May
10/05/07 22:11
Currently,
I swim sporadically with the children and on
holidays. Forget 2.4 miles, I would struggle to
complete a sprint distance of 750m using breast
stroke, so easily my weakest of the three
disciplines before I start; lessons required.
Cycling. Things are better here, I own a mountain bike (but no road bike). I have ridden the coast-2-coast (Whitehaven to Sunderland, a very beery 160 mile weekend) back in 1998 and the Welsh coast-2-coast a longer (a slightly less beery 200 miles long weekend in 1999). I’m happy with the idea of going out and cycling 30-40 miles in Sunday morning ride, although I haven’t been out for about two years, after my last cycling weekend (Padstow to Bristol, 180 miles, much more restrained).
Running. Here we go, I’ve just completed the Marathon des Sables, a 160 miles endurance race across the Sahara, although I did walk a fair chunk of this. However, I’m certainly happy with running and now I’m not scared of any distance. Indeed, because of the MdS, I’m not scared of the concept of the ironman at this stage, either.
Fitness. This is my concern. From the MdS, I’m certainly not unfit, far from it. However, whilst I could run and walk all day, it’s not something I can do particularly quickly. Indeed, my speciality is long, slow runs. The ironman is going to require me to be lighter and fitter, much more so than the MdS.
Cycling. Things are better here, I own a mountain bike (but no road bike). I have ridden the coast-2-coast (Whitehaven to Sunderland, a very beery 160 mile weekend) back in 1998 and the Welsh coast-2-coast a longer (a slightly less beery 200 miles long weekend in 1999). I’m happy with the idea of going out and cycling 30-40 miles in Sunday morning ride, although I haven’t been out for about two years, after my last cycling weekend (Padstow to Bristol, 180 miles, much more restrained).
Running. Here we go, I’ve just completed the Marathon des Sables, a 160 miles endurance race across the Sahara, although I did walk a fair chunk of this. However, I’m certainly happy with running and now I’m not scared of any distance. Indeed, because of the MdS, I’m not scared of the concept of the ironman at this stage, either.
Fitness. This is my concern. From the MdS, I’m certainly not unfit, far from it. However, whilst I could run and walk all day, it’s not something I can do particularly quickly. Indeed, my speciality is long, slow runs. The ironman is going to require me to be lighter and fitter, much more so than the MdS.