Well as I get a little older and have picked up injuries via the many sports I’ve played – I turn to a challenging and physical sport with low chance of injury – the fast growing multi sport of triathlon. This involves swimming any where from 400 meters to 2.5 mile, then jumping on a bike for, 15 – 120 mile, then getting off and running, 3-26 mile, all as a fast as possible ! This can be in lakes, the sea, up and down mountains, or on the flat, it really gets you out and in touch with all the natural elements. Training for the cycling is an obvious encouragement to leave the car at home more often. I’ve signed up for my first triathlon on the 16th May – will be training almost everyday – but the great thing I’m finding with this sport is that you have three sports to choose from and so the variation is wonderfull and keeps things interesting. Already a little nervous about race day. The Kenyan national moto for their running team, so I’ve heard, is, “train hard win easy” - well not convinced on the winning part – but I hope to be as prepared as possible to make it easier on the day !! I’ll be updating on my training – went for a swim yesterday morn at 7.30 (the earliest I’ve risen in a good while) and cycled 20 mile in the evening – today - I’m tired and have a squash match tonight so a day off from the run bike swim, but will be back at it tomorrow !
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Well I’ve heard it can happen – in the longer events people do sometimes have to stop – in Ironman triathlons that take around half a day to complete there are toilets by the road sides. I think the best thing to do is obviously to try and go prior to running… some people drink coffee, but whatever works – good luck with the marathon.
This may seem like an odd topic, but I need to figure this out. I am currently training for a marathon. I am getting into some longer distances that I’ve never done before. It seems like lately every time I run, I need to go to the bathroom about 3-4 miles in. No matter how hard I try to go before the run or how many times. Does this happen to a lot of other people? I hate having to stop in the woods in the middle of runs Any suggestions or help would be appreciated.
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