So I'm gonna try a triathlon this year!!!

Irish Al

Yep, was looking for a new target to kick up the old fitness regime this year so I'm managed to talk a couple of mates into doing a triathlon...one problem...I can't bloody swim properly :eek: time for some lessons :rolleyes:

dunkman

tryalthon


go for it.. i did a telethon once

Irish Al

dunkman wrote:

tryalthon


go for it.. i did a telethon once

Better get some tips from you so

V V

I saw a card yesterday and it made me think of dunk ... cant recall the whole thing but it was a mans card about getting old and needing to touch your willy as much as possible !

anyway Al thats very cool , good for you, how much more traning will it take on top of your football stuff ?

redrock

V V wrote:

needing to touch your willy as much as possible !

Is that part of the triathlon?

Irish Al

V V wrote:

I saw a card yesterday and it made me think of dunk ... cant recall the whole thing but it was a mans card about getting old and needing to touch your willy as much as possible !

anyway Al thats very cool , good for you, how much more traning will it take on top of your football stuff ?

Its gonna take a lot of time in the pool (maybe thats where the willy thing comes in :eek:) and on the bike, my running is fine its only about a 3 mile run, a 12 mile cycle and 400m swim.

A girl in work did the same one last year so will get the lowdown on it but supposedly its swimming against the currents thats the worst (and scariest for me)

surfanddestroy

I would like to do something like that, but like you swimming is not a strong point for me.
Good look to you though. I think I will just stick to running for now.

Collin

I used to be a terrible swimmer but then I spent 4 to 6 hours a week in the swimming pool for 10 months and since then I'm a good swimmer and I love swimming!

edit: I did get professional training, though...

Irish Al

Collin wrote:

I used to be a terrible swimmer but then I spent 4 to 6 hours a week in the swimming pool for 10 months and since then I'm a good swimmer and I love swimming!

edit: I did get professional training, though...

Yeah gonna get some pro lessons

Ms. Haiku

That's awesome! Good luck to you.

I told my co-workers that I was doing a 10-miler in April. Now, I can't back down, eh? "So, how's the running . . . . "

Irish Al

Ms. Haiku wrote:

That's awesome! Good luck to you.

I told my co-workers that I was doing a 10-miler in April. Now, I can't back down, eh? "So, how's the running . . . . "

No you defo can't back out now. You'd be surprised how easily you'll hit 10miles if you start training now. I reckon by March you'll be flying 10miles like you're downing a pint

ajedigecko

good deal......i dislike running, but my biking/swimming is where i gain my time. do not go cheap on biking shorts and most importantly, make sure the shorts are black. you will understand when the time comes.

Irish Al

ajedigecko wrote:

good deal......i dislike running, but my biking/swimming is where i gain my time. do not go cheap on biking shorts and most importantly, make sure the shorts are black. you will understand when the time comes.

Better throw out my new white ones with the coffee streaks down the front

V V

Al *cant be asred to pm*
I too have taken on something to push me and its getting very close :eek:

not just a workshop/class with shazz but a master class :eek:
shit
i have had a couple of panics about it already as last summer I took an intermeadiate/advanced class and only just kept up and could barely walk after !!!!!!
plus when i booked it said details to follow :eek:
BUT it has made me dance 4 times a week since crimbo and while watching TV i'm offten in a straddle pose felxing my gluots (waits for the inuendos) its a real stretch honest
thankful today i checked and she has added experanced intermeadates welcome, which feels more me, but i'm still shitting meself!

Ms. Haiku

Irish Al wrote:

No you defo can't back out now. You'd be surprised how easily you'll hit 10miles if you start training now. I reckon by March you'll be flying 10miles like you're downing a pint

What's unfortunate is that I like to run in the evening, but the race is in the morning. Also, if I run in the evening I am energized for the evening so I can't go to sleep. However, waking up uber-early to run is a chore. On some level I'm looking forward to doing this. On another it's still self-induced work. Any motivational insight?

Heineken Helen

Al :eek: that's pretty ambitious of ya

I can teach ya to swim if ya like? I'm good... although I've never tried teaching, could be fun

Irish Al

V V wrote:

Al *cant be asred to pm*
I too have taken on something to push me and its getting very close :eek:

not just a workshop/class with shazz but a master class :eek:
shit
i have had a couple of panics about it already as last summer I took an intermeadiate/advanced class and only just kept up and could barely walk after !!!!!!
plus when i booked it said details to follow :eek:
BUT it has made me dance 4 times a week since crimbo and while watching TV i'm offten in a straddle pose felxing my gluots (waits for the inuendos) its a real stretch honest
thankful today i checked and she has added experanced intermeadates welcome, which feels more me, but i'm still shitting meself!

Thats fantastic news V, best of luck with it.

I have to admit, as much as I make excuses for not doing a workout (of whatever sort) there is "almost" nothing like the feeling you get after a good workout.

Sorry I forgot to book you for the stag

Ms. Haiku wrote:

What's unfortunate is that I like to run in the evening, but the race is in the morning. Also, if I run in the evening I am energized for the evening so I can't go to sleep. However, waking up uber-early to run is a chore. On some level I'm looking forward to doing this. On another it's still self-induced work. Any motivational insight?

Well they way I am about running, since my daughter came along, running in the morning isn't an option and by the time I get home from work in the evening I'm shattered but what I do now is go to the gym/run at lunchtime. I find that this is when I'm most able "mentally" to workout. I usually have my lunch at my desk later in the day and workout then, but I suppose its depending on what kind of work you do

Irish Al

Heineken Helen wrote:

Al :eek: that's pretty ambitious of ya

I can teach ya to swim if ya like? I'm good... although I've never tried teaching, could be fun

Thanks hells, appreciate it but I've already roped my bro's girlfriend into teaching me, she's an instructor

...and lets be honest, we would have just made excuses and gone to the pub

Riverrunner

Good luck Al. Triathlons are addicting. My husband and I have been doing them for the past two years -can't swim worth a damn. We keep saying we are going to take lessons, but haven't got around to it. I absolutely hate swimming laps in the pool! Yuck!

Heineken Helen

Irish Al wrote:

Thanks hells, appreciate it but I've already roped my bro's girlfriend into teaching me, she's an instructor

...and lets be honest, we would have just made excuses and gone to the pub

well that was the idea... am I THAT transparent? :eek:

redrock

See Al... with all this training, etc. you will end up with body no. 1! And we will all vote for you! Good luck with all of this.. gonna be hard work!

Irish Al

Riverrunner wrote:

Good luck Al. Triathlons are addicting. My husband and I have been doing them for the past two years -can't swim worth a damn. We keep saying we are going to take lessons, but haven't got around to it. I absolutely hate swimming laps in the pool! Yuck!

Cheers RR...appreciate the encouragement

Heineken Helen wrote:

:well that was the idea... am I THAT transparent? :eek:

Yep

redrock wrote:

See Al... with all this training, etc. you will end up with body no. 1! And we will all vote for you! Good luck with all of this.. gonna be hard work!

But you've already voted for me

redrock

Irish Al wrote:

But you've already voted for me

:mad:

Irish Al

redrock wrote:

:mad:

GreenTeaDisease

Irish Al wrote:

Yep, was looking for a new target to kick up the old fitness regime this year so I'm managed to talk a couple of mates into doing a triathlon...one problem...I can't bloody swim properly :eek: time for some lessons :rolleyes:

I did a tri last year, and let me tell you, you do not need to know how to swim "properly." What you need to know how to do is how to swim while simultaneously beating off the 100 other swimmers that are swimming into and over you. If it's open water, you need to breath "incorrectly" anyway and look straight ahead so you can stay going straight.

PJaddicted

What a great way for you to get in shape! Have fun with it!

My good friend did an Iron Man for his 40th birthday....and he did it in a good time too! That is what you can work up to

oxc

Steve Dunne

al...remember...guinness for strength!!!!!!!!! good luck!!!

Irish Al

GreenTeaDisease wrote:

I did a tri last year, and let me tell you, you do not need to know how to swim "properly." What you need to know how to do is how to swim while simultaneously beating off the 100 other swimmers that are swimming into and over you. If it's open water, you need to breath "incorrectly" anyway and look straight ahead so you can stay going straight.

I have my baton in hand for such times

PJaddicted wrote:

What a great way for you to get in shape! Have fun with it!

My good friend did an Iron Man for his 40th birthday....and he did it in a good time too! That is what you can work up to

oxc

Maybe next year

Steve Dunne wrote:

al...remember...guinness for strength!!!!!!!!! good luck!!!

Thats the best advise yet..cheers dude

Starting my swimming lessons this weekend

Jennytree

Best of luck Alfredo Where do ye do triathlons this weather anywho?!!

keelycan

Good luck Irish Al
I've benn running marathons the last 2 years and I've told myself that a triathlon is next unfortunately I have the same problem as u my swimming technic is horrible good luck to you let us know how it goes.

Irish Al

Jennytree wrote:

Best of luck Alfredo Where do ye do triathlons this weather anywho?!!

Hey Jenilicious, Headin down to athlone for the...wait for it....TRI-Athlone Pure Class

keelycan wrote:

Good luck Irish Al
I've benn running marathons the last 2 years and I've told myself that a triathlon is next unfortunately I have the same problem as u my swimming technic is horrible good luck to you let us know how it goes.

Cheers Keely, did a marathon a couple of years ago, wouldn't mind doing another but its just far to much training, more than I'm willing to commit to at the moment I let you know how it goes