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Tapering for Tri?

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  • 11-06-2012 9:07am
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    ebixa82
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    Hi,
    I'm doing my first olympic Tri next weekend. I've only ever done sprints before and a few half marathons.

    When I was doing half marathons I would always take it easy the week before.

    I'm guessing this isn't as much the case with Tris as there are 3 different disciplines to mix up your training. Or is it.

    I have no work on Weds so would hope to do a 40km cycle in morning and 15km run in evening, with shorter runs and swim sessions on Thurs and Friday.

    Does this sound wise?

    Thanks


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    Briando
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    Unless you are taking it very seriously and have been putting in a lot of hard training then doing nothing on a Thursday, a light workout to get the blood flowing on a Friday, racing on a Saturday is typically what is done for an Olympic.

    Tapering is required if you have been training like a boss.


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    MrCreosote
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    What day are you racing?

    There's no way I'd be doing a 40k bike and particularly a 15k run on the Wednesday before a weekend race, unless I didn't care much about the result. No long training you do at this stage will have any benefit for the race, but it could definitely have a negative effect.

    Keep it short and snappy for the few days before the race.


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    ebixa82
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 1,289 ✭✭✭ebixa82


    MrCreosote wrote: »
    What day are you racing?

    There's no way I'd be doing a 40k bike and particularly a 15k run on the Wednesday before a weekend race, unless I didn't care much about the result. No long training you do at this stage will have any benefit for the race, but it could definitely have a negative effect.

    Keep it short and snappy for the few days before the race.

    Race is on Sunday. Don't care much about the result, hopefully sub 2hr 45mins.


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