Just got back in

As the heading says I've just got back in from taking part in my first Duathlon, it was a 2 mile run, 10-12 mile cycle and another 2 mile run, i done the runs while my teammate Brian done the cycle, we were Team BB

I have learnt a lot...

It was round the Silverstone track so i got there early to take a look around, Me and Dani went and sat in the Porsche's they have there

It got to near closing time for the registration and i didn't even know who my teammate was at this point as my dad had only asked me the night before

After meeting with my dad and Brian i got ready to race, I'd taken on board a shake at about 5 and the race started at 7, then 20 Min's before the start i had a Niteworks and drank my H30 isotonic drink

It was race time

I got in line with the other competitors, around the middle i thought would be best and when the alarm sounded we were off, nearly everything i had trained for went out of the window as everyone seemed to take off from the start line, i tried to keep up but the pace was too fast for me and i dropped back through the pack, by half way round my first lap my breathing was out and that slowed me down dramatically, by the end of my second lap of my first run i tried to push really hard through my breathing and took a few places back

Then my 1st transition, it went well up until the point i realised i was running toward the wrong person, oops, during Brian's cycle i continued to stretch and take deep breaths, then i got ready for the 2nd transition, much quicker i thought

My second run felt a lot faster i had a better pace, i felt more focused and round the last corner i used up everything and powered everything i had to cross the finishing line running

Ending with a Team BB total time of 01:06:25

Duathlon Confirmed!

Ok so the possible early race day has been confirmed

It's only the Silverstone Duathlon... Argh

Ok so after looking at last years results the winners were doing times of 11 mins for 2 miles, so 2 miles is 3.2 km and i've got to try for 11 mins on that

Must remember to stretch beforehand

Possible early race day

Ok so i went to the chiropractor yesterday, i was a bit nervous as i've never even had a massage before and it felt a bit weird knowing that some guy was going to be rubbing oil into my back

But the appointment went well, he said that there wasn't anything really wrong with me which was good and he showed me a few exercises to basically take care of myself at home and wouldn't need to come back, which was all good

He gave me a lot of information to take in but said that if i got stuck i could email him for some training tips, he also suggested that instead of doing endurance work on the resistance machines i should focus more of muscle strength and then when i'm running, cycling and swimming that should be all the endurance work i need, he gave me a tip on cycling as well that when training i should do short bursts of fast pace then continue at normal pace during the rest of the time, i can't remember the type of training he called it though

I've now got a possible race day today over at Silverstone tonight, My dad called me yesterday saying that they needed someone to run a 2 mile run and then cool down while someone does a 10 mile bike stretch and then i'll need to do another 2 mile run, it still need to be confirmed yet but it's another competition that i can compete in which can only help for the 4th of September

It does mean that my weekly plan that i only blogged yesterday might now be wrong but nevermind

Big News

Ok i'm booked in!

I'm going to be competing in this triathlon:

http://www.triferris.com/cotswold/index.html

It's the same one as i mentioned before, this site just had a little more detail about the race

Possible 1st Event

Ok i'm trying to find a super sprint or similar alternative that's not too far away from Milton Keynes
I've found this one:

Cotswold Sprint Triathlon - 04/09/2011
Novice
Swim 400 m | Bike 20 km | Run 2.5 km

Pick an event and train

Ok so the question keeps coming up when i say i'm training for a triathlon

"Oh yeah, which one?"

The response is the same

"Erm, well, yeah i'm not sure yet i'm just training"

So today i've been on the british triathlon website (http://www.britishtriathlon.org) and run a search for all future super sprint triathlons, here is the results:

http://www.britishtriathlon.org/events

So all i've got to do now is pick one

I'll be back soon :-)