complete an olympic distance triathlon

I did this a couple months ago, and apparently forgot to make an entry for it here.

I wrote a post about it on my personal site:
http://www.seansimonsen.com/2009/09/28/black-diamond-olympic-triathlon/

planning to do this in 2010

I’ve got less than 8 weeks of training before my triathlon. I’m definitely progressing, but I still need to improve my swimming by a lot.

• Swimming – 18 laps in 20:00
• Bicycling – I rode 19 miles in 1:17:00, and rode to my parents’ house and back (34 miles total) in 2:14:00, resting there for a couple hours.
• Running – 5k in 22:05, 8k in 43:17

• Swimming – 33 laps in 35:00, 19.5 laps in 20:00
• Bicycling – 19 mile commute in 1:14:30, round trip to parents’ in 2:10:00
• Running – 5k in 21:30 (doubt I’ll do another 5k this year though), 10k in 49:00

I plan on doing this on September 27.

• Swimming – I can swim 11 laps (25 yard pool) in 20:00 (I take lots rest breaks).
• Bicycling – I ride 5 miles in the morning, 11 in the evening. My longest ride was 19 miles in 1:25:15.
• Running – I can run a 5k in 25:08, I can probably run 8k total

• Swimming – 30 laps in 45:00
• Bicycling – Ride to my parents’ house and back (17 miles each way) with a 2 hour rest there in 2:30:00.
• Running – 10k in 50 minutes, 5k in 23:30

Training:
Swimming – Laps twice per week
Bicycling – Commute to/from work every day (along with bus)
Running – One long run, one speed run per week
Other – Boxing/MMA twice per week, weight lifting five times per week

...since even having done a couple sprint distance tris. Now I’ve got extra years, two kids, graduate school hangover, a move, etc. It seems like such a stretch, but now the goal is written down. I’m also trying to be more ok with the fact that this will likely happen in the 10s – 2010, 2013, etc.!!

Best of luck to everyone.

I’ve completed a sprint and olympic distance tri but that was before I started having problems with my knee. I’d like to try the olympic distance again in spring/summer of 2010 but who knows if my knee will hold up…

I’ve completed 2 sprint triathlons but I’d really like to do a full length tri. In the long term sprint is a good sort of length though ;)

I did the Moss Park Triathlon in August this year. It was fun, but I’d like to do a bigger event with more participants and more spectators, something that’s more special and honors more the hard work it is completing a triathlon.

That’s right, 2007. I had thought I wouldn’t be ready until 2008, but that was just me being afraid. I’ll be racing a few 5k’s this fall, sprint tri’s through the spring and summer, and cap it all off with an oly in September 2007.

It was AWESOME.