Triathlon

[Nik]

You smashed your first race well done that’s a great achievement. Getting back to crawl after losing it is very hard, so well done in that especially. All your hard work is paying off. Bet you’ll enjoy that 70.3.

[Giles]

Many congratulations. I have never had any ambition to do anything like that, but I loved your post - thank you.

[Dmart]

Thank you gentlemen. In fact I really enjoyed the write up. Great chance to reflect, especially as I tend to be quite harsh on myself and struggled with my swim. Re-reading, there is a lot more positive than negative.

[goldstone0]

@Dmart Nice write up. I started to loathe the swim in races, especially in the longer distances. I've been punched in the water. It's quite unnerving.

[JunkPants]

@Dmart Enjoyable report, thank you. Nice going, and good luck on the next one!

[goosehd]

@Dmart Outstanding in all aspects (performance, write up, and pictures). Will be eagerly looking for more training and competition stories from you.

You guys inspire me and I thank you for it!!

[Dmart]

@goldstone0 yea, people grabbing for your feet, punching you. It sucks and gets you out of rhythm especially if you are not a good experienced swimmer.

[Dmart]

Some more pics

[Dmart]

I will be running IM70.3 Mallorca next year an IM Italy Emilia-Romagna, long distance. Just in case someone plans to race there as well.

[goosehd]

@Dmart Exciting news and keep us updated on how training/progress is going. I use you guys for motivation for the days where I don't want to run

[Dmart]

Currently averaging 20-25h/week but this won’t be sustainable forever. Right now I have the possibility to really get in on high volume but this will most likely average on 15h/week which is still a lot for me juggling with work and wife.

[Nik]

How’s the speedmax @Dmart you dialled in with a comfortable position to put out big power? All that training volume must have you pretty strong, and tired?

[Dmart]

Rather tired than strong hahaha. I had a great bike fit and got closed arm cups for comfort. I may extend the reach a tiny bit for next year as I am more comfortable now. How about you @Nik Any races planned?

[Nik]

@Dmart What will your goal be for the Italy IM?
No triathlons for me anytime soon, after getting 5th out of 252 runners in my last 100 mile ultra, I want to stick with that and see how well I can do

[Dmart]

@Nik Makes totally sense and seems like that’s your thing. Since I’ll be my first long distance I want to finish first and ideally below 11h.

[Nik]

That's a good goal. With flat courses on bike and run you should be able to hold some good pace, although September might be hotter than they are predicting. I think when I come back to IM I might try Copenhagen. Vichy was a tough course, I'd like something a bit faster for my next one.

[Dmart]

@Nik Italy looks like an easier course. Certainly flat bike and run. My only concern is that the water could be too warm for wetsuit. This would kill me haha.

[Nik]

Yeah I had to swim Vichy without wetsuit. Pretty slow.

[Dmart]

@Nik A non-wetsuit swim would be a near death experience. Heading to the pool as we speak hahah