I just did the Ponte Vedra Beach Sprint Series race yesterday here in Fla. I've been focusing on my swimming, doing maybe 8,000 yards/meters a week. Unfortunately, they canceled the swim event yesterday because of Portuguese men of war and rough surf conditions, substituting a one mile beach run.
So all of my swimming work was more or less wasted and I was not terribly prepared for a running/biking event.
Now to the question...
I was still working hard on the swim two nights before the race and had a pretty agressive hour and a quarter workout. (I was sick during the prior week and felt I needed to make up for some lost time.) On Friday (the day before the race) my calves were insanely stiff.
My run time on the 5K was over 29 minutes -- which was really horrible. I suspect I would have done several minutes better if I had knocked off the swimming earlier. When is the correct time to dial down the activity for a sprint tri?
Depends on what type of race it is for you ... an A race (one you have been focussing your efforts on) or B race (part of your racing season but not the 'big' race of the year) or C race - just want to finish. Keeping in mind that typically people can only peak a few times during the racing season.
Tapering like most everything else is very personal thing and you have to experiment with what works for you. I would suggest doing a google search on the topic to give you lots of ideas about what others use as a taper schedule.
I hope this helps.
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I just did the Ponte Vedra Beach Sprint Series race yesterday here in Fla. I've been focusing on my swimming, doing maybe 8,000 yards/meters a week. Unfortunately, they canceled the swim event yesterday because of
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men of war and rough surf conditions, substituting a one mile beach run.
So all of my swimming work was more or less wasted and I was not terribly prepared for a running/biking event.
Now to the question...
I was still working hard on the swim two nights before the race and had a pretty agressive hour and a quarter workout. (I was sick during the prior week and felt I needed to make up for some lost time.) On Friday (the day before the race) my calves were insanely stiff.
My run time on the 5K was over 29 minutes -- which was really horrible. I suspect I would have done several minutes better if I had knocked off the swimming earlier. When is the correct time to dial down the activity for
