Full Speed Ahead for the Outlaw - Triathlon

Ridgebackmax

02/11/2009 at 18:04

OK you fast guys and girls please help me out. I have 3 IMs under my belt with an 11:50 PB I feel I still have a faster race in me, I am in for the Outlaw next year and as I reach the tender age of 50 next year I want to blast it. Please feel free to share the knowledge. I am not planning on starting training in anger until January but will be spending the time till then maintaining my general fitness by mountain biking, trail running, riding my fixed into work .

The things I specifically want to work on this winter are core strength and swim technique (not distance yet) anybody got some tips/sessions they want to share or some advice as to what I really SHOULD need to be doing at the moment.

Bionic Ironwolf pirate

pirate

03/11/2009 at 06:59

On request from some peeps I post our Tuesday tri club swim sessions on the Crap Swimmers thread after I get home from training . I'm not a good swimmer but some of our group are and we all do the same workout.

Ridgebackmax

03/11/2009 at 07:46

Thanks Ultra I will have a look at those nobody got any good core strenght sessions/routines?

Doozer.

pirate

03/11/2009 at 08:38

Try finding your local chain-gang and cycle with them all winter. Will help develop, strength and speed.

fat buddha

03/11/2009 at 09:04

interesting RBM - I have 3 IM under my belt with a PB of 11:54 and I'm kind of thinking that Outlaw (when we get the course details) could be a quick course so maybe a PB attempt for me as well - but I'll be 57 when I do it so it's going to be a tough ask.

core strength - Pilates although they can take ages to produce results so get a good gym session from an instructor as these are likely to be more intense - Pilates can be a bit too relaxed for us more outgoing types!

as Doozer says - get out and ride lots. MTB over winter mixed with road is good to build leg strength, stamina and power - it's also muddy fun as well

for swimming - 1:1 coaching is probably best

Ridgebackmax

03/11/2009 at 18:51

FB I have PBed consecutivly for the last 2 years in 1/2 maras 1:27 and then 1:25 at the grand old age of 48/49 on a tough course - Plymouth, mainly due to ditching all the rubbish and focusing on fairly hard quality sessions thats why I am thinking I have more in the IM box for my 50th so I am sure we can get there and show some of these youngsters a clean pair of heels

. I hear what you say about Pilates I was thinking about yoga its something me and Mrs RB could do together ,I am loving the MTB at the mo getting covered in cr@p and falling off still not to confident on technical downhill stuff tho

Doozer.

pirate

04/11/2009 at 20:47

Oh that sounded like fighting talk!!!! This youngster wishes he was doing it now

AndrewSmith pirate

pirate

04/11/2009 at 20:54

My dad was 57 when he had his first heart attack!

Ridgebackmax

05/11/2009 at 07:58

AndrewSmith wrote (see)

My dad was 57 when he had his first heart attack!

Thats wot I am trying to prevent with all this running around as I have a serious chip, choclate and red
wine habit to support!

Doozer. wrote (see)

Oh that sounded like fighting talk!!!! This youngster wishes he was doing it now

thats one of the things that spurs me on in a race if iam going past peeps in their 20/30s on the latest 4k Cervelo I am a happy (old) man

Doozer.

pirate

05/11/2009 at 08:16

Who told you I had a cervelo.....

fat buddha

05/11/2009 at 09:31

smiffy - my dad died at 64 of a single heart attack......so I set myself a target of outliving him as he went too young imho. it's one of the reasons I do these daft things like IM and ultras so I can keep my CV system as healthy as possible

and like RBM - I have some food and drink habits to support.......

and there's nothing like kicking the arses of youngsters 20+ years younger who should be doing better - but it's a pisser though when your age compatriots are so much quicker. my a/g winner at Kona - 10:21 ffs!!

Edited: 05/11/2009 at 09:32

Bionic Ironwolf pirate

pirate

05/11/2009 at 10:40

I'm with you FB - and that's the reason I keep on going even if I don't do so well as the rest of you. You've seen my family history of stroke/hypertension/cholesterol/heart disease - like you I intend to go on as long as I can.

Am in my 50th year of running!