oh bugger, another fat newbie.....

Sgt the coverage of outlaw on Ch4 was shocking and I think the person who edited the highlights hadn't actually been there on the day. It was a lot better than that. In a straight course between IMUk and Outlaw I would deffinantly pick outlaw the course is more forgiving and it's better run and cheaper race. Would have to say for balance through that I've done outlaw and have only watched the race at bolton on the telly and heard about it from other people. You could go crazy and do both.

SgtLard wrote (see)

Oulaw early bird entry opened.

Fcuk it. Im off the fence and looking forward to 8 months of missery ad 14hrs-/+ of hell for a snazzy tshirt and bragging rights.

Priceless



Just remember, you talked me into it.

excellent 

Lard there are a few folks who start blogs so not that sad but have almost started one now with the thread?

Think Marshman best for Outlaw timing Sarge. Have been scrutinising. No training for me, sickly child. 

Marshman is good preactise for the big day. There is nothing to look at scenery wise, and you'll get plenty of practise cycling in to the wind on the flat. Good mental training

The most important thng about OW swimming is the sighting - it's surprisingly difficult to swim straight until you get used to it, and don't just rely on following someone else, they may be swimming off course. Best is to lift your head to sight every few metres until you're experienced. Before you enter the water, check to see if the bouys are easy to see, if they aren't very big you may have trouble spotting them once swimming. I look for something big you can sight on such as a building or large tree that's in a direct line with the bouys.

And don't forget to enjoy it! I used to panic about OW, now I much prefer it to pool swimming.

I was just revisiting the thread and spotted Cake's kind advice :

Cake wrote (see)

.......... You could go crazy and do both.

Three things came to mind :-

a) I was thinking the same thing

b) why would it be crazier than going from nothing to outlaw in the first place

c) why not add ironman 70.3 and do a hat trick ?

Im a little worried Ive pushed too hard as my knee is still a little sensitive....must do a turbo session today .

Been looking at FInk, and I dont think I can do the build phase timings - I thought I saw some guidance on how to tackle the timings and zones IF your not fit enough, but I cant find it now....

Ive got 9wks before the 30wk cycle starts for Outlaw...so 9 wks to be fit enough for the 30wks....

and A good morning to everyone!

What about the Fink build phase do you think you will have trouble with?

You need to stay within Z2 to build the base as far as I recall

If you cant stay in Z2 without walking then that proves that you have a base to build, staying within the Z2 is the key and staying within the timescales, as you progress through the plan you will find that you walk less and go further

Have yo ustarted the plan early in order to repeat the base or is this seperate to the 30 week plan?

EIther way staying in the zones is the key and making sure that you have the correct zones in the first place, if you have worked them out from a formular then they are likely (IMO) to be wrong

Then stick at it .. keep in the zones and HR will drop and times will increase