Hey guys,
So I’ve doing this tri thing for 7 years now. Raced nationals, raced on team USA for ITU worlds. Have had a great time doing many other races. Gotten my Sorint time down below 1 hour. Haven’t done much longneck course racing... but I don’t really feel like trying.
But now I have two kiddos 6 and 3... and training is just tough these days. I can still fit it in enough to be around 2:05 to 2:10 Olympic shape, but I feel like I want to do something more...
So I did a bike camp in March in Tucson cause I wanted to see how I stacked up to pure cyclists. And I surprised myself. I was able to do 80+ mike rides with Cat1/2 guys. (I’m normally an “all around” triathlete) I don’t have any particular leg that I crush everybody on.) And I even hung with most of them on the big climbs of the week. So now I’m wondering if I should just save myself some logistical stress and see how I do in the cycling world.... but I’m scared that if I try it and want to come back to tri again, I’ll never be able to get back to where I was before in terms of speed... (I’m 31... so I also get that aging has its affect on speed too...)
Thoughts? Anyone done this before?
So I’ve doing this tri thing for 7 years now. Raced nationals, raced on team USA for ITU worlds. Have had a great time doing many other races. Gotten my Sorint time down below 1 hour. Haven’t done much longneck course racing... but I don’t really feel like trying.
But now I have two kiddos 6 and 3... and training is just tough these days. I can still fit it in enough to be around 2:05 to 2:10 Olympic shape, but I feel like I want to do something more...
So I did a bike camp in March in Tucson cause I wanted to see how I stacked up to pure cyclists. And I surprised myself. I was able to do 80+ mike rides with Cat1/2 guys. (I’m normally an “all around” triathlete) I don’t have any particular leg that I crush everybody on.) And I even hung with most of them on the big climbs of the week. So now I’m wondering if I should just save myself some logistical stress and see how I do in the cycling world.... but I’m scared that if I try it and want to come back to tri again, I’ll never be able to get back to where I was before in terms of speed... (I’m 31... so I also get that aging has its affect on speed too...)
Thoughts? Anyone done this before?