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airehead
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 Posted: 05/26/05 - 10:08 Post subject: Tri question...
If a person can only run a few minutes at a time now is it possible for that individual to do a TRI in 5 months?
*This is not taking into account individual motivators which cause some to strive harder and push harder than your average bear.
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purple hayes
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Posted: 05/26/05 - 10:14 Post subject:
A sprint distance, yes. Anything longer would probably be pushing it.
/good luck
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Posted: 05/26/05 - 10:40 Post subject:
Yes. I was talking with a women at the 1/2 IM aid station. She planned on walking the whole half marathon. She made the cut off by 2 minutes. 7:58 total time. Obviously, the short the race the better off you will be.
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airehead
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Posted: 05/26/05 - 11:28 Post subject:
I met this individual recently. This person looks like they have guts and determination.
But it scared me for them. It scared me a lot. Given the lack of stamina they currently have.
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MastrBrewr
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Posted: 05/26/05 - 11:28 Post subject: Re: Tri question...
| airehead wrote: | If a person can only run a few minutes at a time now is it possible for that individual to do a TRI in 5 months?
*This is not taking into account individual motivators which cause some to strive harder and push harder than your average bear. |
Well, if it's a sprint, you're only doing a 5k. The distances are easy (until you're doing Half-IM and IM, of course).
It's doing them back-to-back that's the hard part. If you can stumble out of the water, then you can get on the bike and ride & recover. The trick is training your legs to go from bike-mode to run-mode.
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Posted: 05/26/05 - 11:29 Post subject:
| airehead wrote: | I met this individual recently. This person looks like they have guts and determination.
But it scared me for them. It scared me a lot. Given the lack of stamina they currently have. |
Lots of people treat triathlons as swim/bike/walk. I wouldn't worry about it.
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