How many Tri's per year
matty_ellis
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This is my first year at Triathlon, Ive completed 1 super sprint (400m/20k/4k?) with an Olympic dist at the begining of July and One in September.
I want to concentrate on The Olympic distance races but am unsure how many events to do a year - 1 a month? I am also aware of doing races for race practice with certain events your priority races throughout the year, for example should I slip in a couple of 'unimportant' sprints between the olympic races I want to be competative in - just for transition and race day prep??
Any advice would be appreciated.
Also I am on a 5yr old(ish) Airborne (alu) with ultegra - when do you think it would be worth upgrading to a Carbon race machine, i can the use this as a winter/training bike (i notice a few of you have multiple bike options). Do you think its best to chuck some new wheels on my AB and gradually upgrade the kit/or start with some nice SRAM red and keep the old wheels....
I want to concentrate on The Olympic distance races but am unsure how many events to do a year - 1 a month? I am also aware of doing races for race practice with certain events your priority races throughout the year, for example should I slip in a couple of 'unimportant' sprints between the olympic races I want to be competative in - just for transition and race day prep??
Any advice would be appreciated.
Also I am on a 5yr old(ish) Airborne (alu) with ultegra - when do you think it would be worth upgrading to a Carbon race machine, i can the use this as a winter/training bike (i notice a few of you have multiple bike options). Do you think its best to chuck some new wheels on my AB and gradually upgrade the kit/or start with some nice SRAM red and keep the old wheels....
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The only caveats to the above are distance/time and cost. Entering 8 or 9 races a season can be pretty expensive. It is also fairly disruptive for wives/husbands who find themselves being left with the children every other weekend while you trot down to Devon or Northumbria for your races.... I owe my wife an awful lot of favours already...
From my side, I've had 3 warm ups (Eton and a couple of Thames Turbos) and my season starts in earnest at Windsor in a couple of weeks. Starting to get nervous.
Sprints or super-sprints are great for train through events, because they're within the same size as a normal training session and you also get to properly practice your transitions, your preparation (i.e. sorting your race-box out) and you get to meet other nut-cases. Sorry, triathletes.
I get the 'not another Sunday wasted' argument too.
Thanks again.