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Macanri · 03-06-2010 07:40AM

All the best for Crooked Lake (love that name) Get two good nights sleep between now and then and you'll be like new.

interested · 03-06-2010 07:42AM

Macanri wrote: »

All the best for Crooked Lake (love that name) Get two good nights sleep between now and then and you'll be like new.

cheers chief - so many disciplines to work on in triathlon - napping/resting/sleeping are 3 of my favourites

griffin100 · 03-06-2010 09:36AM

cheers chief - so many disciplines to work on in triathlon - napping/resting/sleeping are 3 of my favourites

......along with eating:D

Personally I find that 'keeping the wife onside' is the most difficult disicpline in triathlon, closely followed by 'not spending too much.'

interested · 03-06-2010 10:13AM

griffin100 wrote: »

......along with eating:D

Personally I find that 'keeping the wife onside' is the most difficult disicpline in triathlon, closely followed by 'not spending too much.'

I suspect that the list of disciplines outside swim/bike/run/nutrition/rest are so many that they deserve their own post

El Director · 03-06-2010 10:18AM

griffin100 wrote: »

Personally I find that 'keeping the wife onside' is the most difficult disicpline in triathlon, closely followed by 'not spending too much.'

+1 on that!

interested · 03-06-2010 10:22AM

El Director wrote: »

+1 on that!

Im no expert but I found my ability to get up early, train and be back home before 10am with breakfast invaluable ... last year

You can get a 4 hour bike ride in and some shuffling if you dont mind sleep depravation.

mloc123 · 03-06-2010 11:30AM

Hey interested, I am doing crooked lake too... you should be easy enough to spot then, I epect to see you first into T1

interested · 03-06-2010 11:45AM

mloc123 wrote: »

Hey interested, I am doing crooked lake too... you should be easy enough to spot then, I epect to see you first into T1

good stuff, the way my prep has gone over the last while the only way ill be in transition first is I get there as their opening it early sat morning

shotgunmcos · 03-06-2010 12:23PM

mloc123 wrote: »

Hey interested, I am doing crooked lake too... you should be easy enough to spot then, I epect to see you first into T2

corrected that there for you

Best 'o luck interested and mloc123

dare2be · 03-06-2010 01:01PM

Have you had a chance to go up to Crooked Lake yet Interested? Was there last night for an hour and think the race has come too soon for me. Its a long 750m swim!!

interested · 03-06-2010 01:23PM

dare2be wrote: »

Have you had a chance to go up to Crooked Lake yet Interested? Was there last night for an hour and think the race has come too soon for me. Its a long 750m swim!!

No, never been to that race. Although a long swim is good news for some - if its matched with a short run - it could be a fun day out

mloc123 · 03-06-2010 01:41PM

You might be in luck, based on last years times and a quick gmap-pedometer route I'd say the run is about 4.6km

dare2be, is the route long or were the conditions tough?

Macanri · 03-06-2010 09:23PM

What's goin' on interested - sure there's feck all training detailed in them last few posts!:D

Just wondering where you go when you go OW swimming at Bull Wall. ie do you head north parallel to Bull Island or south towards the south wall (watch the ships - they'ld think it was a torpedo headin for them)? Or do you head for Engerland?

Cheers.

dare2be · 04-06-2010 07:13AM

mloc123 wrote: »

You might be in luck, based on last years times and a quick gmap-pedometer route I'd say the run is about 4.6km

dare2be, is the route long or were the conditions tough?

Short run but a couple of climbs along it which will prob make it seem long. Camlough has good great weather over the last number of years as far as i can recall and think Sat will be no different if forecasts are to be believed

interested · 04-06-2010 07:19AM

Macanri wrote: »

What's goin' on interested - sure there's feck all training detailed in them last few posts!:D

Just wondering where you go when you go OW swimming at Bull Wall. ie do you head north parallel to Bull Island or south towards the south wall (watch the ships - they'ld think it was a torpedo headin for them)? Or do you head for Engerland?

Cheers.

Yeah - since Ive re-invented|regressed to running about the place instead of swimming - my swimming log is well ... largely content free. Plus I dont always put down my ow swims since they're often stop start swims as Im supposed to be helping people from the club with the ow swimming etc.

Just wondering where you go when you go OW swimming at Bull Wall. ie do you head north parallel to Bull Island or south towards the south wall (watch the ships - they'ld think it was a torpedo headin for them)? Or do you head for Engerland?

Id typically swim parallel to the wall .. so out to sea towards the steps at the end of the wall and/or back towards the wooden bridge for a bit. If there are alot of people about Ill tend to head out towards the south wall around a buoy or something and back ... depending on my mood I guess - was lovely there last night - sun going down behind the city.

Macanri · 04-06-2010 08:00AM

Cheers interested for the Bull Wall info.
On the first part, I was not commenting on your training - you do plenty. I was just having a josh about all the questions and comments that had been posted above mine, which meant your log which is usually a page full of quality sessions was a page of jibberrish (not knocking any other posts - sure it's all banter). I think I better stop digging - this hole is getting bigger!!.

So another post taking up your space - sorry. Enjoy The Crooked Lake - but swim straight.

interested · 04-06-2010 08:09AM

Macanri wrote: »

Cheers interested for the Bull Wall info.
On the first part, I was not commenting on your training - you do plenty. I was just having a josh about all the questions and comments that had been posted above mine, which meant your log which is usually a page full of quality sessions was a page of jibberrish (not knocking any other posts - sure it's all banter). I think I better stop digging - this hole is getting bigger!!.

So another post taking up your space - sorry. Enjoy The Crooked Lake - but swim straight.

no worries chief - and to be honest - some might say my log has always been full of gibberish

just more numeric and literal up until this page or so

El Director · 04-06-2010 05:15PM

Good luck in Crooked Lake dude!

interested · 08-06-2010 07:33AM

thanks folks

05/06/10 OW

Crooked lake 750m - 9.53

shotgunmcos · 08-06-2010 09:49AM

Nice result at Cooked Lake chief and the run split looks good too

El Director · 08-06-2010 03:36PM

wow nice result there interested and as mcos said...nice run split!!

interested · 09-06-2010 06:19AM

09/06/10 LC

1000 f/s warm up
8 * 100 f/s on 1.30
200 easy

2000

Been a while since I swam so tentatively getting back into it.

interested · 10-06-2010 06:42AM

10/06/10 LC

1000 f/s warm up
5 * 200 IM on 3.45
200 easy

2200

still trying to get back into things - enjoyable IM set. F/S felt good on last leg.

pgibbo · 10-06-2010 02:47PM

Great result in Crooked Lake. That's some run split. Fair play. Good to see the "run Forrest, run" paying off

interested · 10-06-2010 02:50PM

pgibbo wrote: »

Great result in Crooked Lake. That's some run split. Fair play. Good to see the "run Forrest, run" paying off

Cheers - I went 64.13 but apparently they didnt get a run split and tried ... eh .. estimating one based on finish line photo's (dont ask) ... I finished a little in front of the first female home on the day ...

First time racing at Crooked lake and enjoyed the day to be honest.

interested · 16-06-2010 06:31AM

16/06/10 LC

1000 f/s warm up
6 * 100 f/s on 1.30
8 * 50's (50 fly/50 f/s, 50 bc/50 f/s, 50 bs/50 f/s, 50 f/s/50 f/s) on 60
200 easy

2200

feel way off it at the moment but there you have it.

interested · 17-06-2010 06:38AM

17/06/10 PM OW

750 f/s @ Bray Aquathon

Swim looked and felt a little long. No idea of time. Was 4th out and rough time by onlooker was low 10 minutes but dont think that can or will be confirmed. Nice calm night for it.

interested · 21-06-2010 06:39AM

20/06/10 OW

2000k f/s @ bull

Weather was so good I didnt even bring the wetsuit.

mloc123 · 21-06-2010 10:36AM

interested wrote: »

Weather was so good I didnt even bring the wetsuit.

:eek:

interested · 21-06-2010 11:16AM

it really is that nice at the moment - water was perfect.

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