I’d die laughing if I saw people walking their bikes up a hill at an IM event. Sorry, but very few hills if any exist on I IM courses. I guess I’m fortunate or perhaps unfortunate that I live in an area with only hills. I just can’t believe people can’t climb a hill on a course. Unless it’s a several mile climb there’s really no excuse to be that gutted come race day.
For the life of me I can't understand the desire to train on the course.
To no one in particular and lots of triathletes in general:
People just go do your fucking workouts. Having race specific fitness matters 100,000x more than riding the course. If you're fit you'll be able to ride any course.
A high level of fitness flattens any hill, reduces every headwind, lowers the demands of any extreme temps or weather conditions.
There is no substitute for increasing your fitness.
Its more when you travel a long way and are there leading into the event, if you can ride it once, you know what to expect. I don't want to go and train on it every weekend.
I just don't want shocks on race day.
For example, Ironman Australia surface in areas is potholes that have been patch over and over. If you ride on aerobars through these sections, you will crash. There is also a dirty big f'ing hill that if around a blind corner. If you aren't really hitting that corner hard, you'll most likely walk up the hill.
So that's the desire to train on the course.
PJC wrote:
desert dude wrote:
IMAZ on the Beeline. For the life of me I can't understand the desire to train on the course.
To no one in particular and lots of triathletes in general:
People just go do your fucking workouts. Having race specific fitness matters 100,000x more than riding the course. If you're fit you'll be able to ride any course.
A high level of fitness flattens any hill, reduces every headwind, lowers the demands of any extreme temps or weather conditions.
There is no substitute for increasing your fitness.
Its more when you travel a long way and are there leading into the event, if you can ride it once, you know what to expect. I don't want to go and train on it every weekend.
I just don't want shocks on race day.
For example, Ironman Australia surface in areas is potholes that have been patch over and over. If you ride on aerobars through these sections, you will crash. There is also a dirty big f'ing hill that if around a blind corner. If you aren't really hitting that corner hard, you'll most likely walk up the hill.
So that's the desire to train on the course.