Speedy splosh
[cross-posted from totkat_fit - not gonna cross post any more now that twitterfeed is working to Facebook]
My new tri-suit arrived today so I gave it a go in the pool. Killing two birds with one stone, I decided to time myself for 400m so I can give it to the Thames Turbo Triathlon organisers to assess where I should go in the swimming section.
Given that I usually do 1600m in 31-32 minutes, I guesstimated 07:45 for 400m and entered than on the entry form yesterday. Today, in the pool I did 400m in 06:47! If I look at last year's race results, that's a full 20s faster than the fastest woman swimmer of any race last year and slower than only 6 of the men. *cough* I knew I was good :oD
Of course, I want to improve on that now even though I know full well that my running and cycling times will be proportionally nowhere near as good. That's just not the point for me right now. Yes yes, I need to get out and run some too so I can get a reasonable 5K time; I'd be really happy with 26 minutes or so where the fastest women are doing it in around or just under 20 minutes. Cycling... no idea how fast I can do it whatsoever.
My new tri-suit arrived today so I gave it a go in the pool. Killing two birds with one stone, I decided to time myself for 400m so I can give it to the Thames Turbo Triathlon organisers to assess where I should go in the swimming section.
Given that I usually do 1600m in 31-32 minutes, I guesstimated 07:45 for 400m and entered than on the entry form yesterday. Today, in the pool I did 400m in 06:47! If I look at last year's race results, that's a full 20s faster than the fastest woman swimmer of any race last year and slower than only 6 of the men. *cough* I knew I was good :oD
Of course, I want to improve on that now even though I know full well that my running and cycling times will be proportionally nowhere near as good. That's just not the point for me right now. Yes yes, I need to get out and run some too so I can get a reasonable 5K time; I'd be really happy with 26 minutes or so where the fastest women are doing it in around or just under 20 minutes. Cycling... no idea how fast I can do it whatsoever.