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I've decided to try a sprint Triahtlon(please don't judge ) in N. Georgia the first week of October(water in the70s is freakin cold!). I swear I'm not turning into a tri-freak. I hate running and I'm not a fan of swimming long distances even though I'm a decent swimmer. I'm a terrible runner. I'm only 5'5", so I'm not built for long distance running.
This Triathlon is pretty short: 400m swim, 13 mile bike, 5k run, so I know I can complete it without a problem and a bunch of my friends are doing it. Some have no training and some are former Pro inline speedskaters that haven't trained in years, and a coupld others are still skaters but don't run, swim, or ride. I’m doing it just for fun, but I'm sure my competitiveness will kick in and I will not want to do too bad. I've switched racing(inline speedskating, ice speedskating, cycling) sports enough over 20 years to know that your are pretty much gonna suck at your first race so I'm not too worried about the result as long as I beat all my friends(pride).
May main worries are about the swim since it's the start.
What should I be on the look out for in the other newbs out there?
How do they line up the start?
If there's no CATs and hundreds of people how do you make sure you're don't start too far in back, but not too far in front and screw somebody else up.
Should I wear my standard cycling shorts(not bib) or should I get a set of Tri shorts?
Does it make much of difference?
Tips on the transition from swim to bike?
I've already watched some Tris on TV so I know to clip my shoes to the pedals and put my feet in the shoes once you get going.
Craig
This Triathlon is pretty short: 400m swim, 13 mile bike, 5k run, so I know I can complete it without a problem and a bunch of my friends are doing it. Some have no training and some are former Pro inline speedskaters that haven't trained in years, and a coupld others are still skaters but don't run, swim, or ride. I’m doing it just for fun, but I'm sure my competitiveness will kick in and I will not want to do too bad. I've switched racing(inline speedskating, ice speedskating, cycling) sports enough over 20 years to know that your are pretty much gonna suck at your first race so I'm not too worried about the result as long as I beat all my friends(pride).
May main worries are about the swim since it's the start.
What should I be on the look out for in the other newbs out there?
How do they line up the start?
If there's no CATs and hundreds of people how do you make sure you're don't start too far in back, but not too far in front and screw somebody else up.
Should I wear my standard cycling shorts(not bib) or should I get a set of Tri shorts?
Does it make much of difference?
Tips on the transition from swim to bike?
I've already watched some Tris on TV so I know to clip my shoes to the pedals and put my feet in the shoes once you get going.
Craig