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For those of us training or even involved in, The Outlaw triathlon on August 8 2010. Jump in, join in, and have some fun http://www.runsaturday.com/Groups/Group/GroupName/The_Outlaw
Philip Shambrook tcecoachingATgmail.com Completitive Edge Coaching "You succeed when you believe you will succeed. Start believing now!"
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Just seen that dan_a has posted a proposed Outlaw bike route. That looks pretty flat and fast - should be speedy! Are they getting closed or semiclosed roads?
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I'd best make it clear that the course I've posted is based on my interpretation of the map on the Outlaw site, and might be wrong! From something posted on Tritalk earlier, it sounds like cyclists have one lane of any dual carrigeways and priority at all the junctions - but not totally closed roads. It looks like it should be pretty good 
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The bike route is available at http://connect.garmin.com/activity/2927601 so can be downloaded to Garmin devices or those that can accept any of the available file formats. We're now into week 3 of 14 of our Outlaw build. ALl going well: swim 8.4km 3:33, bike 237.4km 9:52 and run 36.2km 3:39. Only 27 more pool swims until we leave and still a 100% record... for one of us anyway. Louise thinks I deliberately sabotaged the alarm last Tuesday!!
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I've had a whole bunch of things go wrong with my training (and race plans,) but I'm just about back on schedule. As a first timer at the distance, I'm getting pretty nervous already...
PhilipShambrook: It sounds like you're getting nice solid volume in there :)
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dan_a wrote:I've had a whole bunch of things go wrong with my training (and race plans,) but I'm just about back on schedule. As a first timer at the distance, I'm getting pretty nervous already...
PhilipShambrook: It sounds like you're getting nice solid volume in there :) All you need do for your first one is get in some good steady swimming, cycling and running. There's little need to concern yourself with any of the 'flash' stuff like speed intervals, apart from including some time at race pace during the longer stuff. Overall, for a first timer, I would suggest around 80% of your time would be best spent doing steady aerobic training to ensure you have a solid base. The other 20% would be race pace intervals just to show your body what race pace might look like. But at the end of the day, it's time in the pool, on the bike and on your feet that will get you to the start line in August. Once you've got to the start line, you WILL get to the finish line.
Philip Shambrook tcecoachingATgmail.com Completitive Edge Coaching "You succeed when you believe you will succeed. Start believing now!"
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Looks like you folks down there in the Northern hemisphere have been having fun. Up here, it's been a week of crappy cold wet weather. Winter suddenly arrived. All cycling this week was indoors. A rest/recovery week for week 4/14 of our Outlaw training -
Swim 7.6km 3:12
Bike 214.6km 7:18 (all on the wind trainer)
Run 26.5km 2:42
Solid block of 3 weeks cycling and building longer runs off the bike ahead. More run intensity and a little more volume during the week. Hopefully the weather will behave, but with Giro coverage to watch life is not too bad in the garage!
Only 23 more pool swims before we fly!
Philip Shambrook
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Nice to see IronTractorBoy and IronHolgs join us. Not too sure when you guys plan to be in town for The Outlaw, but it would be nice (well we think so!) to perhaps catch up with you all before the event. We'll be doing a final swim(hopefully), bike, run, 20 mins each on the Saturday morning before the event. Fancy meeting up for that then coffee and cake afterwards? We will be based in a cottage (http://www.woodviewcottages.co.uk/) at Owthorpe just of the A46 for the duration so more than welcome to drop in anytime. No contact numbers yet, but we'll have those shortly. Looks like the link for the bike route was off. Now saved as a RunSaturday Map http://www.runsaturday.com/Maps/4550
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Philip, I am up there on Saturday staying to the north west of the city.
I will not be doing any training on the course until the day, as I am doing IM Austria in a few weeks time.
However I have done the Nottingham marathon a couple of times so I think I know the run route and where the swim is but not quite sure where the transition will be located.
Mark (ITB)
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Morning Fellas, I'll be travelling down with my family / support crew on Friday. Staying in a travellodge not far from the turna round point on the run....why do I do that? Last year at IMDE my hotel room overlooked the turnaround point on one of the laps....very tempting to pop in and have a rest  Like Irontractorboy I won't be doing any training on the course, unlike him though I'm not doing Austria. I'm sure at somepoint we'll be at Holme Pierpont on saturday to set up, drop off bikes etc..I'll be wearing a black top with a yelllow pirate skull with my forum name on the back. Keep an eye out for me.
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If any of the runsatters want to borrow some yellow and black kit for that weekend, then let me know! My kit's a bit old and tatty now (3 years and counting) but it's still definitely pirate - it's large and it's lycra ;)
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oooh - this is getting close now! And (shock news) I *will* be there!!!!! I'll be on the second bike aid station trying to hand out bottles and smile - say hello but keep pedalling!
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