Is 2 months long enough to train for a triathlon that has 4 mile run 12 mile bik!
Question: im in good not for marathon persay but just health wise......swimming is not the problem but can my body acclimate to that endurance level by 5/26 i signed up for us coast gaurd triathlon...???? im in good shape to average person maybe but not intense cardio. i do judo and wrestlign occassionally
Answers: im in good not for marathon persay but just health wise......swimming is not the problem but can my body acclimate to that endurance level by 5/26 i signed up for us coast gaurd triathlon...???? im in good shape to average person maybe but not intense cardio. i do judo and wrestlign occassionally
Does this race REALLY have a 2 mile swim? If so, lots of participants will spend more time swimming than running!
Two months training will be enough if you're doing it to see what triathlon is all about and if you like it. I'm sure you'll be able to finish.
Since you said that swimming isn't the problem, I'm going to offer suggestions for getting your bike and run going. I'm going to assume that you have little or no racing experience in these two disciplines. With the little time you have, you should focus on training yourself to complete each of the distances involved.
You need a bike, preferrably a "road bike" or better yet, a "triathlon bike", but many first timers use a mountain bike.
Put a helmet on and get out and ride. It would be nice to be able to start at your race distance, but your current level of conditioning might have you starting out at about half. Take a ride or two per week and try to go out a littler further or faster each time. After a couple of weeks, you might summon up the courage to inquire at local bike clubs where and when the group rides are, and join in the fun. Don't worry that you might be bringing up the rear, everybody has to start someplace.
If your only experience in running was going once around your high school track for gym class, you need to run at a slower pace than you remember. If you can run on a school track, try to run four times around without stopping. If you don't feel too exhausted, try for five a couple of days later. If you do feel exhausted, try the same distance again, but at a slower pace. Work your runs up a lap at a time and when you get up to eight laps (two miles on most tracks) you'll probably be comfortable enough in your pace of running to run out on roads or trails. I wouldn't want you to add more than a half mile to your longets recent run, but this is where you will be starting to put on the mileage. For purposes of your race, you wont need to work up to more than five miles (yeah, that's a mile longer than your race distance I know, but on race day knowing that you've run further will be a psychological advantage).
Three weeks before your race, try to do all your race distances in one day. You'll probably be beat, but you will know that they aren't goals beyond your grasp. In the two weeks before race day, try to get in at least two "brick" workouts. Those are rides followed almost immediately by runs, not necessarily race distance. These should condition your body to dealing with the transition from biking to running. I used to work out at a gym where there was a stationary bike inside a short running track and do mini-brick repeats (5 min hard on the bike followed by a 5 minute run at faster than race pace). Mini bricks are by best secret.
With more time I'd have you doing more speed work, but with what time you do have, I really feel you'd be better off just getting comfortable with the race distances, so you can finishyour first triathlon, and be stoked about doing another one!
2 months will be tough but if you work really hard you can
maybe not, i've had friends who trained for the marathons and though in good shape they still tended to up the training and endurace for 6 months leadin up to it.
but its hard to tell without knowin ur current fitness level, your best bet is to join a gym (if you're not already part of one) where they will do a tests to give you an idea of how fit you already are. then ask whats the best way to train for a triathlon and which of their equiptment you should be using.
if you work really hard yeah
It would have been better if you had a year or at least 6 months or so.
But if you try really hard, I bet you can do it! ; )
good luck?