I am doing my first sprint triathlon July 27th. The running part is a 5k (no worries there) the swimming portion is 300 meters (really nervous, need to train like crazy) and the cycling portion is 10 miles (Not that worried, except my bike is a heavy steel POS from the 70s, might decide to upgrade before the race or convert to a single speed, the ( Read more... )

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Okay, so I thought the local sprint triathlon was going to be in 7 months, so I thought I'd be fine doing the regular sprint by then.

The problem is, it's in 10 weeks.

I've never done any sort of triathlon before, and I'm not in good shape.

Swimming: I haven't swam in years, but in my experiences I can work up to at least 1000m 3x a week ( Read more... )

Is there a site where you can find the average/current temperatures of lakes?
Or, in particular, Beaverdam Lake, NC?

Thanks!

First, a little background. I am a new athlete -- started running in April of 2008. I am still slow, but have made great progress in 2 years -- completed tons of 5Ks, a few 10Ks, 3 half marathons, and I'm currently training for my first marathon at the end of February ( Read more... )

Has anyone ever used kinesio tape? I was injured in a car accident (bruised bone in my left knee) and the physical therapist put this on the other day. It is amazing!! I feel 99% better....I was on the road to recovery before this, he put it on when there was this sudden intense sharp pain out of the blue, but now with the tape I feel ready to ( Read more... )

Anyone have experience with the POSE method?

http://www.posetech.com/

I just found out about it and it looks interesting.

Secondary question: Anyone try Chi Running?

xposted to runners

First, thank you very, very much to everyone who offered such wonderful advice in my previous thread as I was panicking over whether or not to do this tri. I went with the bulk of the advice from trigeeks, as just about everyone said to drop to the Sprint, back out if I felt feverish again, and set my sights on a standard tri later in the season. ( Read more... )

Or 6 pm riding ( Read more... )

Last week I asked about buying a bike trainer and what your thoughts were. Thank you to those who responded. Tonight I learned about rollers. Read reviews on a bunch of sites and seems that most people said roller instead of trainer. Does anyone here have rollers? I have about $200 to spend. Is it possible to get some for that amount? Please ( Read more... )

So, I'm registered to do my *first* Olympic-length triathlon this Sunday. Which is exciting.

BUT (you knew there was a but)

I've been down with flu this week. All week. Today is Thursday down here, the race is Sunday, I've been stuck in bed since *last* Sunday, which means I missed my last key bike ride ( Read more... )