Hello All,
http://trisutto.com/long-ironman-next-race/
"2.) If an athlete is tall with long limbs, or a big strong unit, then they are different. Even if lean and in good fitness / race conditioning, their size is an inhibitor to success in backing up. So we don’t do it!
If an athlete is a male, then we usually avoid backing up. Ironman racing flattens their male hormone system which then needs time to recover. This is a much over looked fact by many coaches, and a lesson learn’t from training and racing horses.
Female athletes on the other hand recover much quicker than most males, both in day to day training, and also post race.
Cheers, Neal
+1 mph Faster
http://trisutto.com/long-ironman-next-race/
"2.) If an athlete is tall with long limbs, or a big strong unit, then they are different. Even if lean and in good fitness / race conditioning, their size is an inhibitor to success in backing up. So we don’t do it!
If an athlete is a male, then we usually avoid backing up. Ironman racing flattens their male hormone system which then needs time to recover. This is a much over looked fact by many coaches, and a lesson learn’t from training and racing horses.
Female athletes on the other hand recover much quicker than most males, both in day to day training, and also post race.
Cheers, Neal
+1 mph Faster