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Comment on Day 1 – 100 in ten weeks by patricia

patricia — Sun, 17 Jan 2010 21:03:40 +0000

wow nice blog! keep going Mark

Comment on How much quicker is a wetsuit? by Ironman Mark » How much faster with a wetsuit – Part 2

Ironman Mark » How much faster with a wetsuit – Part 2 — Sun, 12 Jul 2009 05:49:31 +0000

[...] asked myself this question a while ago and came up with the answer of 40s per 400m. But this was based on a pool swim where there are [...]

Comment on Henley Swim – not for me this year by AdminMark

AdminMark — Sun, 28 Jun 2009 16:49:36 +0000

I am glad you enjoyed it Annette. It’s not swine flue! I ended up at the doctors this afternoon and got some anti-biotics and some other stuff so hopefully I will get better soon!

Comment on Henley Swim – not for me this year by Annette

Annette — Sun, 28 Jun 2009 13:58:08 +0000

Thankyou, I was one of those 170 swimmers.Sorry you missed a good one this year,my 3rd.I’m sure I was quicker than last year.Hope its not swine flu.

Comment on Ironman Lanzarote 2009 – race report by T_C

T_C — Fri, 29 May 2009 10:00:21 +0000

great report tig-togs. inspirational and excellent effort on the run, put me to shame, i just couldnt force myself to hurt like that, and regret it, as i knew i would.
shame about the buckled front wheel, else we would have finished within 1 minute of each other.

Comment on Ironman Lanzarote 2009 – race report by Jevon

Jevon — Fri, 29 May 2009 09:36:40 +0000

Great race and report, Mark and full respect for going for that sub 4 mara. I know exactly what you mean. Jevon (Tri talk’s ‘Fully Ferrous’)

Comment on Ironman Lanzarote 2009 – race report by Jenny Carter

Jenny Carter — Thu, 28 May 2009 21:23:48 +0000

That is brilliant Mark! The people I know who have done Lanzarote have taken an hour and a half longer than their other ironmans so you are doing extremely well to get 12 hours (less without the wheel interlude) I ran the New York Marathon in 3.56 and I know how hard that felt on its own so to do that in an ironman is stunning. I will congratulate you when I see you. Jen xx

Comment on How much quicker is a wetsuit? by AdminMark

AdminMark — Fri, 08 May 2009 19:33:42 +0000

Hi Ed.

I don’t know how much quicker other people are in a wetsuit compared to without. One way of finding out is to compare your times in a pool with and without a wetsuit. I guess you would be faster, but I have no idea how much.

If you are not swimming reasonably quickly without a wetsuit (e.g. more than 7:30 for 400m), I’d suggest you get one-to-one lessons from a good teacher. Failing that, there are quite a few DVD’s out there that should be able to help.

Good luck with Wimbleball.

Mark

Comment on How much quicker is a wetsuit? by Ed Page

Ed Page — Wed, 29 Apr 2009 23:11:11 +0000

I’m a crap swimmer worried about making cut off at Wimbleball (! – a shame because the bike and run i’ll be fine with) – reckon i swim about 12min 400m (new to this swimming lark…). Given i’m twice as slow as you (and am definitely negatively buoyant!) would you reckon i’d save nearer 1 min per 400m, or would i still only get 30secs.

Thought you might have a view/some experience that i might find helpful

Good blog BTW

Cheers

Comment on Less than 14 weeks to go… by Anna

Anna — Wed, 18 Mar 2009 15:05:19 +0000

Hey

I am doing IMUK and am also worried about the bike. Its like you say my heart and lungs feel OK but my legs just give in.

Going to lanza in 5 weeks to get some hill training in!