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19-07.-2002, 03:42 AM
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Join Date: Jan 2002
Location: Vanderbijlpark, South Africa
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Re: Sprinting Training
Persistence,
Here in SA we've got the Energade 5FM Triathlon series. I did one last year as part of a team of 3. I did the 20km (12mile) leg at a 30km/h pace (this was my first race ever and my team was competeing with another). A big help on the day was the drafting rule that applies to you guys does not apply to us in this series. I drafted most of the bike leg. Fortunately I did some sprint training the 2 weeks before this. On the sprint training: I don't do the sprint thing in races. The groups in which I finish usually does not involve sprinting (to far back  ). Should I include sprints? (My coaching manual says so!) What advantages will sprinting have even if we don't do sprints.
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20-07.-2002, 05:09 PM
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Re: Sprinting Training
I have found that, so far, training on a hilly route is making me stronger and faster. And, riding with a more advanced buddy will force you to figure out how to get faster (it has for me). I will probably begin spin classes and weight training when it gets colder and I am sure that I will see a difference there, too.
Don't have any real experience in training for sprint (other than sprint distance tri). But, jonny has said everything that I know...so, I don't know what more else there is to do. But, I would definitely do it in a race, if you know that you can keep your strength on the run. It depends on if you are doing tri and what distances you are doing. The trick to sprint distance tris is speed and power (so, definitely sprint). The trick to longer distance tris is efficiency, pace, and endurance. But, having said that, I have seen people sprinting the last mile or so because they are neck and neck...even after swimming 2 or 3 miles and riding 100 miles. I know two brothers. They both do half ironman distances. One keeps a steady pace, which is slower than his brother. The other always pushes hard on the bike and then dies 3 miles into the run. You will almost always see the pace setting brother overtake his burst of speed, power brother at about mile 6 on the run...so, there you go. |
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