Flying_Monkey
Recyclist
- Location
- Odawa
The most important aspect of triathlon training, and something you neglect at your peril, is doing bricks. I don't mean lugging breezeblocks around, although that probably wouldn't do you too much harm, but bike-run training. Basically it means trying to make the transition from bike to run, which is always the most evil part of the race, a bit more bearable by practicing these two legs together.
After a certain point in the season, basically from now, I will not do any training ride without doing a run afterwards, even if it is just a short one. Today was my first proper 90% brick: a 24km bike ride followed by a 6.5km run* all accomplished in 1 hr 15, which wasn't too bad, and it didn't hurt too much (just a bit!).
(*my training distances are basically determined by the size of the island I live on. There are only two metaled roads on the island, and the 24km ride is to from my house to the southernmost point and back. My longer training ride is to the 'foot' of the island (in the east) and back (52km). If I do all the roads, it adds up to just under 80km. Any longer and I have to go to the mainland by ferry first, or do 'laps', which I don't like. My runs are various rural 'blocks' (the island's gravel backroads are a rough and uneven grid) - one block is 6.5km, two is 10.5km, three is 14.5km etc...)
After a certain point in the season, basically from now, I will not do any training ride without doing a run afterwards, even if it is just a short one. Today was my first proper 90% brick: a 24km bike ride followed by a 6.5km run* all accomplished in 1 hr 15, which wasn't too bad, and it didn't hurt too much (just a bit!).
(*my training distances are basically determined by the size of the island I live on. There are only two metaled roads on the island, and the 24km ride is to from my house to the southernmost point and back. My longer training ride is to the 'foot' of the island (in the east) and back (52km). If I do all the roads, it adds up to just under 80km. Any longer and I have to go to the mainland by ferry first, or do 'laps', which I don't like. My runs are various rural 'blocks' (the island's gravel backroads are a rough and uneven grid) - one block is 6.5km, two is 10.5km, three is 14.5km etc...)