various spint tri's over the summer. I couldn't swim 2 years ago but have dragged myself up to swimming bit by bit. I have enlisted some private swim classes with tri's in mind mainly on advice on here. I'm sticking to the 'if you dont go then you'll never know' motto and if i come out of the water last i'll not mind one bit.

Good luck anyway

dario28

SherroM wrote: »

Just signed up for this the other day. Am a strongish runner, did my first marathon in 3.35, and run a 1.32 PB half marathon. Am grand on the bike, and will put in a lot of brick training the next 6/7 months before; but am terrified about the swim.

Plan on doing some shorter tri's first in the summer of course, but was just wondering if anyone else was/or has been in a similar position? It's not until mid-Aug

Thanks guys

Where are ya training , im in the same boat as ya , pretty close times also and am absolutly muck at swimming , trying to go 3 times a week now and hopefully get oly distance in this year , in Dec I was thinking HIM but dont think swimming will be strong enough come Sept

RedB

dario28 wrote: »

in Dec I was thinking HIM but dont think swimming will be strong enough come Sept

I was in the same boat (;)) as you but managed to get through an Oly and HIM swim last year pretty much from scratch. The wetsuit makes an amazing difference and if you keep with the swim training then it''d be no bother to you if you're not interested in being in the first group out of the water.

SherroM

Using the pool in One Escape in Smithfield. They've been very helpful, so hoping to get some one-on-one lessons now as well, then just plough away a few times a week in the pool. Live in Kinsealy, so most of my road runs are out that end/towards town.

Thanks guys, feel a bit better knowing someone is starting, or has started in a similar position and done it. I'm 27 now, so hopefully a full Iron Man before I'm 30.... If i live through this one

dario28

SherroM wrote: »

Using the pool in One Escape in Smithfield. They've been very helpful, so hoping to get some one-on-one lessons now as well, then just plough away a few times a week in the pool. Live in Kinsealy, so most of my road runs are out that end/towards town.

Thanks guys, feel a bit better knowing someone is starting, or has started in a similar position and done it. I'm 27 now, so hopefully a full Iron Man before I'm 30.... If i live through this one

Im in Portmarnock if ya fancy doing any bike sessions or bricks let me know - Also hope to get sea swims done when it heats up a bit in between portmarnock and malahide

and i have stuck swimming from Howth to Irelands eye on the list of things to do this summer as well

christeb

dario28 wrote: »

and i have stuck swimming from Howth to Irelands eye on the list of things to do this summer as well

Very interesting - how far is it?

Highway_To_Hell

christeb wrote: »

Very interesting - how far is it?

was also intrigued, just looked at mapmyrun (swim) and from the pier to the island it is 1.04km. Nice distance, not too sure how busy the waters would be but I presume it is not something that should be done unsupported.

dario28

Highway_To_Hell wrote: »

was also intrigued, just looked at mapmyrun (swim) and from the pier to the island it is 1.04km. Nice distance, not too sure how busy the waters would be but I presume it is not something that should be done unsupported.

Its a mile as you need to swim from balscadden because of currents/tides which is to the right of the harbour as ya face it , I know a few lads who have done it before said its decent enough swim

You would deffo need support - and to pick your time right , last thing ya need is a trawler bearing down on ya or 150 yachts deciding to have a race around ya !

SherroM

dario28 wrote: »

Im in Portmarnock if ya fancy doing any bike sessions or bricks let me know - Also hope to get sea swims done when it heats up a bit in between portmarnock and malahide

and i have stuck swimming from Howth to Irelands eye on the list of things to do this summer as well

Cheers, Dario - Sounds like a plan. Gonna keep heavy bike sessions to Sunday. I'm starting one-on-one swim lessons next week, so hopefully will be ready for that swim in a few months.