warm-ups (openwater races)
didds
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so ... how do y'all warm-up pre-race?
I've read all the stuff about warming up in revese order with a run, then a bike (turbo maybe) then a short swim... but how does that work in reality?
By the time I;ll have done my run and bike and then gotten my wetsuit on, all the benefit of raising heart rate and core body temperature and getting blood flowing has been lost. TBH probably getting the wetsuit on gets all of that going to a degree anyway... so how does it work for other peeps?
This doesn't even allow for the mandatory standing around waiting for the race briefing to occur whilst you lose the benefit of the warm-up...
didds
I've read all the stuff about warming up in revese order with a run, then a bike (turbo maybe) then a short swim... but how does that work in reality?
By the time I;ll have done my run and bike and then gotten my wetsuit on, all the benefit of raising heart rate and core body temperature and getting blood flowing has been lost. TBH probably getting the wetsuit on gets all of that going to a degree anyway... so how does it work for other peeps?
This doesn't even allow for the mandatory standing around waiting for the race briefing to occur whilst you lose the benefit of the warm-up...
didds
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or why not horseburgers and wine??
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ce432_JmdB8
Coffe and a few light arm/leg stretches sounds good, but then what would I know I'm a really crap swimmer.