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Thanks. Next season I'll 1. do the half-Ironman, goal is to improve my PB of 5:30 to 5:00ish and 2. run a marathon, anything lower than 3:30 would kick ass. (I

by Maro 18y ago

Thanks. Next season I'll 1. do the half-Ironman, goal is to improve my PB of 5:30 to 5:00ish and 2. run a marathon, anything lower than 3:30 would kick ass. (I've never ran "just" a marathon.) I plan to return to the Ironman in 2 years and improve my time to sub-12:00. That should be pretty simple since I would've finished 12:30ish this year were it not for the fact that all season I ran on a rubber track and my feet couldn't take the asphalt at the race (last 10km went out the window).

mrtron 18y ago
I actually began casually training for a triathlon "sprint" which is a great lead into the sport. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Triathlon#Standard_race_distances http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Triathlon#Standard_race_distanc... I figure its the perfect length to get into it - each individual section I could do right now, but the combined effort will be killer :)
- Maro 18y ago
  It's almost counter-intuitive, but I was a lot more exhausted after the half-Ironman than after the Ironman. I pushed myself a lot harder during the swim and especially the bike leg at the half-distance race. At the full race I was more easy-going, making sure I'd finish.