u/BoomerBarnes

I want to do Ironman TX in 2028. I’m aiming for 2028 to give myself more training time, and as a way to spread the cost out over a couple of years. With me planning so far in the future. What are some luxuries that amount of time might give me? Are there any tips you wish you had been given early on?

Backstory in the comments for anyone interested.

I truly love CrossFit and believe if I hadn’t started going a little over a year ago, I would still be 40lbs overweight. I have however started looking into triathlons and really want to start dipping my toe into the water. Training for a sprint (hopefully my first sprint will be in October) and while still going to CrossFit classes shouldn’t be difficult at all, but once I push into Olympic or longer I’m not sure how reasonable it is.

Any of you guys that do triathlons have any luck continuing your CrossFit training as well? I figure I could do endurance training 5 times a week, 3 CrossFit classes a week, and 1 dedicated Murph day by doing 2 workouts a day a few times a week.

How can I avoid overtraining? Am I setting myself up to lose strength purely off the extra cardio? Should I just suck it up and follow a hybrid athlete programming instead of trying to work around my class schedule?

I have a Fuji absolute 1.9 I’ve used for a few years just to ride around town when I’m bored or wanted to run errands on 2 wheels.

I’ve recently been getting interested in triathlons and plan on doing a sprint in October, just to see if it’s a hobby I really have any interest in pursuing. The plan is to ride my current bike, but I would like to get a little faster. I’ve been riding about 10 miles once a week, just getting used to being on a bike. My semi comfortable zone 2 rides have me at 12-13 mph. I would like to get that to 16+ mph.

I already plan on going to the local bike shop this weekend to get it tuned up, as well as getting any advice for an improved fit ( I really know very little about bikes so I’m sure some easy things need tweaked.)

For upgrades to the bike itself, I would like to keep them under $100 total. It sounds like the single best upgrade under $100 would be going to a 700x28 tire. Is there any other low hanging fruit that might be worth pursuing. I considered clip on Aeros, but it feels very silly to have Aeros on a hybrid/commuter bike.

Full disclosure, I did not read any of this series. My wife got me to listen ( audiobook)to the first book of the Acotar series, and about halfway through the 2nd before I told her I had to tap out because I was not entertained by it at all. Simply put it's not my writing style. Her plan had been to get me through all of Acotar, fourth wing, and Throne of Glass. We have What I call our "In home date nights" on Tuesdays and listening to audiobooks in the background while we play card games has been a recent favorite of hers.

Anyway, back on topic, she's mentioned a few times that she wants to get a tattoo of the quote "We do not yield". Because I never read the books I don't know the true context, but I have to assume it had something to do with protagonist lovers overcoming insurmountable odds. I considered getting a picture, painting, or possible even calendar highlighting her accomplishments or points of struggle that she (and we) have overcome (college graduation, befriending local book club girls, raising our special needs son)

Before I commit to that I figured I would check in here for ideas for gifts, or insight as to whether I may be taking the quote either too literal or not literal enough.