IMUK 2013 Bonkers!

i've done IMUK and the outlaw as a relay (this year through injury)

it is each to his own and finances obviously play a big part...but...the outlaw feels like a beginners ironman....it just doesnt feel like the real thing and i dont think anybody who crossed the line has the same look on their faces. dont get me wrong...its a great event and very well run...IMUK is a much tougher bike ride though so train on some hills.....but at IMUK this year...the finish is just something very very special.

i'm biased of course cause its where i live and i love it being here!

Tyler....take your time mate....dont start a plan at all yet....do some base if you want to...some winter running maybe or swimming....but DONT start your plan till January...cause i promise you'll be sick of it all come race day.

Hi Tyler, I am definitely a tri newbie, but no stranger to endurance running events having done several ultras over recent years.

My swimming posses the biggest problem in that it was only 7 weeks ago until I started to learn FC. Progress seems awfully slow, but I am moving in the right direction. I have had a few coached sessions and picked up tips from swim smooth and you tube. 

I am going to tick over in all of the three disciplines until the Fink 30 week program starts in early Jan. In relation to completing a HIM as part of the training I'm going to enter the Coniston event in June.

I have also entrered the Tour de Helvellyn trail run in December, a 37 mile course in the Lakes.

I dont't live too far from Bolton so I will be able to recce the route a couple of times prior to the event.

Good luck with your preparation.              

Yes, i am doing doing same thing but i have only just started swimming LESSONS!

Started Saturday with a top chap who seems to be ideal for teaching my current level (ie holiday/family swimmer !).

Been in the pool every day since and i think i am gonna try and concentrate there for mo.

Doing spinning/Exercise bike (not sure if E Bike is ideal but no Turbo Trainer at th OK Corral yet!)/ and now swimming lessons.

So same as you, trying to build base levels.  I also read somewhere to try not to go a day without one discipline so i kind of have that in my head as well.

Enjoying all the prep and starting swimming from scratch.  Also been reading a book 'Total Immersion' which seems pretty good.

Not gonna start proper programme till xmas, but i do want to try and allow for some buffer/sickness/(holiday!) weeks just in case!

AndyB99 wrote (see)

...but...the outlaw feels like a beginners ironman....it just doesnt feel like the real thing and i dont think anybody who crossed the line has the same look on their faces.

Couldn't disagree more.  At least the organisers of the Outlaw know how to get the run distance right.

They both sound plenty tuff enough! 

I think this will be once in a lifetime thing for me so went for Ironman.

Out of interest, anyone know difference in total numbers of entries for each??  (thinking about how many people will be punching/kicking me at start of swim!!).

Didn't need to come off the big ring for The Outlaw...  IMUK I was wishing I was on a triple

Dont get me wrong CD..i didnt mean anything about the organisation...just that it felt like the option first timers would take!

organisation wise i couldnt fault the outlaw at all!!!

just over 1000 for the outlaw.....Max 1600 for IMUK

Tylertonka wrote (see)

 

I think this will be once in a lifetime thing for me so went for Ironman.

 

hahahahaha....heard that before

I would think that more first timers are drawn towards IMUK (and IMW) rather than Outlaw because of the brand. 

I just wouldn't want anyone to think that the Outlaw (or TBW, Forestman, Henley, Roth, Embrunman, etc) are any less valid as IM races because they don't have the M-dot logo. 

Agreed... I did IMUK cos I thought by not having done a branded event I was missing out.. as it was I was missing about a mile on the run !

140.6 is the distance, The name is largely irrelevant

Evening everyone, can I join the "club"?. Entered last Sunday. 

It would be good to keep in touch with others who are in the same boat, so, me:

Age 45

Married, 2 children

live se London

Am in my 3rd year of triathlons. Have raced middle distance, but never gone further. TIme now though to go big.

Commute on my bike everyday which brings in approx 150 miles a week

Saturday club ride and a few run sessions a week when time allows. When a race is booked I stop off at a local pool in the morning for a few lengths then join our club on a Sunday for our reg session.

I think that it. im not planning on starting anything yet as still may complete the odd sportive this year and have a duathlon in October.

Am happy to accept or give advise when required and hope that all of us have a good steady winters build before the real stuff begins next year.

Hey Bones,

Good to have you on board the good ship 'Bonkers' !

Yeah i am pretty similar, v nearly 40, 2 kids.

I have the running background, learning swimming (going OK'ish!), but i think the bike will be my thorn! 

Managed one weekend ride a week at mo, with a few exercise bike sessions thrown in.....NOT ENOUGH me thinks!!

Anyway, started looking at fink programme so need to adapt a bit.

Trying to sort maps to get a good guage on accomodation next!

All good fun with a hint of nervous apprehension!!

Morning all!

Great progress with the swimming, TT, especially as you're enjoying it .

It looks as though this is going to be the officical IMUK 2013 thread - mind if I join you? 

I'm also in my third year of triathlons, but went straight in at long distance (can't do speed), and have done four altogether, but this wil be my first trip to Bolton.

Training-wise, I'm still taking things easy after Wales, though it was more than 2 months ago now, so it's probably time to pick things up again. I've done a couple of duathlons, so not been completely idle, and was hoping to be working on my disappointing swimming but instead am out of the pool completely with a shoulder problem.

Accommodation booked at the stadium.

Not sure about Liverpool - is that the football team ?!

Wales was great, thanks - it was my second time there, so no surprises and the weather was kinder to us, which makes a huge difference for the bike course. The run was short, though, which I gather is a bit of an IM thing!

I'm not a shoulder expert, but I think you need to be careful when they start to hurt as it can spiral away quite easily. If it's just effort-related general ache which you feel toward the end of a swim and goes away by the next day, then that's probably OK. But if it gets worse, is there as soon as you get in the pool, or the symptoms affect daily activities, then It's worth getting it looked at.

I just picked my accomodation based on what looked simplest logistics-wise, as I have struggled a bit to get my head around the idea of a spit transition. It's not the cheapest option (through Nirvana), but I worry a lot about screwing that sort of thing up!

I'm going to get out on the bike later - knobbly tyres for dirty roads, but a simple one-way trip to son's sporting event, and hopefully a lift back afterwards. That should blow the cobwebs away .