TL Triathletes

On May 20 2012 01:14 YPang wrote:

On May 17 2012 15:37 L_Master wrote:

On May 17 2012 11:23 AirbladeOrange wrote:
I'm bringing this thread back to life.

I just did a duathlon practice thing today that a my local triathlon club hosts every week. When the water gets warm it turns into a triathlon practice.

It was supposed to be a 1.7 mile run, 9-12 mile bike, 3.1 mile run. I have never done anything other than just biking or running separately up until earlier.

So I take off on the run just following the guy in the lead pacing myself for a comfortably fast 1.7 mile run. He runs past it (there were no markers anyway) and just goes to the 5k turnaround point. I figured I'd just follow him so I ended up running with him the whole way back. So my first third of the event was definitely faster and more taxing than I had planned.

Then I did the shorter 9 mile bike course but saw a guy I ran in high school with running and I slowed down and talked with him for a few minutes. I wasn't even sure I was going to do the last run part at all because I wanted to ease into this triathlon deal. But I cruised back on the bike and felt like I could go for a little run. My legs felt extremely awkward when I started running after I hopped off my bike. I thought maybe I'd just run a mile out and a mile back but a mile out is only another half mile to the 5k turnaround so I just went for it.

I timed myself for the total time I was running and biking but stopped my watch during the transitions which I took my time at. I took probably 3 minutes or so before I got on my bike and about 2 minutes before I took off for the last run. It took me 78 minutes without transitions for a 5k run, 9 mile bike, 5k run and around 83 minutes with transitions.

Next week I'm going to keep my watch running and just get splits for each event as well as both transitions.

Am I alone on TL with a triathlon quest?

Yea, I definitely notice this on the occasional instance when I combine biking and running. The first mile or so always feels awkward and I feel very tight.

I also notice when I bike I can't really get my HR up to high, by the time I am even at 160 or so my legs are starting to get on fire and I think my legs would just crash on me if I tried to get anywhere near like a tempo type HR of 180-190. I guess the legs/musculature just isn't strong enough or efficient enough to handle the intensity my aerobic system can?

Not really sure if I'll ever do a triathlon though as I enjoy running about 10x more than I do biking. I like getting out and biking once a week/every other week for a few hours, but I can't see myself (right now anyway) cutting out any running to make room for more biking/swimming.

Haha, i dont like cutting my running routines for other stuff either. I think for easy days i might run just a little less, like instead of a 5 mile easy run, i'd do 3. In addition, i'll add some swimming/biking routines to that particular day. Personally i think it's a worthwhile trade.

Edit: due to the fact that i cannot access a pool at the momment, and still sorta saving up for a bike. I've been on a pretty strict lifting schedule as well as running.

I run ~6 times a week
and lift 5 times a week.
I only lift upper body with something like
Day 1. Chest/abs
Day2. Back
Day3. Shoulders/Obliques
Day4. Arms.
I just cycle those 4 days countinously through out the week. I can't really do any leg lifting cuz it interferes too much with my running workouts. But i might find time to try to incorporate it. However, my leg look big enough as it is lol....

So far this routine has been working pretty well for me, i haven't really noticed declines in my running performance, i'm still getting faster with workouts even with this lifting routine.

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