Training for the European Triathlon Championships
Over the next couple of weeks I intend to blog about my
training and some of the great support and advice that I have had along the
way. I will also talk about the trials, successes and failures of trying out
some of these ideas.
Background
I am thinking about participating in 2014 ETU Triathlon
European Standard Distance Championships (Kitzbühel, Austria June 19 2014 -
June 22 2014) by competing in Anglian Water Standard Distance Triathlon - 22
September 2013. I have competed in Triathlon before: in 2006 I was capable of completing
a Triathon in 2hours 3mins, but 8 years later I am aiming for an altogether slower
time, but which may possibly more challenging to achieve!
Advice I have received
Mike Gratton, former winner of the London Marathon once told
me running twice a day is better than running daily. I recently saw an
excellent article in Runners World explaining this. (See Link 1)
Dan Halksworth, pro-triathlete and winner of UK Ironman
suggested with 8 weeks to got to bin the swim drills and start work on speed.
Reps of 25, 50 or 100, or also 400’s. He for example will do warm-ups and then
8 x 400, or 40 x 100 before a warm-down. Whilst I’m not that good the principle
seems sensible.
Mark Nicole, fab triathlete suggested that I reduce the
volume (I train 19 hours per week) and aim for speed. This is consistent with
Dan’s comments. He also suggested I focus on better nutrition including
fuelling during training to be able to train harder, faster better.
Advice I tried so far
I keep my training log on-line (see Link 2). Today my swim comprised
400m warm-up then tried 10 x 100 in 1:35 pace off 2:15 (provided there were not
slower swimmers in the way!) I managed 8 x 100 before I got tired and slowed to
1:40 pace. I then rested and did 200 cruise before doing the final 2 x 100, but
now was tired and only managed 1:40 pace. I decided to stop then, rather than
practice going slow!
This evening I my run session was 1 mile repeats: Run
Interval1 1.8 miles 00:08:00 warm-up Run Interval2 1 miles 00:06:20 effort
against wind Run Interval3 1 miles 00:05:55 effort with wind Run Interval4 1
miles 00:06:05 effort against wind Run Interval5 1 miles 00:05:40 effort with
wind Run Interval6 1.8 miles 00:08:00 warm-down Run Total 7.6 miles 00:06:40
avg.
Comments
I think this structured approach may be just the right thing
for the next 8 weeks!
Link 1
Link 2
If you have any comments or advice either for me, or others
reading this blog please do get in contact with me
Tim HJ Rogers
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