Question:
I'm from Croatia.I'm almost a total beginner
in triathlon, I've been on two sprint triathlons this summer(750m swim, 20
km bike, 5 km run). I would like to ask you if you know some web adresses
where I can find a program for a triathlon training? I don't know how much
to ride a bike, run, swim. How do i mix these three so that i get the best
results?
Are you training triathlon, if you are willing to share some expirience and
triathlon training tehniques with me I would be most greatfull
Answer:i'm jumping in here without having read previous posts, so you may have
already heard this stuff but....
if you have already done two triathlons of fair length, then you must
have SOME ability in swimming, biking and running. you are just looking
for a structured training program to follow, right?
i read several books and looked at many magazines and websites, and then
created my own customized program. i really needed something that
allowed me to fit in "the rest of my life", so i had to block out my
time each day of the week, including rest days.
being a runner first, i run three times a week, doing fartlek and tempo
runs, and occasionally some hills or a little more distance. for race
training, i swim at least twice per week (currently once per week, now
that race season is over here). i do that for about an hour, first
warming up, then stroke count drills, then adding speed, then a
continuous long swim, then some easy laps to cool down. when it was
race season, i cycled at least twice (sometimes three times) per week,
for 40-60 min. so i could manage sprint distance races. i didn't go much
beyond that in training.
