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Novice in need of direction

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  • 20-05-2016 12:38am
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    Duffman'05
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    Apologies for the long post!

    I'm aiming to complete the Dublin city triathlon this year. I have done this race and others before but that was years ago and I've spent nearly all of that time coming back from major injury so I'm basically back to beginner level. I've been doing my own baseline training since September but now that college has finished I have no commitments between now and race day so I want to train full time.


    I want to train as much as physically possible ie twice a day without burning out / overtraining and devote all of my off time to recovery. Advice on how to balance these would be greatly appreciated!

    I need a coach and/or training plan combined with club training. I can be based in either Galway or Dublin but have heard good things about belpark.
    Any belpark members on here have an opinion on how compatible following the group training schedule is with working towards your own individual goal(s)?

    Any coaches based in Galway or South Dublin interested in taking on a novice looking to complete an oly race in as fast a time as possible 14 weeks out? As stated above I'd be looking to train as intensively as possible:)

    Any other general advice would be hugely appreciated! With all of this new found free time I am really keen to up the intensity of training to get fast a time as possible on race day but am worried about running myself into the ground before then.

    Thank you in advance!:)


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    RacoonQueen
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    Can you currently swim 1500m, bike 40km and run 10km on their own?


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    BTH
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    Duffman'05 wrote: »
    to get fast a time as possible on race day

    This is all relative, and really depends on your starting point and aim. Have you a goal time in mind. Your "as fast as possible" is another mans super quick, and someone elses slow, so your ability to withstand two sessions a day really depends on what level you are at now, your age (college, so probably young, which means quicker recovery*), your weight, lots of different issues.

    * - provided you are eating and sleeping correctly.


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    Duffman'05
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    RacoonQueen wrote: »
    Can you currently swim 1500m, bike 40km and run 10km on their own?

    Yes, not very fast though...

    I can do 1500m in a 25m pool in ~40 minutes
    Cycle 40km iin ~1:30
    Run 10km in 48 minutes


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    Duffman'05
    Registered Users Posts: 215 ✭✭Duffman'05


    BTH wrote: »
    This is all relative, and really depends on your starting point and aim. Have you a goal time in mind. Your "as fast as possible" is another mans super quick, and someone elses slow, so your ability to withstand two sessions a day really depends on what level you are at now, your age (college, so probably young, which means quicker recovery*), your weight, lots of different issues.

    * - provided you are eating and sleeping correctly.

    I see where you're coming from, what I meant was I want to do as much speed work as possible between now and the race.
    I'm 25, 6ft 3" and ~80kg. I'd like to break 2:45 on the day...
    My diet is definitely clean but no idea if it's the right 'type' of clean ie ratio of fat:protein:carbohydrate etc


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