And why?
I'm not feeling that I want to... As you know by now running is my thing, sod the swimming but I think that I *might* enjoy the bike again.
Yeah, my mate is trying to tell me that I would win the local off road stuff. I'm just a wuss when it comes to riding downhill fast with immovable objects (trees) in my way.
The thing i like about tri, is that is gives you so many race options. I`m entered for a spring Marathon, a HIM tri, an iron distance river swim and a std distance tri with a sea swim. What other sport gives you this variety.
I still cant get my head around the fact that so many people seem to hate swimming ..... yet quite happy to chalk up mile after mile in the freezing cold on a bike with cars screaming past you at 60mph on dodgy roads ....
David Falconer 3 wrote (see)
For me personally, being an ex PE teacher and FE + HE sports lecturer, I obviously (well I would hope it's obvious even to the layman) followed my career because I was good at various sports. So with that background comes a very competitive attitude, and an acceptance of my somatotype and abilities. I'm not built to swim and I hate being shit at stuff, don't get me wrong, I can swim distance but not fast. Most people that come into tri come from a running or bike background, which have commonalities physiologically. Swimming is the oddball. Tri is actually an oddball which is why it gets slated as much as it does on a professional level by the 'Jack of all trades...' argument.
Well I think the fact Im Australian skews my views when it comes to swimming ...... you can't possibly get through school without having done years of swimming in PE so its kind of impossible to be 's.it' at it ...... but the other thing is, logically biking should be the oddball when it comes to Tri's .... its the one element that requires huge expense, it requires an additional 'object' (I cant think of a cleverer way to put it, but basically with running and swimming, you can just go ahead and do it, but with the biking leg you obviously need a bike, which just adds a whole 'nother element of difficulty in terms of transporting it around etc.
I kind of cant understand why aquathlons arent more popular, it seems a much 'easier' way to get involved in multi-discipline sports in terms of barriers to entry ......... albeit granted nothing will beat the pentathalon where you need a friggen horse to compete!
jamie tardi wrote (see)
Try a season of duathlon? Might be fun especially the off road ones!
This. I havent swam for weeks, and I don't miss it. Really enjoying the Du season. You'd do really well KK with your running background, especially at sprint distance.
Back to the pool tomorrow though
I'm going back to it this year; 1/2IM and an IM after my last race in 2009. It all got a bit much in terms of training hours and I lost the urge to put in a shedload of training to take 30 min off my time.
I'm now quite enthused, having sharpened up my running no end and lost some weight
Having had a hip replacement operation last June and a compulsory 6-month layoff, I can't wait to get back into racing. Am entered in an Oly on 12 May, a sprint on 26 May, an HIM on 23 June and Challenge Vichy half 1 September. That's it so far. Started back into running at Christmas and am back to doing10kms already.
It's when you're told to stop doing something you realise how much it means to you.
Jindalee wrote (see)
Whats wrong with horses DF3?
They cost a lot to keep, feed, treat for their ailments, and if you live in a city are somewhat hard to accommodate. They are even more expensive than bikes!
2002 - 1x novice, 1x sprint, 1x odd, 1x Olympic, 1x HIM, followed by a 9 month break.
2003/4 1x sprint, 1x Olympic, 1x IM, followed by a 7 year break.
2011/12 1x Olympic, 1x IM (Outlaw), followed by retiement.
marshallini 100% joggist. wrote (see)
2002 - 1x novice, 1x sprint, 1x odd, 1x Olympic, 1x HIM, followed by a 9 month break. 2003/4 1x sprint, 1x Olympic, 1x IM, followed by a 7 year break. 2011/12 1x Olympic, 1x IM (Outlaw), followed by retiement.
Your answer makes me sad .........
Cheer up David, I've ticked all my triathlon boxes and really do not enjoy cycling enough (at all) to carry on, so I'll happily stick to jogging.
Nowt queer as folk. I don't mind the swim yet I am not a great fan of the bike. Am shit at all 3 disciplines but I stay around coz it's a good laugh and sometimes I can help others as shit as me do better and improve themselves which is quite gratifying.
Bizarrely, the bike last year was probably my strongest discipline. It still does very little for me though and it's bloody scary.
IronCat5 in the Hat wrote (see)
The lakes will be open soon That's way more fun
Agreed! We can't wait for open water swimming to start. Also, our local pool complex opens the outdoor one on 1 April whatever the weather - last year the water was 14c the first couple of times we swam there!
