Timtek wrote:
Brandes wrote:
Check out Madison. Yes it snows here in the winter, but the community is top notch. The riding is great, downtown Madison is alot of fun. The options are endless.I live, train and race in Madison but it's too cold to be considered a great tri city. I literally wasn't acclimated to the heat until three weeks ago. Because it was cold up until then.
Why do you think cold and triathlon don't work together? Ken Glah was one of the most competitiive pros of all time living in Pennsylvania. It''s all in your head guys. Madison, you probably have 4 months that you don't want to ride outdoors? No big deal....hit a few trainer rides a week and swim 20K per week and run 6 hours per week and you're set. You don't need to do mega long bike rides outdoors all year to be a good triathlete. Generally biking is a waste of time anyway and you can always get bike fit if you're already swim and run fit. Guys who live in the cold, we have a secret advantage.....the quality of our training can be much higher, because we can focus on technical sports in the winter and in the summer the overall intensity of all of our workouts are not as limited by oppressive humidity and heat. Don't assume that cold means bad for triathlon.
Plus you can't be training full throttle all year....the cold temps can create a natural low in the training cycle to allow your body to regenerate.