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STUpid
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So I'm curious. Of the more seasoned triathletes among you, how many of you would say that you train 12 months a year? After your A-race(s) how long would you take off from training, if anything at all?
The reason I ask is that I'm starting to think about 2010 events and what my calendar might look like next year. I'm thoroughly enjoying my first season but I'm also a bit nervous that my focus might start to wander if I don't have breaks throughout the year. What do you all think?
Stu
The reason I ask is that I'm starting to think about 2010 events and what my calendar might look like next year. I'm thoroughly enjoying my first season but I'm also a bit nervous that my focus might start to wander if I don't have breaks throughout the year. What do you all think?
Stu
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Now at 45 my last race (triathlon) was on 30th August and i haven't swam since and only biked twice but i am running hard and again aiming at the cross country season, i think the older you are the more a break is required but saying it and doing it are 2 different thing's.
The best Kenyan runners take a month off each year and can't understand why runners in the west will go straight from the country to the track to the indoors onto the roads, never taking a break.
Which of the three disciplines do people think would be easiest to get back up to speed on if you were to take a break? I'm sure my legs would appreciate a break from running but perhaps re-building the stamina might take a while?
Stu
I am 28 years old, been doing Tri for 3 years and aint too bad at it. Still with loads of room for improvement.
Instead i will try and focus on what i perceive to be my weak links, whilst continuing to train my strong events as normal.
Hopefully that way into 2010 i will break all pb's.
Besides what else is there to do,
train hard/fight easy.
I'll just be slowing things down, doing mostly endurance work over the winter.
I've fianlly realised i like training as much as I do racing but I need to enter races to get me to train
after this weekend, I'll not be Tri training specifically aside form a long run maybe, but will be hitting the gym for a month or so, just going back to CV work.
Then I'll start again in November.
didds
Hit your local bridleways, excellent for balance and control, upper body as well as leg power, core, cv. No cars just big smiles. (apart from when carrying a mud-laden bike across a ploughed field - but you'll soon work out a couple of routes that are more or less rideable all year)
If you've not got a mountain bike, well, now you've just decided you want one haven't you. A whole new area of bike porn and unsatisfied lust!
Ade
just got to a real MTB first...
didds
Well - I did a run around the village (about 3K), one spin session a week and a bit of treadmill and a swim as I thought I need to keep myself active but not push things as 'not getting any younger'(I was 48 then) - and then I did my first triathlon - oh when the bug hits you can't shake it off!
But I must say I do ease off over winter, too bloody cold and muscles don't like it but if I were to quantify it would say about 25% of effort down.
I still like cheeky 5k though, Boscome does a good winter series.... and of course it is almost cross country time if that kind of thing floats your boat.
G
Looking forward to a winter of cross country - gotta love the mud!
This year I want to try and be more diligent about sticking to long slow stuff for a while unitl Christmas.