Subject: RE: Run Does Get Easier Originally posted by onefinwonder
I just wanted to thank you all for your wonderful training advice. I started tris two years ago at age 52 after not having run for decades and with zero cycling experience. The run during my first triathlon was difficult and painful. However, BT told me to focus on developing my cycling fitness and the run would get easier. Well, 2 years later I have made small but steady improvements on the run. In fact, I just did a race on Sunday, (AG win), and the run felt great! I never would have believed I could feel so good on a run off the bike. Thank you again.
Great to hear!
I have found that training bike/run bricks in ratios of 4:1 mileage effective (4 miles of bike for every mile of run ).
Another technique is what I call a super-brick workout, effective for sprints and Olys or "power" training:
Ride X miles, Run Y mile, repeat Z times. For me X is somewhere between 2 and 4, Y is usually 1 and Z is 5 to 8. A really motivating workout. |