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I have an olympic distance race on September 20th. A week before, on the 13th, there's another race I'm considering doing more as a training day; however, I'm undecided which event/distance I should do. The 20th is a bigger race for me that I want to do well in so I've ruled out doing an olympic the weekend before.

The other distances I'm considering for the 13th are:
A) Sprint distance (500 swim, 13 mi bike, 5k)
B) Aquabike (1000 swim, 22 bike)
C) Dualathon (5k, 13 bike, 5k)

Which race do you suggest doing?

2015-08-25 6:14 PM
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2015-08-25 7:18 PM
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x2, save your legs for your race
2015-08-26 3:08 PM
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I don't consider a race as training, so I would suggest not racing if you want to do your best in the Oly.
And do your final prep training instead.

Otherwise as the others said "B"
2015-08-26 3:15 PM
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If you want to push it during the Olympic, I wouldn't do another race a week before. Two weeks, yes.
Is there a reason that you want to do a race that close?
2015-08-31 1:17 AM
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First of all I would like to wish you good luck.I Myself am participating in New York Triathlon Expo and I started preparing for it.I would advice you that not to do rigorous training just before the event.You would not want unwanted injuries.In my view you should Go for Aqua-bike as it will not cause any problem for you and you'd have a good practice session.

2015-08-31 9:06 AM
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I mostly agree with the sentiment of the others regarding doing the aquabike, assuming you're not very experienced, and haven't been training more than a year continuously.

If you're more experienced, and have been training year-round for 2 or more years at an average weekly volume =>6-8 hours per week, then option 'A' the sprint, is fine too.  It won't negatively impact the oly a week later.

 

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