I’m trying to think of things to do after I finish my Ironman this November, and am currently looking to see what sort of thing I can do to top the Ironman. While I wouldn’t mind trying an Ultra Marathon (50+ mile) race… I don’t think i’d do very good at those as I’m too slow .
I was wondering if there was a term, such as Ironman, or Ultra Marathon, that refered to Long distance swimming I could search for on the net.
that swim is late june early july isn’t it? a buddy of mine won it in 2001 I think (John van Wisse)…I think the swim is with the current and is quite fast.
he swam the channel too and though Manhattan island swim was a lot easier!
Should’nt you worry about finishing your Ironman first? Worry about what to do after Ironman; after November. As to what to do after your Ironman, how about doing it again but only faster. Doing and Ironman (or any distance event) is one thing, but doing it well is another.
You see, I am a tourist. An endurance tourist that is. I started this trip in Jan 2004, and am afraid if I don’t plan ahead for after the race, I’ll slip back into the duldrums and back to where I was before I started.
I am not an athlete. I run 11-12min miles, I bike at roughly 15-16mph. I do swim fairly decently (1.2 mile 27mins?)
I’ll never win any awards. That doesn’t bother me though. My goal is to finish these things.
I’ve been a rock climber for 15+ years. My goals on the climbs are to get through them. If I have to “french free” some areas, or heck, even aid climb through on big walls (800’) then I’ll do it. To me, it’s about the journey. I’m there to enjoy what it is I’m doing. For a lot of you guys, most?, it’s about getting a PR. And that is quite noble. But you guys are athletes and I am not.
There are some great ideas for swims here in this thread. I would LOVE to train for the Manhattan swim, but as another poster mentioned… HOW in the HECK would you train for such a thing?
You can fly to Israel and participate in the crossing of the kineret (Sea of Galilee). I did it before and it is great. You can stay in the ancient city of Tiberius and you can also visit Nazareth.
Last week I stayed in Haifa, Israel. I swum in the med sea, run on the bitch and ate the best food ever.
Sorry, I forgot you are using this forum to beg for money and you can’t afford flying abroad.
No problem, that is cool. I don’t think you have to be fast to be an ‘athlete’. I think anyone that trains and competes in an Ironman is an ‘athlete’. I don’t remember seeing a time criteria for joining the ‘athlete club’.
As for training for the Manhattan swim, just like anything else, swim as much as you can.
Don’t give up on the idea of an Ultramarathon. Speed is NOT what is most important. Endurance and mental toughness are. The saying associated with ultrarunners (forget about the elites for the moment) is “walk the hills, shuffle the flats, run the downhills”.
Many of the 50 mile ultras have fairly generous time limits (12 hours). Some even give you as much time as the people doing the 100 mile events (McNaughton Park in Pekin, IL has a 36 hour limit for all distances - 30, 50 & 100).
I too am a fairly slow runner (11-12 minute pace for my long runs) and I was able to complete the 30 miler in 7:45 (very steep ups and downs so lots of climbing not running) and a 50K (31.1 miles) in 6:41. And I was not anywhere deadlast in the event - probably the bottom 1/4 of the field.
Good Luck with your search for your next adventure.
I too am a fairly slow runner (11-12 minute pace for my long runs) and I was able to complete the 30 miler in 7:45 (very steep ups and downs so lots of climbing not running) and a 50K (31.1 miles) in 6:41. And I was not anywhere deadlast in the event - probably the bottom 1/4 of the field.
Wow, I thought I was the slowest “runner” on here. Those are about the same exact paces I do for my running. 11-12min pace is all I can seem to muster after getting of the bike.
I’ll keep the Ultra Marathon in mind. I think I’d like to try and see what each sport has as it’s “maximum” I’m surprised there isn’t an Ultraman or something that’s a 3 day event.
Day 1 - 8 Mile swim.
Day 2 - 300 Mile bike.
Day 3 - 100 Mile run.
Talk about crazy. hhehe.
Thanks again gang for the great input and feedback!
