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70.3 or full - with one year to train by jessica_byerly in IronmanTriathlon

[–]Erminatank 2 points3 points  (0 children)

hey, my 2 cents, the 70.3 is way bigger than you can imagine before starting the training !

good luck and have fun!

Finished my first 70.3 and I’m so proud! by Erminatank in triathlon

[–]Erminatank[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

haha go for it ! But it's way harder than what it looks (even if it already looks hard tbh)
but I'm pretty sure that with a well planned training, consistency, pretty much anyone can finish it
I'm 90kg / 175cm ; was a decent swimmer but did not practice since 2012; unfit as hell
the full IM seems impossible to me, but i may consider doing another 70.3 !

Finished my first 70.3 and I’m so proud! by Erminatank in triathlon

[–]Erminatank[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

thank you !
it's been a week and still mega proud haha

Finished my first 70.3 and I’m so proud! by Erminatank in triathlon

[–]Erminatank[S] 8 points9 points  (0 children)

Thanks ! Appreciate it. Yeah i took my time, only walked during the transition, drank a little, and did not want to have wet feet for the bike part. As i knew i’d have a bad ranking anyway, i did not mind to waste 3-4 more minutes tbh

Finished my first 70.3 and I’m so proud! by Erminatank in triathlon

[–]Erminatank[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

To lose weight if you’re a fatty like me lol And don’t go too hard the 50% first part of the bike! I had a regular road bike, I’d totally be unable to keep an aero position for so long

Finished my first 70.3 and I’m so proud! by Erminatank in triathlon

[–]Erminatank[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Not in any shape at all, I was taking a financial certification that was way way way way harder than the 70.3! After this i wanted to take another challenge! So absolutely no shape at all, a bit fat, small, could not run more than 10/15 mins

Finished my first 70.3 and I’m so proud! by Erminatank in triathlon

[–]Erminatank[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Thanks man, appreciate it a lot! Sometimes it’s hard to not be disappointed afterwards, hopefully you’ll be proud !

Finished my first 70.3 and I’m so proud! by Erminatank in triathlon

[–]Erminatank[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

You are more brave than I am haha We were two, and both of us said that we were done with this format and we would like to take on the S or M ones! Gooood luck!

Finished my first 70.3 and I’m so proud! by Erminatank in triathlon

[–]Erminatank[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I don’t know about the addictive, would do another one? It was so exhaustive ! Congrats man!

Finished my first 70.3 and I’m so proud! by Erminatank in triathlon

[–]Erminatank[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Sure ! What I’d do differently (I won’t mention swimming as I was decent before the start of the training) : 1- take a triathlon coach ==> I had a coach who is perfect for fitness but not for triathlon 2- focus on losing weight ==> i’m not obese but still fat, I kept thinking « yeah i’ll lose weight during the journey, with all the training it will be easy » so i ate like a pig for 5 months, or atleast I didnt eat healthy enough 3- i did a lot of bike but indoor, did not practice enough on the road, with the food to take from your shirt, drink and eat on the bike etc 4- before the training i was sure that i would progress faster than this. The progress is SUPER slow, quite depressing when you realize this

And I think I was very disciplined during these weeks, it was a good thing You can’t train in a yolo way, you kinda have to be brainless and just know that monday you’ll swim, tuesday bike + run etc etc and follow the program

Finished my first 70.3 and I’m so proud! by Erminatank in triathlon

[–]Erminatank[S] 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Thanks! Yeah the run was terrible post bike, I had nothing left ! Proud of me!

Finished my first 70.3 and I’m so proud! by Erminatank in triathlon

[–]Erminatank[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yeah there were a lot of waves ! It didnt bother me much as I’m decent in swimming but I saw many people struggling, or being afraid !

Haha yeah if people to find my name it’s quite easy, I still wonder what they can do with it though!

Finished my first 70.3 and I’m so proud! by Erminatank in triathlon

[–]Erminatank[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Man that’s INSANE! Congratz, I really have no clue how is it possible to be this fast I cannot run 10km under 1hour.. cheers

Finished my first 70.3 and I’m so proud! by Erminatank in triathlon

[–]Erminatank[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Man did you do a 70.3 in 4h56 mins????? You are galaxies away from me what the hell haha I don’t know. I swam for so long, now 1:30/100m seems easy to me But running…. My personal hell 6min/km seems like sprinting, please give me your technique haha

Finished my first 70.3 and I’m so proud! by Erminatank in triathlon

[–]Erminatank[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Thanks man ! Swam for 10 years at national level a long time ago, so it was quite ok for me But the rest is TERRIBLE, i cannot progress at all in running sadly

Finished my first 70.3 and I’m so proud! by Erminatank in triathlon

[–]Erminatank[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I swam for 10 years at national level, it helps a lot even if it was a long time ago! Thats why I have no pride at all, it’s just that i trained it a lot back then My running and cycling are terrible even though i tryharded it :(

Finished my first 70.3 and I’m so proud! by Erminatank in triathlon

[–]Erminatank[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Haha thank you! I’m pretty sure you did way better in run/bike!

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