http://www.insidetriathlon.com/...news.asp?item=111484
Excellent article by Jeff Henderson (heya dude!)
Read and discuss.
I happen to agree with Jeff. Speaking from personal experience, my first three attempts at an IM (2 DNF, 1 finish near the cutoff) I was way under-prepared. And when I started up with my coach, he told me so in no uncertain terms (his actual comment... "not nearly the un-fittest person I’ve ever worked with")
I'm seeing the same thing (jumping into long distance racing too early) in at least one of the people who comes to my swim workout. A very slow swimmer, but getting faster, has maybe done one sprint tri, but signed up for IM AZ (November) for some crazy reason. The goal will be to make the 2:20 cutoff. On Monday, there was some whining about doing another set (we are only in the pool one hour) and the comment was made, "Well, I'll have a wetsuit on." Oy.
clm
clm
Nashville, TN
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Excellent article by Jeff Henderson (heya dude!)
Read and discuss.
I happen to agree with Jeff. Speaking from personal experience, my first three attempts at an IM (2 DNF, 1 finish near the cutoff) I was way under-prepared. And when I started up with my coach, he told me so in no uncertain terms (his actual comment... "not nearly the un-fittest person I’ve ever worked with")
I'm seeing the same thing (jumping into long distance racing too early) in at least one of the people who comes to my swim workout. A very slow swimmer, but getting faster, has maybe done one sprint tri, but signed up for IM AZ (November) for some crazy reason. The goal will be to make the 2:20 cutoff. On Monday, there was some whining about doing another set (we are only in the pool one hour) and the comment was made, "Well, I'll have a wetsuit on." Oy.
clm
clm
Nashville, TN
https://twitter.com/ironclm | http://ironclm.typepad.com