This reminds me a lot of some fairly recent threads on marathon training. I'm beginning to sense a pattern...
Indeed, it is a cliche, and a cliche with some assumptions, but, more is more! It will get you a long way!
Too bad selling that last 5% is such a lucrative business model...
My sense is that many AG and rec triathletes, particularly the highly motivated ones who really want to improve and are constantly looking around for ways to do that, would be surprised if they looked at the training regime of most world class endurance athletes across all the key endurance sports. If you stepped back and looked at the programs, they are all very similar at a high level. Train long and hard, rest and repeat. A key role that coaches play at this level is to act as a regulator - not telling the athlete what to do, but when to rest, and when to back off. I liked that interview with Brett Sutton a few years ago, when he was Coaching Chrissie Wellington and several other of the top LD women triathletes at that time. Sutton said to work with these women, "I need strong biceps . . . . to hold them back"!!! There is a key reverse message in there for those that want to pay attention, and in a round about way what this thread is all about!
Steve Fleck @stevefleck | Blog
Indeed, it is a cliche, and a cliche with some assumptions, but, more is more! It will get you a long way!
Too bad selling that last 5% is such a lucrative business model...
My sense is that many AG and rec triathletes, particularly the highly motivated ones who really want to improve and are constantly looking around for ways to do that, would be surprised if they looked at the training regime of most world class endurance athletes across all the key endurance sports. If you stepped back and looked at the programs, they are all very similar at a high level. Train long and hard, rest and repeat. A key role that coaches play at this level is to act as a regulator - not telling the athlete what to do, but when to rest, and when to back off. I liked that interview with Brett Sutton a few years ago, when he was Coaching Chrissie Wellington and several other of the top LD women triathletes at that time. Sutton said to work with these women, "I need strong biceps . . . . to hold them back"!!! There is a key reverse message in there for those that want to pay attention, and in a round about way what this thread is all about!
Steve Fleck @stevefleck | Blog