Subject: Specificity and Training I am training for a 70.3 that is still a 9 months off but a couple of questions have come to mind, mainly around bike intensity during the race and training to meet it. My bike split has always been weak and I am working on gaining the fitness to improve that, but I wonder if part of my issue is not pushing hard enough on the bike as I am scared of blowing up on the run. I don't really have a background in any of the sports, been doing tri's for 3 years. My last 70.3 I had a 38min swim, 3:10 bike and 2:02 run. Anyhow, onto the point of my post. I am trying to work out how hard I can push on the bike and still run ok afterwards. I have been thinking brick workouts at planned race pace might be the best way to monitor this, but I am wondering how long the brick should be and how to get specific without actually doing the race distance in training. I as thinking a monthly test brick around the following distances (km) Feb : 30/7 March : 45/10.5 April : 60/14 May : 75/14 June : 90/14 July : 105/14 Then repeat that monthly tweaking intensity until race day. I am hesitant to run much further than that as a brick and I am wondering if overall those sessions are too long. I don't want to leave my race on the training ground so to speak. Am I better off just doing long bike with a short run and trying to gauge how I feel? Sorry if this is a bit jumbled, probably resembles my thoughts at the moment! |