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Just curious - was anyone's first tri 70.3 or 140.6?

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  • Capt_Apollo
    Capt_Apollo Posts: 9,026 Member
    Mr_Knight wrote: »
    Did my first Tri earlier this year - sprint distance. Ran 10k this morning, fasted. Legs were sore at the end, but I wasn't even out of breath. Doing an Oly in September, which won't be a problem.

    And now I find myself seriously considering getting ready for a 70.3 in 2016.

    But it's a bit scary for me, because I'm built for linebacking, not for wisping around an endurance course....


    i feel you man. i'm 6'3, and have a pretty solid frame myself. for the last three years i raced as a clydesdale (220+lbs) and didn't really think i was built for endurance. but in time, the endurance and the speed comes. i'm doing my first 70.3 this year, and honestly, i'm finding that i wished i had waited one more year so that i could continue concentrating on getting faster.
  • Mr_Knight
    Mr_Knight Posts: 9,532 Member
    Capt_Apollo wrote: »
    Mr_Knight wrote: »
    Did my first Tri earlier this year - sprint distance. Ran 10k this morning, fasted. Legs were sore at the end, but I wasn't even out of breath. Doing an Oly in September, which won't be a problem.

    And now I find myself seriously considering getting ready for a 70.3 in 2016.

    But it's a bit scary for me, because I'm built for linebacking, not for wisping around an endurance course....


    i feel you man. i'm 6'3, and have a pretty solid frame myself. for the last three years i raced as a clydesdale (220+lbs) and didn't really think i was built for endurance. but in time, the endurance and the speed comes. i'm doing my first 70.3 this year, and honestly, i'm finding that i wished i had waited one more year so that i could continue concentrating on getting faster.

    Wow. Thanks for that!

    :drinker:
  • Mr_Knight
    Mr_Knight Posts: 9,532 Member
    Following up...a bit on the heaviest IM champion...

    http://triathlon.competitor.com/2011/06/features/racing-weight-advice-from-history’s-heaviest-ironman-champion_31141
  • Capt_Apollo
    Capt_Apollo Posts: 9,026 Member
    Mr_Knight wrote: »
    Capt_Apollo wrote: »
    Mr_Knight wrote: »
    Did my first Tri earlier this year - sprint distance. Ran 10k this morning, fasted. Legs were sore at the end, but I wasn't even out of breath. Doing an Oly in September, which won't be a problem.

    And now I find myself seriously considering getting ready for a 70.3 in 2016.

    But it's a bit scary for me, because I'm built for linebacking, not for wisping around an endurance course....


    i feel you man. i'm 6'3, and have a pretty solid frame myself. for the last three years i raced as a clydesdale (220+lbs) and didn't really think i was built for endurance. but in time, the endurance and the speed comes. i'm doing my first 70.3 this year, and honestly, i'm finding that i wished i had waited one more year so that i could continue concentrating on getting faster.

    Wow. Thanks for that!

    :drinker:

    no problem.

    btw, this january i decided that i was going to be as strict as humanly possible with my calories. i read Matt Fitzgeralds book "racing weight" and that gave me a lot of tips and insight, and i went from a good 230ish pounds to where i am now, which is hovering around 205.

    ... maybe i'll start a racing weight thread, so that this doesn't get derailed.

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