Wondering what recommendations you ladies and gents have, swim / bike tech wise, that would be worth it financially for an age grouper completion-ist. I'm not rich by any means, but i'm comfortable middle class.
I have the Superfrog 70.3 coming up in 12 weeks. Currently i'm 230 lbs, riding at about 15 mph (for the 56 miler) and 9:30ish mile pace (depending on rest / nutrition) for the half. I swim a sustained about 2-2:30 min / 100 yard in the pool. I have a wetsuit for the swim, which is fantastic for buoyancy and keeping me steamline for swimming. My bike, however, is a Giant Contend 3 entry level. I put on Shimano clipless pedals and have the clip in shoes. That helped. I use a base garmin cadence, speed and distance meter. That is helpful I suppose. I train with a Garmin 935 triathlon watch. That definitely helps too. I am following a 70.3 race plan. That helps too. I swim with 2xu brand triathlon shorts, supposedly that helps with bouncy while swim training. I train between 7-12 hours a week total.
So my questions are these: would increased bike tech help and be worth it? The bike training plans I looks at measure sustained wattage to increase power over time (and basically know how hard you should go and are going). Most of the wattage meters i've researched are in the 400+ dollar range though. Do you guys think training with one would bring me to another level through measured harder training? How has it worked for you and what are your tech recommendations?
Regarding the swim, what trunks / tech do you wear when you train and what do you guys recommend for improvements for me?
Thanks for the help!
I have the Superfrog 70.3 coming up in 12 weeks. Currently i'm 230 lbs, riding at about 15 mph (for the 56 miler) and 9:30ish mile pace (depending on rest / nutrition) for the half. I swim a sustained about 2-2:30 min / 100 yard in the pool. I have a wetsuit for the swim, which is fantastic for buoyancy and keeping me steamline for swimming. My bike, however, is a Giant Contend 3 entry level. I put on Shimano clipless pedals and have the clip in shoes. That helped. I use a base garmin cadence, speed and distance meter. That is helpful I suppose. I train with a Garmin 935 triathlon watch. That definitely helps too. I am following a 70.3 race plan. That helps too. I swim with 2xu brand triathlon shorts, supposedly that helps with bouncy while swim training. I train between 7-12 hours a week total.
So my questions are these: would increased bike tech help and be worth it? The bike training plans I looks at measure sustained wattage to increase power over time (and basically know how hard you should go and are going). Most of the wattage meters i've researched are in the 400+ dollar range though. Do you guys think training with one would bring me to another level through measured harder training? How has it worked for you and what are your tech recommendations?
Regarding the swim, what trunks / tech do you wear when you train and what do you guys recommend for improvements for me?
Thanks for the help!