hi, I'm just new to the forum today. I joined the forum as I set a goal for 2013 to do a half ironman and registered for Cairns (Australia) in june 2013.
As part of my training program I signed up for a few sprint tri's with my first one yesterday and after completing it I'm nervous that I've overcommitted myself, so I was looking for some feedback from anyone else who has gone through 6 months of training for a half ironman and whether I've been realistic or not!!
just to give a bit of background on my fitness - I used to participate in triathalons about 15 years ago so I'm not new to the sport as such - just a bit rusty!. Relatively strong swimmer and can already swim 1.4km (of the 1.8km for the race) relatively comfortably - the swim is my strongest leg. My second strongest leg is the ride which I can comfortably ride about 40k at the moment (of the 90k), though not at a very fast pace. The run is my weakest legy by far. I completed a half marathon last year in about 2hrs, however I probably could run about 10-12k (of the 21k) at the moment comfortably.
What concerned me the most was getting off the bike yesterday and on to the run, my legs felt like lead and the run was only 5k so I'm really worried about my ability to get to a level of fitness to transition off the bike and into a 21k run.
As I mentioned above I was just looking to find / hear any other stories about first time half's and perhaps I can guage if I've overcommitted myself.
Cheers,
As part of my training program I signed up for a few sprint tri's with my first one yesterday and after completing it I'm nervous that I've overcommitted myself, so I was looking for some feedback from anyone else who has gone through 6 months of training for a half ironman and whether I've been realistic or not!!
just to give a bit of background on my fitness - I used to participate in triathalons about 15 years ago so I'm not new to the sport as such - just a bit rusty!. Relatively strong swimmer and can already swim 1.4km (of the 1.8km for the race) relatively comfortably - the swim is my strongest leg. My second strongest leg is the ride which I can comfortably ride about 40k at the moment (of the 90k), though not at a very fast pace. The run is my weakest legy by far. I completed a half marathon last year in about 2hrs, however I probably could run about 10-12k (of the 21k) at the moment comfortably.
What concerned me the most was getting off the bike yesterday and on to the run, my legs felt like lead and the run was only 5k so I'm really worried about my ability to get to a level of fitness to transition off the bike and into a 21k run.
As I mentioned above I was just looking to find / hear any other stories about first time half's and perhaps I can guage if I've overcommitted myself.
Cheers,