Fatman to Ironman

Evening plebs 

So is 6 weeks enough time between half and full ironman? Thinking of doing Outlaw half. And are there cut off times for the half? Would really boost my confidence re cycling and swimming somewhere I've never been before. Good luck to those racing today. Nice morning for it. (Well here anyway!)

Gastank wrote (see)

Nurse am I allowed to drink with my medication?

Moderate drinking shouldn't affect Viagra, so you'll be fine.

*waves*

Full of cold here. Not trained since Mon and done a bit (not too much) of the "I feel poorly" eating.

Ideal weight chart says (as of this morning) I need to lose at least 2.5st ideally 3.5

I'm 40 next year so can't really see me getting to under the half way point so aiming for at least 2st. Plan is 1st before IM training starts on 10th Dec - seems reasonable I guess? Do we think it's resonable to try and lose anoth st during the training or just let training happen and any weight lose be a bonus?

Can't believe how lardy I am now - at 5ft 2 (ish!) I look like a beached whale

Pixie, I reckon that if you're training regularly and eating healthily, you'll lose weight. Don't get too fixated on how much you're losing

easier said than done! I know when I was a st lighter I was about 2mph quicker on the bike! which is a lot

I'd rather not just scrap under the 17hr cut off on 7th July as I have to be in work for 8 the next day!!

well done IY

EP - don't obssess about your weight, just make sure you eat healthily and train well and it will take care of itself. Also, you will be replacing flab with muscle so although you might not always show a weight loss on the scales your body will be changing. It might be better not to use the scales, but to measure yourself and see how the measurements change.

Good effort IY.  Headache?

Weekly update, not very exciting

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No headache, Nursey! Only bourbon that's aged less than 2 years gives you a headache and we had some top-shelf stuff at each stop!

I'm considering buying a foam roller. Those of you who have one - how often do you use it? And can you point me to a good YouTube vid to show me how to use it?

Southern Snail wrote (see)

So is 6 weeks enough time between half and full ironman? Thinking of doing Outlaw half. And are there cut off times for the half? Would really boost my confidence re cycling and swimming somewhere I've never been before. Good luck to those racing today. Nice morning for it. (Well here anyway!)

Plenty of time

Nursey - they are a good bit of kit as long as you have the right one ...
I think I have a Youtube whatsit somewhere I can send you

Been out with the 'oss this afternoon which is a perfect antidote to night shifts

3 days off now 

Can I join in here? About 6 months ago I decided to give Henley Half a go next year and since then I've lost about a stone and a half doing lots of cycling and swimming (always done that), getting into running and having a little break for a hernia op. I went and watched at Henley a couple of weeks ago to see what it was like and really regretted not being in it - consequently, having spoken to a few people, I've been told I could do the whole thing - so I'll be signing up for the full thing next year when it opens next week. 

Today I've swum 4km in the pool (for the first time ever), ran 12 miles and had a bit of a bike ride and currently I feel fine - tired but fine. I could do more if I had to but I ran out of time.

Lots & lots more training to come though!

My first Tri - Race Report.

Dorney Lake Standard Distance.

So, seven weeks after jumping on my MTB after watching Wiggo (changed to road bike 4 weeks ago) and five weeks after jumping in a pool, today I did my first Tri.  Firstly, a big thank you to all have given advice and answered my many questions (a few more to follow ).

Swim - The one I was concerned about as I had only done 11 swim sessions and my max distance was 375m in one go.  Water - COLD!  Mass start - not to bad.  Just tried to swim smoothly and make the end - time 38:25mins.

T1 - Ha ha. Trying to stand up out of the water when you can only fall to your left made T1 a bit tricky. Took 3-4 goes to stand. Fell off the concrete ramp (whilst in water) on second go. Out of water, hold onto railings to stop falling over (i`m not joking) felt drunk, no balance, legs would not obae me. Had to walk to my bike. Got everything done ok, but whilst holding onto racking. Again, had to walk with bike to mount line as still on not responsive legs. Time - 5:06mins 

Bike - I loved this bit. Felt like I was chasing down the field. A bit windy but ok. Consistantly zooming past people and felt good. 8 x 5km (ish) laps. Got faster and faster for first 5 laps, then a slight (10secs per mile) tail off due to taking on 2 gels and drinking more. My Garmin made it 43km, organisers quoting 42.4km on website. Time - 1hr 24:16mins (19mph).

T2 - Feet out of shoes as I got to the dismount line, jogged with bike (had socks on), feet completely numb. No drama`s other than number ripped off one safety pin, re-pinned and off. Time - 1:27mins

Run - Legs felt stiff, heavy and slow. After 3 mins looked at garmin and was surprised to see i was going along at 7:20 per mile (felt like 8:30). I was consistant at 7:30 per mile and was going past dozens of people. Took 3 miles to get feeling back in feet, 4th mile with pins and needles, last 2miles feet back to normal. Left hamstring was twitching (wanted to cramp) after 3.5 miles but kept it at bay. A strong steady run but no fireworks. My Garmin made it 6.00 miles, organisers website quoted 10km, so I reckon it was a little short. Time - 45:16mins

Total time - 2hr 54:32mins / Position 244th of 390.

Totally chuffed to have swam 1500m front crawl with no stops. When I entered I was prepared to breastroke it. I gained a lot of knowledge from today which puts me in in good stead for next season.

Any ideas as to the cause of the drunkeness out of the water?  I`m thinking, not using legs enough and blood pooling in upper body. Water in ears (mainly left as I breath to the left) may be a slight reason. 

Magic.