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Old 11-17-10 | 07:50 PM
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Dirtbagfitness
Fledgling Triathlete
 
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Thanks for the books and links, I'll be checking those out. Beginnertriathlete.com's plans seem like the best at the moment for use and modification, but I'll look at those books and at slowtwitch, which I'm a member of but haven't been to in a while.

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The race is the Honolulu Tri May 15th, so I have plenty of time, just planning ahead.
Current fitness level is good for the swim. I plan my workouts with a 1:30/100m standard and that normally give me decent rest time. And at the end of my last training cycle for my last sprint I was thinking I should be moving that standard down.
Bike is ok. I'm very new to cycling (four months), think my average speed is between 15-17mph. Longest ride so far was 30 miles which I did in 2 hours.Still building base miles there.
Run isn't blazing but is improving. A solid run has a 9min/mile pace, but that's getting better. Longest run during my training cycle was just over six miles in an hour, which I know is slower than a 9 minute mile but that's the longest I've ever run so far.
I'm a teacher so I swim in the am before school when I can't after and try to make as much time as possible. I can probably find 8-10 hours a week if I look hard enough.
I have no goal time for the Olympic, I've never done before. So I'd like to complete it strongly. I've done two sprints so far and times dropped between each. Rather than a goal time, I'd like my cycle to average at least 18mph, and I think I can do better, and my run splits to be around an 8:30 mile. The swim I'm not concerned about, I know how to train a swim.

Thanks again.
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