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Comment on Top 10 Triathletes Of All-Time by mike harr

mike harr — Fri, 15 Jul 2011 20:24:02 +0000

Chrissie Wellington ? she is as good as anyone else!

Comment on In A Cycling Race Are Triathlon Bikes At A Disadvantage To Road Bikes? by Triathlo

Triathlo — Tue, 13 Jul 2010 17:58:53 +0000

I believe areo bars are not legal in regular bicycle road races. Thus you would not be able to use a tri bike for a road race.

Comment on In A Cycling Race Are Triathlon Bikes At A Disadvantage To Road Bikes? by Quinn

Quinn — Tue, 13 Jul 2010 17:13:53 +0000

I have just read this great article on this subject. You may want to check it out as it goes through the details on tri bike vs road bikes for triathlon racing. I have been in triathlons for 10 years and have to say, I wouldn’t be without my tri bike!

Comment on In A Cycling Race Are Triathlon Bikes At A Disadvantage To Road Bikes? by Anonymous

Anonymous — Tue, 13 Jul 2010 14:28:56 +0000

Tri bikes are made for triathlons, and depending on how they are set up, may or may not be legal for sanctioned individual time trials. A tri bike would not be permitted in a mass start road race, and some cycling clubs do not permit riders to use tri bikes on group rides. When you are riding in a pack, aerobars are not safe to use, and when you are using them, bike handling is compromised. If you are going to do only triathlons, a dedicated tri bike is the perfect choice, but for more general road riding, a road bike is more versatile. If you ever have ambitions to do a road race, you have no choice but to choose a road bike.

Comment on What Should My Academic Team Name Be For The Triathlon? by The One

The One — Tue, 13 Jul 2010 01:13:25 +0000

Here are some suggested names:
1. Harbingers of Death
2. Eviscerators
3. Smarties
4. United Genius Federation
5. We Eat Nails For Breakfast
6. Child Prodigies
Make it something cool, whatever you decide…everyone can appreciate an imaginative team name…

Comment on How Do We Train For Triathlon When We Re Ona Scout Camp? by Jason

Jason — Mon, 12 Jul 2010 15:47:29 +0000

You can go running around the camp area. If the camp has a lake ask the counselor’s if you could swim in the early morning before activities. If you can bring your bike, you can bike around. This may not be an intense 4 hours a day, but it will keep you from falling behind in your training. If you have to choose between running, biking, or swimming at camp, I would say definitely do the running if anything else. Also, may sure your stretching at great lengths before and after your exercise because it will help you towards your race. The last thing you want to do one week before a race is pull a muscle. Also doing the bicycle exercise will help with your biking. Hope this helps.
Best of luck with your race.

Comment on How Fast (average Mph) Do I Have To Go To Be Competitive In The Bike Part Of A Sprint Triathlon? by solvent

solvent — Sun, 28 Feb 2010 10:14:54 +0000

Average is roughly 18MPH, decent would be 21-25MPH.

Comment on How Fast (average Mph) Do I Have To Go To Be Competitive In The Bike Part Of A Sprint Triathlon? by Rise Above

Rise Above — Sun, 28 Feb 2010 05:47:14 +0000

Reported average speed for the last Tour De Paris (competition) was 48km/h (30mph), along undulating route
That means you got do cycle much faster since sprint usually not along route as undulating

Comment on How Fast (average Mph) Do I Have To Go To Be Competitive In The Bike Part Of A Sprint Triathlon? by silverbu

silverbu — Sun, 28 Feb 2010 01:32:27 +0000

It depends on you age group, competition level and the course. A sprint is short so you have to consider that the startup, turn (?) and slow down will impact your average speed.
If the course you’re running was done on previous years look up the split times to figure a benchmark for you group.
If you have any cycling experience and a good bike 21mph would be a target. 25mph would be outstanding.

Comment on What Are The Specifics Of A Full Triathlon? by Nick

Nick — Sat, 20 Feb 2010 22:37:55 +0000

Standard race distances. see below