Old Newbie

Hi -

I'm an older guy (46y/o) and have recently become physically active.
I started bicycling last summer and have recently started toying with
the idea of trying a triathlon (most likely a .25mi/15mi/5k).

What sort of things do I need to know? What sort of times do
guys like me do? What sort of things should I be doing to get ready
(besides lose weight)?

I already know that I can swim the distance needed and ride the
bike distance (slow... I avg about 10mph). Unfortunately, I hate
running.

---The Mad Jesuit

Mike Tennent wrote:

>
> >I started bicycling last summer and have recently started toying
with
> >the idea of trying a triathlon (most likely a .25mi/15mi/5k).
> >
> >What sort of times do
> >guys like me do?
>
> Forget times. Just have fun and enjoy the experience. Times are for
> later.
>
> But if you really must know, middle of the pack for that distance
> would be around an hour.

For the distances above don't you mean an hour is front of pack?!
Quarter mile swim in 5 minutes, 15 mile bike in 35 mins, 5k run in 15
mins and 5 mins for transitions would be pretty good going for any
AG....

<simon__carter@m> wrote in message
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> Mike Tennent wrote:
>
> >
> > >I started bicycling last summer and have recently started toying
> with
> > >the idea of trying a triathlon (most likely a .25mi/15mi/5k).
> > >
> > >What sort of times do
> > >guys like me do?
> >
> > Forget times. Just have fun and enjoy the experience. Times are for
> > later.
> >
> > But if you really must know, middle of the pack for that distance
> > would be around an hour.
>
> For the distances above don't you mean an hour is front of pack?!
> Quarter mile swim in 5 minutes, 15 mile bike in 35 mins, 5k run in 15
> mins and 5 mins for transitions would be pretty good going for any
> AG....
>

Looks like I'm going to need to do a LOT more training to do anything
close to those times! Right now, I can do a quarter mile swim in about
10 minutes, 15 mile bike in about an hour to an hour-and-a-half, and I
don't even want to think about the run. I haven't done any running since
1991 (I guess I could finish 5k in about 40 min). So... I'm probably
looking at somewhere around 2 hours or more to finish. :-(

On Wed, 25 May 2005 04:06:55 +0000, mad_jesuit wrote:

>
> <simon__carter@m> wrote in message
> news:1116948001.016432.246730@g14g2000cwa. o...
>> Mike Tennent wrote:
>>
>>
>> > >I started bicycling last summer and have recently started toying
>> with
>> > >the idea of trying a triathlon (most likely a .25mi/15mi/5k).
>> > >
>> > >What sort of times do
>> > >guys like me do?
>> >
>> > Forget times. Just have fun and enjoy the experience. Times are for
>> > later.
>> >
>> > But if you really must know, middle of the pack for that distance
>> > would be around an hour.
>>
>> For the distances above don't you mean an hour is front of pack?!
>> Quarter mile swim in 5 minutes, 15 mile bike in 35 mins, 5k run in 15
>> mins and 5 mins for transitions would be pretty good going for any
>> AG....
>>
>>
> Looks like I'm going to need to do a LOT more training to do anything
> close to those times! Right now, I can do a quarter mile swim in about 10
> minutes, 15 mile bike in about an hour to an hour-and-a-half, and I don't
> even want to think about the run. I haven't done any running since 1991
> (I guess I could finish 5k in about 40 min). So... I'm probably looking
> at somewhere around 2 hours or more to finish. :-(

Don't worry... I probably still be behind you (:

Steve