I am a triathlete!

[silverfish]

I'm dipping a toe in the multisport waters this year. I have a cycling background but little running and no swimming. This year will just be individual parts and maybe a sprint triathlon late summer. I have a half century bike ride in mid March and my first 5K run event on 4/1.

Once you start, you can't stop. I did my first duathlon on a dare and now it's probably my greatest passion.

 

[treadwell]

Training to do a marathon in the fall of 06 myself...but also want to put on some muscle while I lean out, which I know won't be easy. What's your body composition like and how do you maintain / grow while training?

 

[MrsJnuts]

What do you eat to maintain muscle while losing BF on a tri training program? I'm thinking of training for a few sprint tri's this summer. I would like to lose 15 -20 lbs while maintaining/building up my leg muscles. I did 3 sprint tri's 3 years ago and just bought a Cannondale road bike. How do you break up your training? I know I asked alot of questions Thanks.

 

[Synpax]

This is an ancient post.

Just eat a lot of protien and carbs. You won't loose muscle.

Break up training? I do whatever my coach tells me.

 

[JayC9]

Did my first triathlon 6 days ago and thoroughly enjoyed it. Will be doing training trithlons with a local club (trinerds) every 4-5 weeks from now on and have registered for the Thailand Phuket Laguna international triathon in December. Should keep me off the beer till christmas.

Any golden words of wisdom from those who've done it before would be most welcome.

 

[Synpax]

Get a good coach.

Use Heart Rate Training.

 

[jnuts]

Use Heart Rate Training.

Zones 1 - 5c?

 

[rocky_road]

I can't wait to compete in my first one this summer!

 

[Synpax]

Zones 1 - 5c?

Yes, though in practice, nearly all of my training has been in either zone 2 or zone 4.

All of the long workouts on Z2. All of the shorter ones (threshold) on the track in 4.

On occasion for recovery after a marathon or something stuff has been zone 1. And while it is not written, time trials, races, and economy workouts can get into 5.

But yeah, you got it.

HR training only works really well when you can go do a VO2 Max test to get your hr zones calibrated.

Once you do that, get the Timex HRM or Timex Bodylink that has GPS too. When you go out for a Z2 run, set the alarm to go off when you fall outside the zone. That has helped me A LOT.

 

[Dial_tone]

I use the Karvonen formula for determining training zones and I try to skip Zone 3 also. You're training too hard to recover/burn fat but not hard enough to improve AT.