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Bike-Run-Swim brick dumb??
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 2009-08-05 5:41 PM |
Master  2426    Central Indiana |  Subject: Bike-Run-Swim brick dumb??I burned a vacation day today to get in a good long brick for my 1st Oly in 11 days. Unfortunately the local pool doesn't open early. So I did 40k bike (TT position-planned race pace), 2min T2, 10k (run-walk 4min:1min @ planned race pace). Then I stopped at home for ~10min to eat a banana & get my swim bag together. Felt tired but not wasted by any means. Felt like I hydrated well during bike & run, and took in calories (3 gels & a Cliff bar). Walked to pool (1/2mi) & hit the water. Felt smooth & easy swimming my (admittedly slow) race pace. Then the badness. A few leg twinges at 500yd turned into hard toe/calf cramps which stopped me at 600yd. I have noticed that none of the Sprint or Oly training plans I've seen involve swiming after bike/run. Now I know why. Edited by Oldteen 2009-08-05 6:02 PM |
| 2009-08-05 5:59 PM in reply to: #2330499 |
Veteran 298 Des Moines, IA | Subject: RE: Bike-Run-Swim brick dumb?? not as long as you shower before getting in to the pool. |
| 2009-08-05 6:07 PM in reply to: #2330499 |
Pro 6520   Bellingham, WA | Subject: RE: Bike-Run-Swim brick dumb?? I think it would be OK if you keep the run and swim relatively short. Swimming when fatigued does not promote good form. I generally will limit my swim distances, whether long or short sets, to the point where my form starts to breakdown. With running, I have been injury prone so I limit my brick runs to a couple of miles. I focus on run endurance on my long run days and try to do that on as fresh of legs as I can. |
| 2009-08-05 6:21 PM in reply to: #2330522 |
Master 2426 Central Indiana | Subject: RE: Bike-Run-Swim brick dumb?? popsracer - 2009-08-05 7:07 PM I think it would be OK if you keep the run and swim relatively short. Swimming when fatigued does not promote good form. I generally will limit my swim distances, whether long or short sets, to the point where my form starts to breakdown. With running, I have been injury prone so I limit my brick runs to a couple of miles. I focus on run endurance on my long run days and try to do that on as fresh of legs as I can. While I regularly ride long bike distances (did a century last weekend), my long run is only 11k so far. I've swum 1+mi workouts with relative ease for past few weeks so I mistakenly figured a slow 1500 today would be OK. Oh well. Lesson learned. Hopefully no harm done. At least my next workouts will be shorter while tapering. Edited by Oldteen 2009-08-05 6:26 PM |
| 2009-08-05 6:51 PM in reply to: #2330499 |
Extreme Veteran 657 | Subject: RE: Bike-Run-Swim brick dumb?? I have been trying to swim after every run and bike ride. It seems to loosen me up. I do find that if I get dry or overworked I will cramp. Starts in my feet and can go all the way up my leg. If I begin to feel the twinge I can usually relax and they will go away. |
| 2009-08-05 9:25 PM in reply to: #2330499 |
Extreme Veteran 547 Canyon Hills (Lake Elsinore), CA | Subject: RE: Bike-Run-Swim brick dumb?? Most plans don't call for a 3 sport brick because the general concensus is that time is better spent putting quality time into a single discipine. Come to think of it, theres a lot of athletes that don't think any brick is quality time spent and that you are better to focus on a single sport unless time doesn't allow you to do this. Confidence seems to be the #1 reason to do a "pre" race, race. |
| 2009-08-06 8:16 AM in reply to: #2330800 |
Master 2426 Central Indiana | Subject: RE: Bike-Run-Swim brick dumb?? Tim_H - 2009-08-05 10:25 PM- Confidence seems to be the #1 reason to do a "pre" race, race. It sure was for me. Leading up to my 1st tri (sprint) I felt I HAD to do the distances in practice before the real event. As I've painfully discovered- that emotional luxury may not work so well in training for longer distances. |
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