Subject: Half Iron - training to finish, last minute!!! A little background before I ask my question... This is my third season of triathlons. I did a few sprints and one olympic my first year. Last year I did a few sprint duathlons, a few sprint tris, one Olympic du, and ended the season with a 70.3 in Augusta.
It was my first half ironman last season, felt good about it finishing in 5:49:xx, and then I got in a minor car wreck 2 weeks later. This season has been my repair and recover season...rough. I've managed to do a few sprint duathlons/triathlons and one Olympic a couple of weeks ago. I'm not nearly as strong as I was last year (I had a coach last year though ).
Anyway, early in the season I signed up for a Half-Ironman distance again (mid-August - a month away ). I did my Olympic a couple of weeks ago, and I did alright, but my training volume is SO low this season. I needed to let myself have a life outside of tri for a season and recover a bit. I'm not sure I have it in me to do the 70.3 race that I'm registered for, but I don't want to lose my entry fee (yes, I'm cheap ). Is it possible that I could spend the rest of the month training to finish and just do the race anyway?
It sounds lazy, but what is the minimum time needed to get from Olympic to Half-Iron distance - just to finish, not to race hard? Is it worth pushing myself, or should I just suck it up and not race? |