I started a blog...about triathlon training...

[djsteel]

If anybody is interested in following my journey to working out hard and trying something ridiculously difficult.

I will be doing an Olympic Triathlon in July and possibly a 1/2 Ironman next year. (I am going to run a 1/2 marathon first to see if I can keep a decent time.)

Olympic tris are
.9m Swim
25m Bike ride
6.2m run.

http://triathlontrainingupdates-shaun.blogspot.com/

[hamsturbation]

If anybody is interested in following my journey to working out hard and trying something ridiculously difficult.

I will be doing an Olympic Triathlon in July and possibly a 1/2 Ironman next year. (I am going to run a 1/2 marathon first to see if I can keep a decent time.)

Olympic tris are
.9m Swim
25m Bike ride
6.2m run.

http://triathlontrainingupdates-shaun.blogspot.com/
Cool! Although I'm kind of OCD, and have to point out that a 40k bike is really 24.8 miles:P
I did an olympic tri as a relay team this last summer, and it was alot of fun. I want to do the whole thing sometime, but that requires learning to swim.

I would also point out that muscle mass in itself will not make you faster, it will actually slow you down. You need to lift weights to ensure you don't develop muscle imbalances that can lead to injury, but if you want to be fast at endurance sports you need to be lean and have a high anerobic threshhold. Added bulk will just slow you down. Thats why more triathletes don't lift weights heavily. You could also look at runners and cyclists. Track cyclist and sprinters tend to be bulky, because the muscle mass alows them fast bursts of anerobic energy. Long distance runners and cyclers are all lean.
If you want to run at a faster pace, you need to do lots of intervals in order to to raise your lactic threshold so you can push a faster pace.
/dorking out

[djsteel]

Yeah. the other .2 miles is me zig-zagging across the road every time I turn my head or look down at my gears

Thanks for pointing that out about the thresholds. I don't claim to be a professional in any way, and I am just drawing connections in my head.

Up to this point, at the gym I was doing sprints on the treadmill (10.1mph) for 1 mile each workout, but it was suggested to me that it isn't doing much other than making me feel good about myself. I am sure doing that on an actual track is very different.

[hamsturbation]

Actually, what I said may not be true for the swim, since I don't know crap about swimming. I just run and bike.