Still working on the EN wrap up from IMCDA, but saw this in the EN Forum yesterday and wanted to pass it along. Tom Evans, teh men’s winner in a time of 8:34, gave a real quick race report and outlined two key things that are very similar to how we get work done here inside Endurance Nation: (1) trading long, aerobic efforts for quality sessions in the pool and on the road; and (2) waiting until the 10km mark of the run to really start racing. Read the full report on Slowtwitch here:
http://forum.slowtwitch.com/gforum.c…;so=ASC;mh=25;
All of this will be outlined in our Long Course Manual (due any day now!!!!) but it’s really interesting to see that even elite athletes, like Tom, can do less and get more out of it. No ride over 4 hours, no runs over 2 hours. Plenty of intensity in his long ride and run…and even in the pool. I love that he cites work constraints as holding him back…sounds like an Age Grouper to me!!!
As for the racing element, waiting until the 10k mark…well, that sounds an awful lot like our Four Keys to Long Course Triathlon, where we recommend folks don’t think of the race as starting until Mile 18. I guess the pros have a bit more flexibility in where they apply their work…but it’s not all that different!
Do Less, Get More…
Go Harder, Get Faster…
No 7 hour rides and 4 hour runs…
Sounds like triathlon is getting to be fun again!
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