Strange question eh? But I am wondering who I am! Am I Sags the triathlete? or am I Sags the cycling TT man? Now that I have started running again, I am confused. When I run now I am worried that I am losing my bike legs. When I just cycle, I am thinking that I really must get some running done! I need to know who I am. Any suggestions?
I walk into my downstairs toilet and there hangs my BTF National Champs Medal from this years' National Duathlon. I think "Yes!, I am a triathlete!" Well, actually I am a duathlete who tries to swim! But then I look at me TT clockings and I am all for trying to beat the cyclists down at the club TT. A 25 mile TT in 55:49 and a 10 mile TT in 21:25 aint bad. And there may be a chance of further improvement next season. Ahhhhhhhhhh. My head hurts!!
All this sounds pretty trivial when compared to real life hardships! It's crunch time. I am 45 next month. Should I continue to run (which feels bloody awful at the moment! 8 min miling is killing me!) or I turn to cycling. . .
There is a 3rd option! Just squat in Costa Coffee and chill?
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If you want an unbiased opinion then I am probably not the man. However, you did ask. Become a cyclist, you know it makes sense.
I've been having the same problems. When people ask me what I do I now say I'm a cyclist and do a bit of running on the side, whereas I used to say triathlete. But I can't reasonably claim to be a triathlete any more. You probably can still claim to be a triathlete as you're only out from triathlon because of injury. Costa? Mate, they're fascists, although not as bad as Starbucks. Use your local independent coffee shop.
Having taken 5-6 weeks out of running back in March/April I can sympathise ... however, I never had the dilemma of believing I was a cyclist, one glance at my powertap files proves that! Although I do enjoy cycling and have signed up for the Ride Across Britain Challenge next June :-). It took me about 6 weeks to get back to any kind of running form, it just takes time. 6 weeks after that I ran 3:34 IM split, I know I'm a runner ... but with an overall time of 10:48 most definitely a triathlete too. Just look at your tri/duath performances (Almere for starters) ... you are a multisport athlete, but you are also a great cyclist, you just have to decide which gives you more pleasure if you feel the need to chose, because after all this is recreation we are talking about, not a life and death situation upon which your family depends for its income! Personally I'd get bored with one sport only and I think you would too after a while.
Bored? Never! There's an endless world of bike bling to immerse yourself in.
It's like women and shoes! :-)
Thanks guys. I am continuing with multisport. Just can't give up everything after all the hard work. I just needto remember that I won't be able to compete with the pure cyclists! Just hope the running injury stays away!
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