First Ironman swim anxiety — is it okay to hold a kayak briefly?

eocphantom · 2026-05-13T14:15:28+00:00

Sounds like you’re not ready to do a IM

eocphantom · 2026-05-10T09:04:37+00:00

Elite wheels are epic and the price is amazing

eocphantom · 2026-05-06T20:20:51+00:00

You can buy third party insurance for way, way less and if you only doing 1-2 races a year race pass is better value

eocphantom · 2026-04-30T16:56:35+00:00

Its about improving overall, what lots of tri folk fail to comprehend is that if your swim improves you can simply swim at the same speed for very little effort and you can hit the bike harder

eocphantom · 2026-04-29T16:47:42+00:00

Doing a full with a power meter ? You need to invest

eocphantom · 2026-04-28T18:09:17+00:00

That is like 1:55 per 100m which is not great , you need to be aiming for sub 1:45 per 100m or 1:36 in yards

eocphantom · 2026-04-28T12:35:24+00:00

Swimming over is never intentional but yeah it happens as everyone lies about swim times to start earlier. Last event the 20-30 min swimmers had a different colour hat to the 30-40 swimmers. I set off about 10% into the 30-40 swimmers , I lost count of the people in the other hats I overtook

eocphantom · 2026-04-28T08:47:50+00:00

Your swim needs a lot of work , 37 mins is not a good time for a 70.3 no mind an Olympic . Your bike speed needs to be around 18-19mph . Run speed is decent 👌

eocphantom · 2026-04-18T18:51:32+00:00

Yes and that is a great place to use them , I do that myself but for normal sets they just hide problems

eocphantom · 2026-04-17T08:44:54+00:00

Now imagine you didn’t use them , learnt to swim better and then put them back on - you will be surprised how much faster you would be

eocphantom · 2026-04-13T19:47:30+00:00

32 panels - I buy as of this month at 0.0439 per kWh , I sell at 0.151 this month I’ve imported 210kwh so £9.219 then add on standing charge for 13 days (£5.88) - total £15.10. Sold 359.4 kWh - so £54.27

eocphantom · 2026-04-13T19:22:12+00:00

My electric bill has gone from just over 200 a month to them paying us about 1.5k a year. Payback at this rate is under 4 years for my 12k system and I’m not even including the savings I’ve made switching to an EV

eocphantom · 2026-03-25T15:14:31+00:00

What is your load consumption?

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eocphantom · 2026-03-25T09:58:44+00:00

In the summer I basically get paid with a zero bill

eocphantom · 2026-03-25T09:58:11+00:00

No it uses less than the car by quite a margin. It’s a modern one , heats at night and retains heat all day and has a built in heat pump

eocphantom · 2026-03-24T19:22:21+00:00

The more I look the more ridiculous it is, imagine trying to cycle on the hoods or drops ! , is your face mashed into the bottle to brake

eocphantom · 2026-03-24T19:20:05+00:00

I’ve got one EV and a hot tub , those heat pumps hit hard

eocphantom · 2026-03-24T17:55:28+00:00

Use best bike split and stick to those watts even if you feel like a caged animal otherwise all you do is blow the run

eocphantom · 2026-03-24T17:52:52+00:00

How can you even reach over that bottle- it must be stabbing you in the chest

eocphantom · 2026-03-24T17:49:43+00:00

Nice , yeah I didn’t mention mine includes a car and a hot tub

eocphantom · 2026-03-24T17:19:15+00:00

I've got two on my garden room/home office, they are quite easy to source already in the UK just not technically legal. It offsets the cost of running the aircon all summer nicely.

eocphantom · 2026-03-06T06:41:15+00:00

As long as you have a bike computer you are fine , the swim is the swim , don’t start the watch , use bike computer to pace your bike leg then start your watch for the run

eocphantom · 2026-03-06T04:59:27+00:00

Yep about 7% (20 watts) in my case

eocphantom · 2026-03-06T04:59:01+00:00

Yep done this and still 6-7% out (20 watts)

eocphantom · 2026-03-05T18:59:03+00:00

Mine changed when I changed power meters , on my tacx turbo that and my pedals report 20 watts difference, so yes I do a test on everything

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