Took the leap, looking for advice
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triNick posted 2 years ago.
Hey,
Congratulations on taking the plunge, even if it's a 1/2 IM. I don't know much about the Honu course, but being prepared is for a 1/2 IM distance like that is essential. See if you can find a tri club in the neighborhood, they might have people preparing for a 1/2 IM. Another good resource, is beginnertriathlete.com The have free training plans and paid training plans. This link is for their free 1/2 IM training plan.
Good luck!!
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glbrum posted 2 years ago.
Well, I would strongly, strongly suggest you take a look at the 1/2 IM training plan here on trifuel. Put together by a Pro triathlete and a fellow board member, it looks very good. I think it will put you in very good shape for the race. I believe it is a 20 week plan, so you have some time until it starts, but it's good to start thinking about it now. I would suggest getting you endurance/distance up to where the first week starts and then work off of the plan. There's no need to ramp up the volume now, you'll get injured (like I did).
It looks like your swimming is going to be your biggest limiter, which is common for most people, so I would suggest working on that a lot over the winter before the plan you choose starts.
Good on you for deciding to use a plan. I didn't for my first HIM at age 20 and got myself injured. Too much too soon.
EDIT:if you have the chance to race before Honu, such as a sprint or oly, do it. It will give you a good idea of how things work in transition and you'll get a feel for how a race works and all that stuff.
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gfd posted 2 years ago.
Definitely do a sprint or oly before the HIM. You will learn alot and it could greatly reduce your anxiety level come HIM race day. Make sure you get a few open water swims in as well. Search this site for tons of great advice and race day checklists etc.
Good luck.
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cayman posted 2 years ago.
You have alot of work to do, take it slow, build a good base and train smart.
Pick up a couple of books: The Triathlete's Bible, Joe Friel and Going Long, Joel Friel and Gordon Byrn and, of course, keep checkin' in here.
Good advice posted above, get in as many shorter races as you can before the big day, experience is knowledge.
Good luck with the training!
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RV posted 2 years ago.
Agree with the advice listed already. Get a good training plan. Practice open water swims, run off of the bike (even just for 15 min to get the legs used to running after the bike) and doing a sprint or other tri first. It will just help you understand the other things like how to set up your transitions how your stomach reacts under race conditions, which can be different as a lot more nerves than when training.
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azstinger11 posted 2 years ago.
Going on the advice listed above do any of you happen to know a good warm up tri or open water swim (event or just a place to do it) in AZ?
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Paintrain posted 2 years ago.
Here is a link for the 1/2 IM training plan here on trifuel.
http://www.trifuel.com/triathlon-training/Half-Ironman-Training.php
Like someone said before it was put together by a pro and is a good plan.
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cayman posted 2 years ago.
Use trifind.com. It doesn't look like 07 races are posted yet, but just carry forward the 06 races.
http://www.trifind.com/az.html
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Tikal Dog posted 2 years ago.
Even thoug I should encourage Trifuel stuff.... I would recomend reading Joe Friel´s "The Triathletes Training Bible" and getting yourself a decent HR Monitor. After you read that,......maybe you can use the plan in the site modified with especific HR Zones.
Or you can build your own plan based on the book.
Congratulations on going for IM 70.3......... and you´ll see when you finish the race that "the point" between a 1/2 an a full IM is much more than just a point. I´m thinking a huge sphere! :D
Don´t get me wrong I have never done an IM but I now is mad stuff.
So congratulations..... you are starting up with time. So listen to these guys and have 1 or 2 races (sprint +oly) before the Im 70.3 so you get the feel before.
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solidad posted 1 year ago.
Totally agree with getting Joe's Triathlon Training Bible. I actually leverage trainingpeeks.comn and love it. The difference you'll find with Joe's plans and the one linked on Tirfuel is swim drills and other technique oriented training. The Tirfuel plan is a good plan for how to build volume, but I think your key will be proper form for proper efficiency -- swim specifically, but the run to avoice injury.
Good luck!
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Landros13 posted 1 year ago.
Hi AZstinger...where are you located in AZ? I have some ideas for you, depending on where you live.
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Landros13 posted 1 year ago.
Oops, just noticed Tucson is your location. Check out tri-tucson.com for a race coming up in March. Tri-family racing has a sprint tri scheduled each month from Feb. on. They're at tri-familyracing.com, though you'll have to travel up to Phoenix for those. I'm new to the game myself, so I've been looking for local sprints and this is what I've found so far.
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TriMcKeever posted 33 weeks ago.
Hi AZstinger, can u tell me what you've learned since you posted this in Nov. 2006? I'm seeking advice on how to make a career of this. I fell in love at my first triathlon as Nautica Malibu Tri in 2004, then also in 2005, and have followed with 6 marathons [2 Los Angeles, San Fran, San Diego, Orange County, Buenos Aires]. I did those marathons b/c I was told I should if I plan to do an Ironman event.
Next week I will do Nautica Miami SouthBeach Triathlon, on April 13. I love this stuff, and at my age of 29 I'm pondering grad. school at Univ of Arizona; or professional triathlete? Of course at 29, I'm well behind top competitors who began 10yrs ago. And I'm hesitant to spend money on tri camps before I know how to 'make money' in tri events. Advice?
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Sully800 posted 33 weeks ago.
What kind of places are you getting in your current races? Making money from triathlon is a very difficult venture, many pros still work part time or full time jobs, and just receive race entry fees or discounted equipment as their pay. Only a very very few elite members actually make money, and that would be through winning races where the prize purse can be a few thousand dollars....and through commercial sponsors. If you are currently winning the races you have entered, you might be good enough to find yourself in a magazine or on TV and therefore you would be making money. If you aren't at the top of the smaller races then it will be extremely hard to improve enough to make a career out of this.
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tsilcyc posted 33 weeks ago.
I was just thinking about this the other day. The purse for Oceanside was $30K. I'm assuming that's $15 for men, $15K for women. Is that $7 for #1, $5K for #2, and $3K for #3? Let's assume I am correct. The #3 person gets $3K. They don't have to pay for entry but they do have to pay for airfare, hotel accommodations, food, rental car and whatever else isn't free. Figure at least $1000 is gone just in those expenses.
How many of these are they doing a month? Maybe one if they are lucky and only during the season. $2K a month is what a starting full time employee at Starbucks can make. You'd be better off learning to play guitar. But nobody wakes up and says: "Hey, I'm going to get rich, I'm going to become a pro triathlete." I'm sure it's more like: "I love what I'm doing, I'm probably not going to get rich but I'm living my dream."
Supplement the prize money with some sponsor money, income from coaching, free gear which you can sell, and you can live your dream. The real money is made through winning AND branding. You are now a product, one which needs recognition. While you're not training, you need to create brand awareness. It starts locally, spreads nationally, and then globally.
Assuming you live there, when they start referring to you at the Nautica Miami SouthBeach Triathlon as the "Hometown Favorite" or the "Local Favorite", you've acquired favorable brand recognition.
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Hey everyone!
So I finally decided that I would try and complete a life long goal and do a ironman (well half ironman but thats besides the point =p ). Im doing the Honu 70.3 and looking for some training help. I have run a 10k and did ok was hurting at the end. In terms of biking i have gone a furthest of about 40mi but with only minor hills on my trusty Specialized Allhez =). For swimming I just did about .65mi at my local pool today but it was straight would do about 4 laps (8 pools lengths) and take a rest. Im 20 (soon to be 21 =) ) and have a clean medical history. Right now my plan is go out 6 days a week 2 running, 2 biking, 2 swimming and try to progressively step up the distances but not really sure how that will work out. So any books/other websites/advice really for any field you can help provide would be really helpful!
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