Need Advice

ejshowers - 2009-09-16 2:10 PM Ask yourself this:  If you saved a ton of energy for the run, would you improve your time and/or place much?  If so, save plenty of steam for the run, if not, (my guess), go have a great swim, but don't kill yourself, then push the bike, but again, don't kill yourself, and then HTFU and struggle through the run as best you can.  Also, remember that the easiest way to save overall time is to have great transitions - that takes very little energy!

Just my two cents.  Good luck, and remember to have fun!

Livestrong191 - 2009-09-16 3:18 PM


When I run a normal 5K race I do 26 to27min but  in a triathlon i run out of steam and do 30mins and thats where I go from top 10 finish to 11 ot 12th

Dlaxman31 - 2009-09-16 2:26 PM

Pace yourself the last few miles of the bike to recoup (sp?) for the run.  Get the legs ready and its just liek a normal 5k.  HTFU and go hard!  You will be mad at yourself if you take it easy.

Donskiman - 2009-09-16 2:59 PM With no logs to see what kind of training you're doing it's difficult to give advice. Looking at your race reports indicates your swimming is not quite as great as you've let on, while your run has improved in every race. In a sprint race your training should be such that it allows you to go almost all out in every event. In the sprints I've done I've never experienced an instance where if I held back in one area I would gain more in another. If you go a minute slower in the swim and a minute slower on the bike, you are unlikely to go two minutes faster on the run, so the net result will be even slower than if you had pushed all the way through. Pacing becomes an issue in longer races, but in a sprint you just go as hard as you've trained for all the way through. If the run off the bike is shaky, try shortening your stride and increasing the cadence until your legs get loosened up and that may help your speed.