Hello all
First post here, not a triathlete..... yet.... but have a plan brewing and thought I'd float the idea and ask a few questions.
I'm 43 in a few days, living in the UK, bulk of my fitness comes from a bike background over the last few years, but haven't raced competitively in a couple years. Have never run, but have done a bit this year and although my stamina is decent, I'm sloooooow. Swimming, could do it forever, but again far from what one would call 'quick'.
Currently without a target or physical challenge and I was explaining to someone recently why IM distance seemed such a bizarre concept to me..... the swim, I could do..... the bike, I'd be reasonably handy at but think I'd spend a lot of it weeping, thinking of the marathon to follow! Running a marathon just doesn't compute to me, let alone after 112 on the bike, I really am an almost perfect stranger to running. But, as I was saying it during that conversation something in my mind clicked, and I kinda fancy it. I like an idea which is bad enough to be a good idea (e.g. I've done an Everesting on the bike) and I also love getting into something I've genuinely no idea whether I'm capable of or not and which takes some buckling down and dedication, so IM kinda ticks my boxes. So, a couple of questions.....
I'm currently a fair bit heavier than my racing weight typically was, plus although the cardio base is still decent I'm a fair way off where I was, so there's work to do. Plus, 'proper' swimming and running is new to me, so lots of new training involved too. I'm always interested in tracking my own training and progress in general, so was wondering if other might too.
What do you think? Interesting if done right, or load of nonsense which has been done before? Would welcome your thoughts on such a mission.
Thanks!
First post here, not a triathlete..... yet.... but have a plan brewing and thought I'd float the idea and ask a few questions.
I'm 43 in a few days, living in the UK, bulk of my fitness comes from a bike background over the last few years, but haven't raced competitively in a couple years. Have never run, but have done a bit this year and although my stamina is decent, I'm sloooooow. Swimming, could do it forever, but again far from what one would call 'quick'.
Currently without a target or physical challenge and I was explaining to someone recently why IM distance seemed such a bizarre concept to me..... the swim, I could do..... the bike, I'd be reasonably handy at but think I'd spend a lot of it weeping, thinking of the marathon to follow! Running a marathon just doesn't compute to me, let alone after 112 on the bike, I really am an almost perfect stranger to running. But, as I was saying it during that conversation something in my mind clicked, and I kinda fancy it. I like an idea which is bad enough to be a good idea (e.g. I've done an Everesting on the bike) and I also love getting into something I've genuinely no idea whether I'm capable of or not and which takes some buckling down and dedication, so IM kinda ticks my boxes. So, a couple of questions.....
- I'm thinking if I do do it I'll spend 2020 training and building up to it, having a crack at IM distance in 2021. I'm considering vlog/blogging the whole thing from beginning to end, documenting all the various aspects and progress en route. That been done before? (I'd like to check it out if so) Is it the sort of thing folk would find interesting?
- If I did proceed with that idea I'd like to stick together a list of things to monitor and discuss en route..... body shape, measurements, vitals such as blood pressure and maybe some blood markers, coaching, training and progress, equipment, diet and changes, physical and mental health, work/life/training balance and maintaining the politics at home (full time job and young family)...... a bunch of things I'd report on some regularly, and maybe others in a dedicate blog entry or something.
I'm currently a fair bit heavier than my racing weight typically was, plus although the cardio base is still decent I'm a fair way off where I was, so there's work to do. Plus, 'proper' swimming and running is new to me, so lots of new training involved too. I'm always interested in tracking my own training and progress in general, so was wondering if other might too.
What do you think? Interesting if done right, or load of nonsense which has been done before? Would welcome your thoughts on such a mission.
Thanks!