I need to get fitter, and I would like some competition to do so/make me do it.

So- who would like to have a race to fitness?

I'm thinking we start from the here and now and agree a target in say six months, the target being a race of some sort.

Then regular training sessions/races until we get there.

Winner takes all, naturally.

I'm open to a small wager to make life interesting also.

Can the goal be a fight? Queensbury Rules?

i'll race you on foot over 800m.

If you wish- would we have to cycle to the ring and then settle it like Gentlemen?

how bout a half ironman?
1.2 mile swim
56 mile bike
13 mile run

june 2009?
alhtough we may have missed the boat already.

or an ironman at the end of summer 2009?

Open to anything really- just, as I have the spine of a mollusc, need some motivation.

To give you an idea:
32 years of age.
13 stone and 6'2".
Resting heart rate of 68.
Cycle (trash mileage) around 50/60 miles a week.

£50 sound like a decent wager?

I may sound churlish but I think we might need to have a current fitness reading of all combatants taken now to adjust the odds...

There are loads of Triathlons throughout the year- I'd be up for a standard Tri.

im up for this, need to get my lazy self fit - got a mate on about doing John o Grotes to Land's End next year so this will be good for pushing to that

We could try to find an event a month and keep a league table, grand finale to be in 6 months?

can i race you before u get fit ? and still have the £50 wager lol

yeah sounds good , get a few people involed, put some money in a hat..winner takes all? get fit plus a little bonus at the end?

Question is location :) no point if we're based miles apart ...im in N1 work Holborn so can get most places within reason

We could use this as the final: http://www.urbanrace.co.uk/sussex_triathlon.htm ??

this sounds good. i could be up for it. should someone organise a introductiong cycle, run and cycle - maybe start at london fields leido, run along for a bit and bike up bikes and cycle somewhere, before we commit? i don't know my resting heart rate. could do after work? or ride 60miles+ on saturday?

this sounds very interesting and I may be up for this. I've always wanted to do a triathlon. How many times a week would we look at training?

ok yeah the B'ton or Suusex tri sounds very good defo up for this, so how we going to get this together?? maybe a few short train-ups after work midweek then a longer one on Sats/Sun - would prefer Sat so i can recover on Sun :)

I'll have a think about it, this clearly needs a bit of structure of some sort.
Could we list postcodes so we can get an idea of where we all are?

1. Dammit, SE8

I'll have a think about it, this clearly needs a bit of structure of some sort.
Could we list postcodes so we can get an idea of where we all are?

1. Dammit, SE8
2. Twist305, N1

Could we list postcodes so we can get an idea of where we all are?

1. Dammit, SE8
2. Twist305, N1
3. livingasleep, SE14 but soon moving to SW8

i would do it, but not if its a triathlon, because i like real cycling.

Ahh, you spotted that in Triathlon you just run with the bike between your legs like a hobby horse?

I'd pop along to up my fitness but definitely not keen for tri.. Can't swim very competently and dislike running long distances.. How about we train up for Le Tour 09?

I can see it now Team Londonfgss Slackers all fighting it out for the coveted Lanterne Rouge :)

that's not a tri!
do london!
I'm already there with my charity: WellChild.

How about a 24hr ITT?

I don't even like 'proper' swimming that much in Oz so fucked if I'd do it over here! :)

has to be said, won't even swin in our lovely British climate?? HTFU ya hippy :)

If it's not a canal Hippy won't swim in it...

1. Dammit, SE8
2. Twist305, N1
3. livingasleep, SE14 but soon moving to SW8
4. texas, E8 but work in SE1

No, we'd have to cycle into the ring (how you get through the ropes will denote your extra style points awarded by a panel of judges) then glove up and duke it out all the while maintaining a no-handed trackstand and slaughtering as many puppies as possible. The loser has to then ceremonially destroy their most treasured bike (a more financially disturbing prospect for you than me quite possibly) using nothing but their battered and bloodied face.

oh, and the 50 notes should be a good incentive.

you could save time by just giving me the £50 now?

How do you know I'm not the light-heavyweight cycle-rope-hopping-boxing-puppy-slaying-trackstanding champion of Northern Ireland? Just here to take the GB title.

Nothing to do with the cold.. I've just seen what you lot leave in the local waterways..

weee.. that s-works has been dunked more times than bourbon biscuits..

ah, "Le Poisson" in his natural habitat..

on the look out for predators, yet taking advantage of the plentiful riverside feeding opportunities.

This sounds good. But not to sure about the triathlon thingy. I'll have to see if I can give up £50 aswell.

1. Dammit, SE8
2. Twist305, N1
3. livingasleep, SE14 but soon moving to SW8
4. texas, E8 but work in SE1
5. hillbilly, SE5

pot chaser!

To be fair when I started this thread my thoughts were these:
-We each train individually
-Every month we compete to see where we are against one another
-At the end we compete together for the pot

I thought that this would get around the geographical separation that is inevitable.
However- the benefit of training together cannot be ignored, and I have been (very pleasantly) surprised by the number of people willing to do so.
Plus Aaron wanting to fight me- but we can do that separately to this.

So- a triathlon is not set as the final competition, for one I loathe running, so would prefer something else. The Sussex tri was convenient because of the date.

It would mean that we could do something similar to this though:
Monday: South Drinks
Tuesday: South East Drinks
Wednesday: Swim 1,500 metres
Thursday; Run 10K
Friday: John Snow
Saturday: 25 miles on the bike
Sunday: 50 Miles on the bike

Repeat.

Thoughts?

(BTW pot is £250 so far....)

Shut up "cat B" boy!