{"id":2700,"date":"2018-02-16T11:42:11","date_gmt":"2018-02-16T11:42:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lovin.co\/abudhabi\/en\/training-for-a-triathlon-in-dubai-aed-23-981\/"},"modified":"2018-02-16T11:42:11","modified_gmt":"2018-02-16T11:42:11","slug":"training-for-a-triathlon-in-dubai-aed-23-981","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lovin.co\/abudhabi\/en\/announcements\/training-for-a-triathlon-in-dubai-aed-23-981\/","title":{"rendered":"Training For A Triathlon Over 3 Months In Dubai Can Set You Back AED 23,981"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Triathlons are taking off like crazy in the UAE. From semiprofessional athletes living and training here to ambitious and competitive amateurs looking to do all they can to improve their times, to beginners, those casual participants to kids competing in the sport. This season, there are events scrapping to find available weekends that don\u2019t clash with an another race, as the season is becoming fully booked with races.\u00a0<\/p>\n

People can take part in sprint distance races, Olympic distance races of half iron man races in a UAE racing season. Iron Man is a brand and an events company, as much as it is a phrase that represents a distance of a triathlon. A 3.86 km swim, a 180.25 km bicycle ride and a marathon 42.20 km run to finish. IRON MAN organize these events around the world. They also have IRONMAN 70.3 distance, which represents half the full distance in miles.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Depending on what stage you are at and what your goals are, different commitments and sacrifices needs to be made. \u00a0I\u2019d done a good few full marathons before I moved to the UAE \u00a0and was average at cycling and swimming. I got into triathlons, I started with sprint distance, like the Roy Nasr memorial one at Jebel Ali, then did a few Olympic distances, like the 2XU races in Mamzar, Tri Yas and the Abu Dhabi ITU races. \u00a0I had wanted to do a half iron man, and realized that work pressures, travel, and knowing how to train properly, meant that the idea didn\u2019t get off the ground.\u00a0<\/p>\n

For me, the jump from doing Spring \/ Olympic distance triathlon to an Iron Man 70.3 was significant. I decided that I didn\u2019t just want to finish, but I wanted to do it well, the best effort I could. So I asked around an set a target of between 5 and 5 \u00bd hours. Then you look to break it down, what do I need to do to achieve sub 40 mins open water swim? What do I need to do to cycle 90km on my own in under 2 hours 40 mins, and what do I need to do run a half marathon after all that in and around 1 hours 45 minutes?<\/p>\n

The context of this time and financial investment is that I wanted to compete as well as I could. So apart from the early months, two months of disciplined training of at least 6 days a week, 10 \u2013 12 hours a week, practically no alcohol and hardly any late nights. How much did it hit my pocket?<\/p>\n

Race entry & Photos = AED 1,561<\/h3>\n