On Saturday I got a good taste of what it will be like to do an ironman triathlon. Tom and I rode 119 miles from Portsmouth to Portland and back in a little less than 7 hours. It would have been faster had we not caught just about every single red light on the way home through Kittery. Riding that far is not easy, and if I had been doing it by myself I'm not sure I would have made it the entire way. Although you do get to a point much like when driving where you kind of space out and don't think about it anymore. But to ride that, plus swim 2.4 miles ahead of time, then run a marathon afterwards... It'll require heaps of training.
Monday, August 4, 2008
On Saturday I got a good taste of what it will be like to do an ironman triathlon. Tom and I rode 119 miles from Portsmouth to Portland and back in a little less than 7 hours. It would have been faster had we not caught just about every single red light on the way home through Kittery. Riding that far is not easy, and if I had been doing it by myself I'm not sure I would have made it the entire way. Although you do get to a point much like when driving where you kind of space out and don't think about it anymore. But to ride that, plus swim 2.4 miles ahead of time, then run a marathon afterwards... It'll require heaps of training.
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That's a good effort. The longest day I had when I was touring Central Europe in 2006 was 175 miles (with panniers!) but I certainly was in no position to swim or run after that. I did go out for a long night of drinking though - although I blame that on the Polish women.
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