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Tri people, what’s a decent speed for the bike section of a half IM? And what, if you don’t mind me asking, what do (or would) you roll at on flat terrain with no wind? My routes in Houston have people, turns and other random slow downs. There’s only a few sections I can do with no or minimum reasons to slow down.

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13 hours ago, Basil said:

Tri people, what’s a decent speed for the bike section of a half IM? And what, if you don’t mind me asking, what do (or would) you roll at on flat terrain with no wind? My routes in Houston have people, turns and other random slow downs. There’s only a few sections I can do with no or minimum reasons to slow down.

For your first I would say 3:10 overall which would be just under 18 mph average but it also depends on the course. 

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Thank you.  I’ll almost certainly do Galveston, which is flat and straight.  I can do 18 for at least an hour but am not sure how well I’d hold up after 30 or so miles at that pace.  Only one way to find out.

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12 hours ago, Basil said:

Thank you.  I’ll almost certainly do Galveston, which is flat and straight.  I can do 18 for at least an hour but am not sure how well I’d hold up after 30 or so miles at that pace.  Only one way to find out.

It’s like running. You have to go longer to go faster. Ride a few 60 miles to get a good base. You will be faster on race day from adrenaline. Main thing is also doing some bricks. I will do a lot of 60 mile rides and 10 mile runs before Nooga 70.3

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I have my eye on the Cowtown on Feb 23.


I registered for the Cowtown full marathon (Feb 23) and my training has been going really well, had a great 20 miler last week and planned for a 21-22 miler today, and then I sprained my ankle during my run this morning.

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There was a car sticking out a little bit at an intersection and I ran slightly out of my path to go around it and my foot planted awkwardly where the asphalt met the curb. It was maybe a 1” lip but somehow my foot/ankle fully rolled over and now I can’t put any weight on it. It’s fairly painful and swollen so I’m doing the whole RICE thing. The Cowtown seems out of the question and I’m moderately concerned that my ski trip next weekend will be screwed.

Nothing much I can do about it except let it heal and hopefully find another race later in the year. It sucks to feel marathon ready and not get to run the race.
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