All I can do is Tri » David MacDermott http://macdermott.org/blog My rants about triathlons, Liverpool FC, Faith and Other Stuff Mon, 07 May 2012 16:01:05 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 Browns Bay Beast Triathlon – Report http://macdermott.org/blog/2012/05/07/browns-bay-beast-triathlon/ http://macdermott.org/blog/2012/05/07/browns-bay-beast-triathlon/#comments Mon, 07 May 2012 15:51:04 +0000 David MacDermott http://macdermott.org/blog/?p=1046 Browns Bay Beast is the name of the triathlon not a description of me coming out out of the water. Although only a Sprint the Browns Bay Beast lived up to it’s name, it was tough. Very tough, with lots of hills. The organisation was great with lots of marshals, referees and spectators. Well done to Hielbow Tri club for putting on a good show.

T2 at Brown Bay Beast Triathlon

T2 at Brown Bay Beast Triathlon

The race it’s self was good, although unfortunately they cut the swim in half due to cold water and weather. I over thought everything and took too long in T1 putting on socks and a warm top for the cycle as the air temperature was only about 7 degrees. I then struggled on the bike with those big hills and my big belly fighting against each other, Sir Issac you have a lot to answer for. the run also included a big hill twice but it made for a nice last finish as it was downhill for over half a mile. Once over the finish line I was sick, I’m very proud to have finally pushed myself this hard.

After struggling so much on the climbs I’m very determined to lose some weight before my first Olympic Triathlon at the end of June.

Out of the 86 people who started I was 74th. slightly disappointed with my times as I had done the cycle/run as a brick two weeks before and been a good bit faster.

Rk N° Name Class Gender Swim T1 Bike T2 Run Total
74 35 DAVID MACDERMOTT M30 -39 mal 07:04.2 40th 02:00.8 47th 48:58.6 76th 00:45.2 23th 25:43.1 79th 01:24:32

I would fully recommend this tri and they plan it again for next year but hope it’ll be later in the year with warmer weather and sea. More detail here.

Here’s the results with my friends and I in yellow.

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The bike was hard but I felt good on the run.

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If I take a like for like comparison for this time last, here’s how it breaks down.

 2012  2011
 Running 77.9mi 35.2mi
 Cycling 153.2mi 142.26mi
 Swimming 19.29mi 12.43mi

 

So all in all it’s looking better. However, my running was much faster last year. It’ll be interesting to see how my time compares on Easter Monday.

Right now I’m heading to Browns Bay for my first open water swim of the season.

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The Diet and Training starts for real now. I’d like to be two stone lighter going into this race which will sadly still be leaving me 3 stone over weight ;-( .

http://www.belfasttitanictriathlon.com/

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I’m also going to reduce my Diet Coke / Pepsi Max intake.

 

Au Revoir Facebook

Au Revoir Facebook

]]> http://macdermott.org/blog/2012/02/21/au-revoir-facebook/feed/ 0 January Running http://macdermott.org/blog/2012/02/04/january-running/ http://macdermott.org/blog/2012/02/04/january-running/#comments Sat, 04 Feb 2012 19:21:00 +0000 David MacDermott http://macdermott.org/blog/?p=1002 I’ve started the year okay with a few runs and a few swims.

I notched up just over 27 miles in 7 runs and over 6miles in 7 swims during January.

January 2012 Running

January 2012 Running

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Browns Bay Beast is on 5 May and is two lap of the bay, followed by 20Km round the hills of Islandmagee and the a 5Km run round some other hills. They haven’t put a course up yet but I’d imagine the bike ride goes left and then up round the Gobbins then back and the run will be to the right. Well that’s the course I would make anyway.

]]> http://macdermott.org/blog/2012/02/04/triathlons-booked/feed/ 0 End of January Round Up http://macdermott.org/blog/2012/02/01/end-of-january-round-up/ http://macdermott.org/blog/2012/02/01/end-of-january-round-up/#comments Wed, 01 Feb 2012 20:08:16 +0000 David MacDermott http://macdermott.org/blog/?p=974 It’s been an okay month but not great. So to help me over the next wee while I’ve signed up for an online tracking spreadsheet that aims to have totals each month that would cover an Ironman, more details on Gareth’s site.

Bad:

  • My eating has been poor.
  • I haven’t been on a bike.
  • I haven’t lost any weight.

Good:

  • I’ve started swimming again
  • I’ve been running more
  • I’m not majorly injured
  • I started doing some strength training (sit ups)

Here’s an overview for the month.

Jan 2012

Jan 2012

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I’m going to use the M’Cheyne Bible reading plan along with Don Carson’s For The Love of God to read through the whole Bible in 2012. With the help of an Android App called You Version Bible.

36.5 Lb

I want to lose at least 36.5lb. Any time I’ve set a target like this before I’ve set out to lose all the weight I need in a year but this time I’m setting it at 36.5lb because it ties in with 365 Bible.

3.5 Firsts

  1. Sub 1:20 Sprint Tri
  2. Olympic Tri
  3. 100 mile cycle
  4. Run a Half Marathon

My races for 2012 can be viewed on my races 2012 page.

NB it should be noted that I did a similar thing last year only broke down in to much smaller goals and I failed in all but 1.

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