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Greetings from Australia
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 2014-07-03 5:48 AM |
 7 |  Subject: Greetings from AustraliaHello all, My name is Matt and I am a 30 year old just getting into Triathlon. I have been training since about March. I am training for Sprint Distance Tri's that start in late October. At the start of Jan/Feb I could not swim 300m freestyle with out resorting to breast stroke (Possibly the only Australian who cant swim) 5 km was 30 mins 20km bike was a tick over 40 mins Since I started doing some training: I can now swim 750 m in don't laugh 17mins (In a pool but also incorporate some open water swims) 5km is down to low 22 mins and high 22s after the 20km ride mid 37 mins on the bike My 2 ultimate goals would be sub 20 mins for 5km off the bike and a sprint Tri in under 1:15. (6- 12 month goals) 6'1 and body weight is 81kg Any tips appreciated. Good luck to everyone with their personal goals Matt |
| 2014-07-03 7:20 AM in reply to: MattSlatts |
Master 6834      Englewood, Florida | Subject: RE: Greetings from Australia Welcome to BT Matt. That is a pretty dang fast 5K run, great job on all your improvements. |
| 2014-07-07 5:11 AM in reply to: cdban66 |
| 7 | Subject: RE: Greetings from Australia Thanks Chris! I will keep pushing to try and break 20 mins for 5km. |
| 2014-07-07 7:26 AM in reply to: MattSlatts |
Veteran 2441 Western Australia | Subject: RE: Greetings from Australia |
| 2014-07-07 7:34 AM in reply to: StaceyK |
| 7 | Subject: RE: Greetings from Australia Hey Stacy, I am in the Gold Coast Queensland. So very sunny with lots of Tri's  So no excuse to get a few sprint distance under my belt. This is the races I have been working towards http://www.qldtriseries.com.au/There are about 4-5 other ones around these dates also Matt |
| 2014-07-07 7:00 PM in reply to: MattSlatts |
Veteran 2441 Western Australia | Subject: RE: Greetings from Australia That looks great Matt. Oh and that's some speedy run you have there. I would settle for a sub 40 min 5k anytime, let alone off the bike. But I am working on it. If you have some specific training questions then a mentor group might be a place to start. I think there are some that are still "open" but if you can't find one then check in with the Manatee group I'm sure they would happily have you even though they say they are closed. They talk a lot but not always about tris and there are a couple of Aussies and Others from all over the place not just the USA. |
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