To become one of these psycho fast guys? Did the Muncie Half Ironman this weekend. Had about 10 minutes of tire problems and finished with around a 5 hour flat time, costing me a 4:45 time instead. Even with a 4:45 time I would of been 20 minutes off the fastest guys in the 30-34 age group. Granted, my background about 4 years ago would be a 2 pack a day malborough man that weighed in at 6'3" a nice round 260 pounds. So I am still fairly new to the sport i suppose. I am down to about 175-180 so my weight is under control. What do these guys do to get that fast I suppose is my main question? I want to get there but not sure how to go about it. PELASE DONT MENTION A COACH:) My Tri budget is beyond toast for the time being.

I put in about 12 to 15 hours a week, for three weeks, then one week where I cut back to 6-8 hours and rest. What do these freaky fast guys do?

To put it inperspective, I raced a local sprint a couple weeks ago in Warsaw, IN. The distance was 0.25 swim/13.5 bike/3 run. My times were approximately 6:30 swim/34 bike/18:30 run. Finished around 1:03, ended up winning the 30-34 age group. But only because the fast guys got yanked out for the overall. THERE TIMES WERE 57:40 and 58 flat!!! I am 5-6 minutes away from those guys just in an hour race!!

Any advice on how to get there? Time is not a huge issue, neither is the drive to work hard. Thoughts from you fast freaks? How do I get over the hump?

I put up the race results with a bunch of Pictures from Muncie on my website: www.michiganoutlaws.com follow the links for the Muncie Race Report.

Thanks in advance