My first triathlon.........in 15 months time

unknown

Yes 15 months is a long time but I want to lose 150lbs+ in that time.

I'm going to take part in an Olympic distance triathlon. The swim, I have swam that distance before, albeit slowly. I'm not swimming at the moment though. The 40km cycle, I'm currently cycling 6.5km at a pace of around 24kmph. Is this a decent target, or should I be looking at a faster pace than that? The run, I'm not running as yet. I'm walking, 2.5km at 5kmph.

I'm banking on the fact that I have plenty of time both to lose the weight and to sort my pace out.

If anyone had any input regarding pace, loading weight to take part or anything else I would be really interested.

Thanks

unknown

Thanks for all the responses. At the moment I'm taking it real easy. I won't run on the treadmill at all. I simply don't feel comfortable on them, so they are for walk only. At the moment I plan on open air walking maybe once per week and that is where I will bring running into it, even if it's only 50m to syst off with.

With the bike I've found a real rhythm now. I know my preferred seat height and rpm so well keep adding a little bit more distance once per week to that.

I've spent some time on the British triathlon website and seen that there are lots of GoTri events all over the country specially for beginners, so I will be making great use of them as I progress.

Thanks again for your time.