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Ironman Competition and Training

#1 User is offline   Shinrei 

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Posted 28 February 2013 - 11:00 PM

Anyone do triathlons? Anyone trained for/completed an Ironman?

My good friend who does Ironman tossed me a mail saying that in summer 2014 there will be an Ironman in Hokkaido. I've never done a triathlon, but I'm seriously considering it. I'm already a runner with some marathons on the calendar for the end of 2013, beginning of 2014.

Anyone have training advice or websites to recommend for a noob like me?

Part of my inspiration is I just spent 3 weeks in Kona, Hawaii on vacation. Ironmen/women are everywhere there, and it's home to the Ironman Championship.
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Posted 17 March 2013 - 06:07 PM

I think that the reason no one replied is because...

its a murderous event:

2.4-mile (3.86 km) swim
112-mile (180.25 km) bicycle ride
and a marathon 26.2-mile (42.2 km) run

...consecutively

INSANE!

Dont do it until you've done all of the above at least a few times, and then try doing 2 on the same day and build up from there.

Or you could go for it and then it'll be RIP Shin :p
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Posted 21 March 2013 - 09:13 AM

The idea is caput, not for bodily reasons. Those suckers cost over 500 bucks to enter. No can do.
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Posted 21 March 2013 - 03:19 PM

Yeah, they're kind of a "rich person" event to enter, unless you have sponsors.

Also, I've never trained for one (nor do I want to). I like swimming and biking, but running isn't my jam. If I could do the swimming and biking together along with something else, I'd be much more interested.
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Posted 08 April 2013 - 08:23 AM

I'm guessing you could handle an olympic traithlon distance, no? That's only a 10km run.
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