what now?

tritriagain

Just finished my first ever sprint tri and only one this year and want to know what to do from here. My ambition is to do an oly but should I do a season of sprints first. Ive waited 40 years so another year wont matter. I have ordered joe friels book on heart rate training as I was informed this was the way to go. All advice and opinions welcome.

cjt156

I did an Oly as my first ever Tri. As long as you put in the training there's no reason not to go for it. Plenty of time between now and the start of next season to build up to it.

elvis jones

tritriagain wrote: »

Just finished my first ever sprint tri and only one this year and want to know what to do from here. My ambition is to do an oly but should I do a season of sprints first. Ive waited 40 years so another year wont matter. I have ordered joe friels book on heart rate training as I was informed this was the way to go. All advice and opinions welcome.

If you have weight to lose HR training does help. Honestly if you're comfortable in the swim the oly isn't that big of a step up !

Oryx

Starting out, a lot of people are limited by the swim. If you are confident with doing 1500m open water, then there's no reason why you can't do an oly. You'll get around the other two. After that its all about improving your times.

tritriagain

Thanka for replies
The swim will be no problem.came top 20 in swim with very little training but was wayyyyy down the field in both bike and run. I suppose alot of my training was aimless . I seemed to do all my bikes and runs in around the same time and prob didnt go long enough either
Thats why I ordered friels bible and heart rate book. Hoping it will give me an idea on what to do over the winter.i just seemed to plateau at a certain speed
Once again thanks for replies.

Kurt Godel

You should have a look for a turbo trainer, its a great way of getting decent bike work done during the dark cold winter months.

tritriagain

Thats on the shopping list. I was looking at a cycleops magna trainer on wiggle for around 140 stg. Would this be ok. Should I buy a training tyre as well. Im not too worried about having to change it when Igo out on the road as it is good practice for puncture repair

pointer28

tritriagain wrote: »

Thats on the shopping list. I was looking at a cycleops magna trainer on wiggle for around 140 stg. Would this be ok. Should I buy a training tyre as well. Im not too worried about having to change it when Igo out on the road as it is good practice for puncture repair

Not a good plan, they also lose their grip, which you could find out on a steep descent or fast corner. You'll get plenty of practice changing tyres especially when you need it least ie pissing rain or running late.

tritriagain

Sorry I meant I have no prob putting on my road tyre for outside rides and changing back to turbo tyre for those sessions. Is that enough to spend on a turbo trainer or should I have a bigger budget
Are rollers an option

pointer28

That would be far more sensible :-)

I'd say it would be fine to get you started. If funds allowed a second back wheel setup with a turbo tyre or an old road tyre would be your best option. It takes 30 seconds to change a back wheel but probably 10 minutes and copious swearing to change a tyre.

OR

Buy fancy new wheels for the bike and use the old ones for the turbo.

tritriagain

Would u pick up a second wheel and cassette handy enough as this is prob the way to go