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 2015-02-15 11:44 AM |
 136   Kalispell, Montana |  Subject: After the race trainingIt seems like all the training plans that I have looked at are designed for a single event (i.e. build up, peak, taper off to race day). What does a person do if they have a race planned say a month after the first one they trained for? Just follow the last four weeks of the plan they are using or are there maintenance plans out there? Is there a different approach? |
| 2015-02-15 12:39 PM in reply to: RockHead |
| 360 Ottawa, Ontario | Subject: RE: After the race training You need to prioritize your races. One will be your "A" race and one will be your "B" race. What you do in between those two races will vary slightly depending on which one is your "A" race. |
| 2015-02-15 2:37 PM in reply to: SenatorClayDavis |
| 136 Kalispell, Montana | Subject: RE: After the race training Originally posted by SenatorClayDavis You need to prioritize your races. One will be your "A" race and one will be your "B" race. What you do in between those two races will vary slightly depending on which one is your "A" race. I hope to have a sprint race every month this summer starting in May with my final race of the year in September. I am also hoping I can get into a training routine that will allow for my "A" race to be the last one of the year resulting with my best time. If I followed any of the sprint plans I have seen so far I wouldn't even start training for the "A" race until around July. |
| 2015-02-15 3:53 PM in reply to: RockHead |
1055 | Subject: RE: After the race training Originally posted by RockHead It seems like all the training plans that I have looked at are designed for a single event (i.e. build up, peak, taper off to race day). What does a person do if they have a race planned say a month after the first one they trained for? Just follow the last four weeks of the plan they are using or are there maintenance plans out there? Is there a different approach? Actually, yes, that's about right. I'll end up reaching a point in my training plan where I'm constrained by time and simply cannot do anymore training during a particular week. I'll then just repeat that week for most of the season backing off before important races. |
| 2015-02-16 3:28 PM in reply to: RockHead |
Veteran 434 Apex, NC | Subject: RE: After the race training There is a whole lot of complexity that goes into answering that question. In fact, the major reason I got a coach was to help me have a plan beyond each single event. But that's sort of a cop-out way to answer. Just some thoughts from my simplistic standpoint. - As the poster above stated, it helps to rank the races in order of priority. That will dictate how much prep you put into the race. Traditional wisdom is that race them all hard but for your A races and a lesser extent your B races you will prep (mainly taper) more. The Cs and to a certain extent your B races you train right through, except... - Make sure you are adequately recovering from all the races. I injured myself because last fall I went all out in lower priority race and then went too hard a few days after. This is one reason you might not want to just repeat the last month of your single event training plan over and over. It's not going to account for recovery. - As I mentioned at the outset, there is a whole science behind stress / recovery and unless you have some plan to optimize it you are, well, suboptimized. Before I got a coach, I was self-training with the Training Bible by Joel Friel. It helps you put together a plan for the entire year and gets you into periodization, etc. I'm not sure if it's still cutting edge according to the cool kids but it's really logical and helpful. |
| 2015-02-17 6:18 AM in reply to: smoom |
| 136 Kalispell, Montana | Subject: RE: After the race training Originally posted by smoom There is a whole lot of complexity that goes into answering that question. In fact, the major reason I got a coach was to help me have a plan beyond each single event. But that's sort of a cop-out way to answer. Just some thoughts from my simplistic standpoint. - As the poster above stated, it helps to rank the races in order of priority. That will dictate how much prep you put into the race. Traditional wisdom is that race them all hard but for your A races and a lesser extent your B races you will prep (mainly taper) more. The Cs and to a certain extent your B races you train right through, except... - Make sure you are adequately recovering from all the races. I injured myself because last fall I went all out in lower priority race and then went too hard a few days after. This is one reason you might not want to just repeat the last month of your single event training plan over and over. It's not going to account for recovery. - As I mentioned at the outset, there is a whole science behind stress / recovery and unless you have some plan to optimize it you are, well, suboptimized. Before I got a coach, I was self-training with the Training Bible by Joel Friel. It helps you put together a plan for the entire year and gets you into periodization, etc. I'm not sure if it's still cutting edge according to the cool kids but it's really logical and helpful. Thank you. That is some great information. |
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