Newb question

[sfa]

Anyone else go into a tri without lots of training?

Depends on what you mean by "lots of training." Last year I did a "super-sprint" tri several months before my "real" tri, just to have the experience of a short triathlon as practice for the longer one. I had been in training for the triathlon for a few months, but hadn't gotten serious about the training, and I was one of these people who couldn't make it across the pool even once when I first got in the water a few months earlier. The "super-sprint" (short pool swim, 10 mile bike, 2.5 mile run) was a great experience, both to prepare me for the longer race and to let me know where I needed work (um, running. I thought 2.5 miles would be easy, but I had done all of my running on a treadmill up until then and needed a lot of work to get up to running on pavement and hills!).

I think you'll be fine. You might not be as fine as you would have been without being out of commission for those weeks, but you sound like you're in good shape for all parts of the race, and it'll be a good experience even if you dog paddle through the swim and walk the entire run!

Good luck!

Sarah

[Veronica]

Anyone else go into a tri without lots of training?

Yep! I did my HIM last year after crewing RAAM in June and getting REALLY sick with a bronchial infection. I missed like 4 weeks of training between RAAM and being sick.

Veronica

[e.e.cummings]

I don't think I will drown, but I wonder if I will finish within their time limits. They say it starts at 8:15 am and are giving medals at 9:30am (not thinking that I will be among those medals, I am just interested in finishing at this stage, given the downturn in my training). Is the cut-off the medals or are people allowed to finish beyong that (is that a stupid question?) My only worry is my running, when I am not up to par, my running suffers.

[HillSlugger]

I don't think I will drown, but I wonder if I will finish within their time limits. They say it starts at 8:15 am and are giving medals at 9:30am (not thinking that I will be among those medals, I am just interested in finishing at this stage, given the downturn in my training). Is the cut-off the medals or are people allowed to finish beyond that (is that a stupid question?) My only worry is my running, when I am not up to par, my running suffers.

If there are time limits they are usually stated separate from other events like awards.

[OakLeaf]

well this is sort of encouraging ... if I'm going to do the sprint in July I'll have ten weeks after the marathon to figure out how to swim.

[e.e.cummings]

The weather tomorrow (for my tri) is supposed to be terrible - it might even snow. Oh the humanity! My first tri...

The one thing that doctor has told me is to not leave my wet tri shorts on - this is going to be fun. There is really no change area, just next to the bikes at the transition area. I guess I will try to make a quick change by putting a towel around me and do a quick switch. Think I can get away with that? I can leave the wet top on and throw a top on over that, but wet bottoms are a no-no according to my doctor for my particular ailment. The bottoms will never dry fast in the weather we will have tomorrow.

Anyone else do a tri in chilly, bad weather? Did you change out of wet things? It is a pool swim, by the way...

[HillSlugger]

The weather tomorrow (for my tri) is supposed to be terrible - it might even snow. Oh the humanity! My first tri...

The one thing that doctor has told me is to not leave my wet tri shorts on - this is going to be fun. There is really no change area, just next to the bikes at the transition area. I guess I will try to make a quick change by putting a towel around me and do a quick switch. Think I can get away with that? I can leave the wet top on and throw a top on over that, but wet bottoms are a no-no according to my doctor for my particular ailment. The bottoms will never dry fast in the weather we will have tomorrow.

Anyone else do a tri in chilly, bad weather? Did you change out of wet things? It is a pool swim, by the way...

I did a tri in the pouring rain but it wasn't terribly cold; I wore tri shorts and a tri top for the whole thing. After I was finished, then I started shivering.

Good luck!