Triathlon people where are you?

That’s a shame rights hope you can find another challenge that fits family life better.
I prefer the early start if it’s local, luckily the one near me you can register etc the day before and since it’s local I’ll nip down to collect my number. Then it’s 7.30am pool side, I’ll be glad to get it over with so I’m not worrying /nerves building all day there’s another local one but it’s 2pm start that would be awful for my body clock I’d be in sleepy mode.

It's 8.15am, that's not the problem, it's the having to register by 7am.

I've decided not to do it. Complicated personal reasons, but it's the right decision.

Why do Triathlons start SO early?!

DS2 is NOT going to be happy on Sunday morning.

Doing my first ever sprint tri

Sounds great bee, I still remember watching the Tour de France a good 12-13yrs ago we really enjoyed the atmosphere- we were in the Pyrenees. The Tour de Britain has gone through our town a couple of times which was good too. Yes fitting in all the training bits is challenging! I’ve got 10days to my first Sprint Tri arrhhh but feeling ok about it, it’s just the bike that scares me it’s got a fair chunk of up hill which is really tiring. Just hope the weather is kind!

Well done to your DH TriSkiRun99! Sounds as though you’ve had a good training day too.

I did parkrun with the kids on Sat, an 8 mile run yesterday and today have done a 45 mile (very hilly!) bike plus 2 mile brick run. We decided not to go and do the Staffs course in the end as we didn’t want to leave the kids all day, so we stayed close to home. We’re thinking of both taking a day’s holiday in the week soon to go and do it.

DH had a great marathon, just absolutely zonked today bless him. I got a 20k bike ride then 5k run in before taking the kids swimming today. So did about 10Ls in the pool whilst they swam and played too.

We are waiting to cheer DH on at Southampton Marathon tom. Hopefully he won’t sleep too badly as we are all same hotel room - 2kids & us looks like quite a few runners in the bar bit tonight so FingersXed no late slamming doors at the hotel good luck with the Tri training. I did PR this morn and really thought I’d got a PB but missed it by 9secs on the official time.. Arrh. will try again next week!

Sounds like you are doing really well with your training TriSkiRun99

Bank holiday plans here - did a lake swim tonight and it was freezing, so different to the Easter weekend when I last went in there. Couldn’t feel my hands by the end so getting changed was a struggle! Parkrun tomorrow, hoping for an 8ish mile run Sunday and then we’re riding the Staffs bike course on Monday!

Planning another cycle & run session for Monday and possibly a sea-swim late afternoon if weather plays ball. Swim training last night, and ran yesterday then did cycle commute to work n back today 28k. So trying to get more training in. Two weeks to my first sprint now. ParkRun tom then off to support hubbie who is running his first Marathon but think I’ll end up just as tired driving there 3hrs, looking after kids & trying to coordinate watching /supporting him & driving home again. But he’s super supportive of my events too so we are a team, hence I’m bagsing Monday to do my stuff Anyone else got Bank Hols training planned?

Igottastartthinkingbee do you mind me asking where you swim? I’m also in the Dales (Wensleydale). I’m not very good at swimming but I need to learn FC and get some OW practice as I’m signed up for Swim Serpentine in September. Way, way out of my comfort zone but I’m fixated on getting a London classics medal! I was thinking of swimming in Semerwater but maybe waterfall / river swimming is a gentler introduction! Any tips?

Got my 2nd brick session done this morning, with an hour on the turbo (I was to scared to take the road bike out on greasy raining roads ) and then a 6k run. Legs feeling ok, but yep eaten crap load of chocolate for lunch .

This ^^. The first year ever not to feel guilty when eating the kids' Easter Eggs

That’s the great thing about running decent distances beach you can pretty much eat what you like!

I’ve got a Zone3 trisuit that seems pretty good, but it’s the only one I’ve tried.

Well done on the PB Otter!

I ran 12 miles this morning! It was really tough as storm hannah was blowing me backwards, but I got it done. I’m absolutely knackered now though and can’t stop eating!

I have a 2XU suit that I got reasonably cheap on eBay and works pretty well. My Castelli tri shorts were my absolute favourite but they’ve given up the ghost after three years (including wearing them up until I was 41 weeks pregnant!) of hammering. I would love a Castelli tri suit! Maternity pay means I’m holding out currently! I tend to go for the tri shorts and sports bra approach a lot of the time anyway. Or I did, until breastfeeding boobs happened...

Feeling a little bit smug today as I got a massive post-baby 5km PB for the second time this week.

I got a cheap suit off Amazon last year but I’ve only used it once, I need to find see if it fits! I bought Zoot Tri shorts last year which are ok but bit too short kept riding up but they had better pad than the suit I’ve got.
Great ladies swim fit session last night got good 1.3k in and we were learning to dive which is a massive first for me. I was from ear to ear afterwards. Cycled 18m to work this week and got a 10m run in Monday and quick 3m run in yesterday lunchtime. Feeling zonked today though so it will be Pilates & stretch day.

Oooh bee, a Yorkshire waterfall sounds chilly! Bet it's beautiful though.

I did my first OWS at the weekend and was surprised that it really wasn't cold at all. It was in a fairly shallow lake though and we'd had lovely warm weather. Even getting out and stripping off the wetsuit wasn't too bad!

Welcome Otter