Running races are a great way for triathletes to build and improve their run performance. Sometimes breaking up their offseason training/routine.
Choose your race distance carefully. Typically every 1km of racing in your legs is around 1 day of full recovery.
Running races shouldn’t be implemented into a triathlon training plan too early. Especially in the base period of your training. We should introduce running races after a minimum of 8 weeks of mileage. Preventing injury and overreaching so early in the season.
Triathlon is one sport, not three. The cumulative fatigue we carry from one discipline to the next affects our overall performance.
Entering a race and pinning on a number is a sure way to get the adrenaline pumping. The motivation up, but this is also physiologically stressful and draining.
If you tend to race all season long, you will flatten yourself physically and your training will be compromised due to fatigue.
As one of my previous coaches said “ your body is a glass of water, every time you overreach you empty a small amount of water out of the glass. That glass needs to be refilled, otherwise, you have nothing left”
Timing these races appropriately in your triathlon build up is important. Keep these events in relation to your most important event. Racing too early in the season will find that the higher intensity will lead to a rapid and premature peak in form.
As you move closer to your key event. Entering running races is a key way to tune fitness. Using these races as preparation for the demands of racing.
Remember to keep these races specific to what you are looking to accomplish. For more information visit website #half ironman training plan.
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