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Nice. You'll probably notice that Avon Rise and the exit of Tower are rather steeper than you expect them to be when on the bike.
At the start, everyone will sprint for the first few hundred metres. Don't be tempted to chase after them - go at your own pace and you'll soon repass the ones that were overexcited.
Your second run will feel awful and slow after the bike, but in reality, once you've swapped your bike legs for your running legs, in reality you'll probably be going faster than the first run.
Don't forget the most important part: enjoy it
At the start, everyone will sprint for the first few hundred metres. Don't be tempted to chase after them - go at your own pace and you'll soon repass the ones that were overexcited.
Your second run will feel awful and slow after the bike, but in reality, once you've swapped your bike legs for your running legs, in reality you'll probably be going faster than the first run.
Don't forget the most important part: enjoy it
pablo said:
just entered my first one (castle combe, 16/8), had a look at last years results......very, very afraid....for the record its a 5km run, 20km ride, 3km run.... all guts no glory....
There are quite a few very good triathletes round here that often turn up to the Castle Coombe events.Hope you enjoy it and it isn't too windy. My advice would be to practice your transitions so you know exactly where to put everything and so where to find it.
i did a 10km there last year and really enjoyed it though the wind was strong between quarry and old paddock before the track dips down before tower. i know the track well so should be able to judge my pace quite well.
it was lovely tarmac to run on so i am hoping that it will be a nice ride with a good deal of pressure in the tyres, just keep off the kerbs!!!!! anyway, its my first time doing anything like this so i'll take the transitions easy and just try not to get in anyones way. i am fairly confident that i can make a bit of time up on the bike but ocnifdently expect to be in the final 1/4..... tried to work out an ETA on paper but its probably futile. did some "brick" training last night, legs hurt today!...
it was lovely tarmac to run on so i am hoping that it will be a nice ride with a good deal of pressure in the tyres, just keep off the kerbs!!!!! anyway, its my first time doing anything like this so i'll take the transitions easy and just try not to get in anyones way. i am fairly confident that i can make a bit of time up on the bike but ocnifdently expect to be in the final 1/4..... tried to work out an ETA on paper but its probably futile. did some "brick" training last night, legs hurt today!...
bloody hell that was hard work!
first leg (5km run) dispatched with easily enough in just under 25 minutes which is usual pace, found the transition to the bike a nightmare as i had clipped my shoes in but this made it hard to get on hte bike, so ended up unclipping them, then putting them on, then getting out onto the track....a total nightmare... was saving myself a bit for the bike as the stretch from quarry to tower is into the wind and quite hard work. sure enough those who had put a lot of effort into the first leg would suffer here....
i banged out 7 laps (21km)in around 40 minutes which wasnt too bad, my computer on hte bike died though so that was frustrating....the second transition was even worse, my legs turned to jelly as soon as i got off the bike and i struggled with my running shoes, it was only after the first km of the third leg (3km run) that i could feelmy legs at all. then it was just about getting to the finish and ticking off corners on my way around combe, having walked that perimeter road many times, it was nice to know the precise distance from old paddock to tower, tower to bobbies and bobbies to camp!...
finished in 1:24 which was 9 minutes over my target but i am still chuffed and looking forward to the next one in November. i think it put me 70 out of 110
top effort from the people doing it on mountain bikes and one guy on a folding bike!, the leaders were a class apart, the winner home in just under the hour!....
first leg (5km run) dispatched with easily enough in just under 25 minutes which is usual pace, found the transition to the bike a nightmare as i had clipped my shoes in but this made it hard to get on hte bike, so ended up unclipping them, then putting them on, then getting out onto the track....a total nightmare... was saving myself a bit for the bike as the stretch from quarry to tower is into the wind and quite hard work. sure enough those who had put a lot of effort into the first leg would suffer here....
i banged out 7 laps (21km)in around 40 minutes which wasnt too bad, my computer on hte bike died though so that was frustrating....the second transition was even worse, my legs turned to jelly as soon as i got off the bike and i struggled with my running shoes, it was only after the first km of the third leg (3km run) that i could feelmy legs at all. then it was just about getting to the finish and ticking off corners on my way around combe, having walked that perimeter road many times, it was nice to know the precise distance from old paddock to tower, tower to bobbies and bobbies to camp!...
finished in 1:24 which was 9 minutes over my target but i am still chuffed and looking forward to the next one in November. i think it put me 70 out of 110
top effort from the people doing it on mountain bikes and one guy on a folding bike!, the leaders were a class apart, the winner home in just under the hour!....
pablo said:
bloody hell that was hard work!
first leg (5km run) dispatched with easily enough in just under 25 minutes which is usual pace, found the transition to the bike a nightmare as i had clipped my shoes in but this made it hard to get on hte bike, so ended up unclipping them, then putting them on, then getting out onto the track....a total nightmare... was saving myself a bit for the bike as the stretch from quarry to tower is into the wind and quite hard work. sure enough those who had put a lot of effort into the first leg would suffer here....
i banged out 7 laps (21km)in around 40 minutes which wasnt too bad, my computer on hte bike died though so that was frustrating....the second transition was even worse, my legs turned to jelly as soon as i got off the bike and i struggled with my running shoes, it was only after the first km of the third leg (3km run) that i could feelmy legs at all. then it was just about getting to the finish and ticking off corners on my way around combe, having walked that perimeter road many times, it was nice to know the precise distance from old paddock to tower, tower to bobbies and bobbies to camp!...
finished in 1:24 which was 9 minutes over my target but i am still chuffed and looking forward to the next one in November. i think it put me 70 out of 110
top effort from the people doing it on mountain bikes and one guy on a folding bike!, the leaders were a class apart, the winner home in just under the hour!....
Well done, good work in finishing and it´s tough to get off the bike and run... Well done and all the best for the next onefirst leg (5km run) dispatched with easily enough in just under 25 minutes which is usual pace, found the transition to the bike a nightmare as i had clipped my shoes in but this made it hard to get on hte bike, so ended up unclipping them, then putting them on, then getting out onto the track....a total nightmare... was saving myself a bit for the bike as the stretch from quarry to tower is into the wind and quite hard work. sure enough those who had put a lot of effort into the first leg would suffer here....
i banged out 7 laps (21km)in around 40 minutes which wasnt too bad, my computer on hte bike died though so that was frustrating....the second transition was even worse, my legs turned to jelly as soon as i got off the bike and i struggled with my running shoes, it was only after the first km of the third leg (3km run) that i could feelmy legs at all. then it was just about getting to the finish and ticking off corners on my way around combe, having walked that perimeter road many times, it was nice to know the precise distance from old paddock to tower, tower to bobbies and bobbies to camp!...
finished in 1:24 which was 9 minutes over my target but i am still chuffed and looking forward to the next one in November. i think it put me 70 out of 110
top effort from the people doing it on mountain bikes and one guy on a folding bike!, the leaders were a class apart, the winner home in just under the hour!....
Well done getting to the end. A few more events and that one will seem easy peasy.
By contrast, I did a sprint tri on Saturday (actually I was meant to do the Olympic distance, but I overslept, and they kindly let me do the afternoon sprint instead
). I had a great sea swim (top 10%), but punctured after about 10 metres on the bike. I changed the tube just to finish the race, but it lost me a good 5 minutes, so my nerdy spreadsheet progress graph now looks like last year's FTSE.
A silver lining is that my cousin won the ladies olympic distance race
.
By contrast, I did a sprint tri on Saturday (actually I was meant to do the Olympic distance, but I overslept, and they kindly let me do the afternoon sprint instead
). I had a great sea swim (top 10%), but punctured after about 10 metres on the bike. I changed the tube just to finish the race, but it lost me a good 5 minutes, so my nerdy spreadsheet progress graph now looks like last year's FTSE.A silver lining is that my cousin won the ladies olympic distance race
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