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Triathletes: thoughts on aquabike?
This weekend I spent some time trying to adjust my expectations for this season, since I found out Friday that I've got a stress fracture in my ankle. I chatted with my physical therapist, and she kind of told me not to hold out tons of hope that I'd be running very soon -- the bone I cracked is a slow healer, and she cringed at the answer to "when was the last time you ran [at all]?". I'll find out for sure next week what the outlook is.
Either way, I've already been out of running for 3 months, so I'm pretty behind, and I'm going to be out a while longer.
I'm allowed to swim & bike, so I was toying with registering for an aquabike race. Specifically, there's a half iron distance aquabike Labor Day weekend. That would give me something to train for, a new challenge. The only down side is that so few people do them, that I'm not sure how competitive/fun it is. Last year there were like 12 aquabike entrants.
I will hold on entering anything until I go to the doctor next week, but just exploring options. Is that one you'd consider?
Re: Triathletes: thoughts on aquabike?
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Are you talking about the Lake George race? I would do it if I were you.
When I was injured, I did the aquabike at Mooseman (in NH) while DH did the full race. It was kind of fun to go all out on the bike and not have to save anything for the run. However, it was disappointing to not run, but it is what it is.
Yes - Lake George.
Generally speaking, do the half iron aquabike folks go off in a heat with the 70.3 racers? i.e., would I have the 70.3 folks to "race" with during the swim and bike? That would make it feel more competitive even if there were only a small number of us only doing swim + bike. That's how it was set up at the only tri I've done that offered an aquabike option, but it was only a sprint.
In any event I'm glad to hear you did it and enjoyed it under the circumstances.
what about a century?
there is a race some of my girl friends do called the triple bypass in colorado...its a 2 day bike ride where you go over a bunch of mountains (they feed you at rest stops at the top of each one). It's not a race, but they had to train for it so that they would be able to do the distance. They loved it!
My cycling club rode to Tucson this weekend - that is like a 2 hour drive by car. Maybe find something like that? I have one friend who did a ride all the way to San Diego!
Anyway, you probably know my opinion about a swim/bike race since i am not a swimmer, lol.
Gumi's previous post reminded me of this (however, registration is now closed for this year):
RAMROD [Ride Around Mount Rainier in One Day] is the Pacific Northwest's premiere one-day ultra-marathon cycling event. It combines the incomparable scenery of Mount Rainier National Park with a challenging course featuring 10,000 feet of climbing over 152 miles. The course begins in Enumclaw, WA and takes riders through the rolling hills near Eatonville, Elbe and Ashford before entering the Mount Rainier National Park. You'll be challenged by three climbs: a 12 mile ascent to Inspiration Point (4,850 ft), the 3 mile Backbone Ridge climb and the challenging 9-mile Cayuse Pass ascent (4,694 ft). Join us for another great edition of this classic ride - it will be the best RAMROD ever.
OMG, i would drown trying to do a 2 mile open-water swim! Do they make the course a 2 mile loop? Is it hard to know if you are swimming in the right direction? I suck at spotting when the buoy is close.
I dont get how you do a 1600 meter swim in 21 minutes..blows my mind!
It makes exactly as much sense as an 18:32 5k does to me
That particular 2 miler is a cable swim, so it's like they make a lane in the lake. Easy peasy. I actually prefer it a little wilder... I like ocean swims better than the lake, I like the challenge of adjusting my course to account for current and waves. But I don't live super near the ocean, so lake races are what's around. Later in August I'm doing a 5k OWS, and that one is 2 loops of the 2.5k course. They also offer a 10k, which I think is 4 loops of the same course. That would get boring.