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Disappointed by splits
jibby26
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I have completed my first 2 tri’s in the past fortnight now and have been firmly bitten by ‘the bug’, but can’t help but feel disappointed by my bike splits, they are no better than training rides. My first tri (including transitions) I did 31.74km in 01:12:17 at an average speed of 26 km/h and yesterday I did 25km in 51:44 at an average of 29km/h. I’m on the fast side of average in the pool and have been one of the first of the wave into T1 in both events but then seem to get passed by everyone else in the first few k of the bike, which only serves to be demoralising.
The next sprint tri I’ve entered in is in 6 weeks and want to do an OD in September, my birthday is in a few weeks and I’m thinking of doing the Salisbury fast twitch for it (crazy I know, but you only live once). The question is, I am being overly harsh on myself? And is doing another tri in 3 weeks too soon, should I be focussing on bike training instead?
(Conehead, before you say “rookie training day" they are too far north for me. If you organise one anywhere south of about Milton Keynes i’ll be the first to register)
The next sprint tri I’ve entered in is in 6 weeks and want to do an OD in September, my birthday is in a few weeks and I’m thinking of doing the Salisbury fast twitch for it (crazy I know, but you only live once). The question is, I am being overly harsh on myself? And is doing another tri in 3 weeks too soon, should I be focussing on bike training instead?
(Conehead, before you say “rookie training day" they are too far north for me. If you organise one anywhere south of about Milton Keynes i’ll be the first to register)
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I did negative split jon.E, which I guess is why I feel I didn't push hard enough. All the training I've done has been long rides (50+ km), shortish (20km) harder efforts or Turbo trainer sessions so finding the right pace is a real weakness. I've been taking the approach that being able to ride at least double the race distance is a good thing, how often is it worth doing race distance rides at race intensity?
It just gives me confidence in that come race day i know i can push it hard for well over the 40K.
Im very very concerned by my prospective run times this year though, as my first race is in two weeks and im up to running 10 minutes at the minute and its still not pain free.
Clarkey,I too am off the running at the moment so most of emphasis is on biking,so I now may be shiffting to a more bike based Triathlete than my original run based one,so I will have to see if more biking benefits to a better time overall.
At risk of starting a big debate, I will say that age-group triathlon is
disproportionately weighted towards cyclists. The fact that it lasts for ages and is the 2nd discipline means it is bound to have the greatest impact on who goes faster.