I don't do tri's (and its doubtful I would ever, don't swim well and don't like to run at all) so I may not know what I'm talking about.... but we see few of our team members that are serious about triathalon after the first month or two of racing in the spring. Usually they come out for the TT's, but we don't see them for many road races/crits. I think that tri training may not totally be compatible with race season training/racing? Anyone do both?
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11-17-2007, 12:41 PM #1
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"Sharing the road means getting along, not getting ahead" - 1994 Washington State Driver's Guide
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11-18-2007, 11:21 PM #2
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Another user of beginner triathlete here! That's one awesome site!
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11-19-2007, 02:52 AM #3
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2nd, 3rd, or 4th beginner triathlete. They have good plans for free and there are also other plans you can obtain for a cost. The forum has tons of information!
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11-19-2007, 07:52 AM #4
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I too use beginnertriathlete.com. The training log is very easy to use, and there are tons of articles by people at every level of experience.
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11-19-2007, 08:14 AM #5
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Thank you everyone for your input! I am going to look at all the sites in the next few days.
Eden, I am a road race and I love it but I also love endurance sports, so I am going to try to do both. But on the road aspect, I am doing all of the Florida Point Series races this year, with a focus on the time trials(want to be in the top 3 at states at the end of the year for cat 4). And I am going to do all the crits and road races for the florida points series so I can get the experience and get stronger and be competitive.
I am only planning on doing a couple tris, but a lot of road bike events. But I want to do the tri's the best I can, so that means training- plus I feel that the cross training will be good for me on the bike:-)
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