I hear many newbies complain that they didn’t have a good run and need to focus more on their run. More often the case is that bike fitness is lacking which negatively impacts the run. As TT has said other times, you don’t need to run much more than 3x week. But with biking, logging time in the saddle is key.
Taren, I just want to take the time as a first timer triathlon guy. Thank you so much for your videos. I'm using all of them as training guides. Thank you for making me believe anyone can do it. I appreciate it!
Bro, I reaaaally like your videos... I did 1 triathlon when I was 10 years old, now Im 36 and just started trainning 2 months ago... all your videos are super helpful... Im from México, maybe in a few years I will meet you on an ironman... thanks for sharing all your wisdom.. Peace ! 🇲🇽🇲🇽🇲🇽🇲🇽
I really wish i had watched this 6 months ago... i have slogged out so much zone 3 training over the past half a year thinking that was what i needed. never too late to make the change. thanks for all the awesome videos.
Thanks for mentioning Olympic distance, not all of us race half or full Ironman distance races. Also thank you for mentioning you don't have to have a bike that's just as expensive as your car. My bike was $2,000, and I raced ok with $800 Wheels 🙂. I will receive more gain on working on the bike's engine (me) then I would by having a bike that cost more than my car 😎. Also, I don't always race on my triathlon bike, sometimes I use my road bike. It depends on the course, there's a few triathlons and duathlons in the area with a bike course that are more set up like a road bike criterium course. Lots of turns, lots of rolling hills... They're not hard courses, you're just turning and getting up and out of the saddle a lot, and then riding the brakes downhill (at least i do), plus these ones also have a lot of congestion. So a few triathlon and duathlon bicycle courses can be more races of maneuver than a pure straight-out time trial 😎. And yes, I have raced a lot of crits.
Good points. Other issues I see is to low a cadence, not evolving ones bikefit, not dealing with comfort issues, not learning about bike mechanics & proper bike maintenance.
11:53 oh yeah, I make a ton of mistakes in the first race of each year. 2 years ago in the middle of the season race, I left my cycling shoes in the car... Didn't realize that until I was done with the swim, during the race 😀😊😎... Rode the triathlon bike, which has clipless pedals, with my running shoes... It's doing that you realize how much your feet, with clipless pedals, help control the bike.... There was no jumping out of the seat that day to sprint anything 😀... I'm having a ball with all of this.
Hooooray for the Canadian Guy. Taren is a good man. So glad you finally got to the true champions' credo. Most Non Champions go too 'hard' on the easy days and too 'easy' on the hard days. Most people do this because they are not well rested for their 'hard' days, and are afraid to go easy on the 'easy' days. Now, if Triathlon Taren had placed Dave Scott higher on his top 10 list, he would have gotten to this earlier....LOL......Yes, I am a Canadian. Second, Taren is correct about what we called TITS back in the early 80s.....Time in The Saddle. Get used to your bike. If Taren had placed Paula Newby Fraser higher on his list, he would know he never has to do over distance RUNS......More quality bike miles, plus shorter quality runs when fresh....Booom......and now that I am listening to the finish of this video.....No.....almost no bricks. A few maybe, walk your way off the bike, then trot a little, then stride for 2 minutes....then stop. Do your runs when fresh and be FASTER in those. You are never coming off of an intense bike ride feeling anything but worked if you are trying to hit a PR. (Your taper period is how you get ready to push late in the race). Unless you are a pro, don't do many bricks and recently even Monseigneur Lionel S. said the same.....for him. Taren, I think you are great and I check in with your vids every so often. I quit racing in 1983 after two Kona finishes and a few shorter ones.......Get comfy on your aero bars, we didn't have dem thaaaaangs back then. LOL..... Over swim all you want, and like Mark Allen says, do a bike ride that spans your entire length of expected time for the race about once a month or so.....This is how he beat D Scott in 89. Your swim tips are great. Get wide if the beach allow, or just wait. Get in your wet suit for all the reasons you stated, plus you are gonna be faster and this will help your brain, lol. Also, I recommend that people who race in wet suits should train in wet suit pants. 79 bucks from Xterra in San Diego. What this does is bring our lazy positioning to a better place and approximates your wet suit times better...feels great, too. Mostly, it allows you to focus on your catch. pull and finish without any added stresses. I have had triathletes swim the exact same 100 times without kicking at all in wet suit pants. No surprises. Keep going Taren, you help many and have the right spirit for this sport. For fun and info, I am 63 years old.........T
Interesting watching this after just having listened to the Crushing Iron pod where they totally rip on brick sessions. I reckon that for beginners that don't have the race experience down yet they make sense though. Am looking to getting back into triathlons for next year, so will be watching a lot from this channel to get ideas and inspiration.
What you said about beginners also apply to more experienced riders. So many group rides are done too fast that I'm doing them more sparingly now. I love the social aspect of the ride, but when I look at the data afterwards I'm thinking what the hell is this useful for. The only good thing is it's a 3+ hours ride at least I know I'm building a nice endurance base no matter the intensity. And on the uphills you can get a lot of benefits from going out of your comfort zone.
Made the mistake of not making my long runs, rides and swims long enough last year. I also rarely did bricks. Corrected that back in september. thanks to your advice
most of my sessions on the stationary bike have been an hour to 1:30 as crosstraining when i'm not running. I should really try to hit that 2 hour mark
Is the tri suit that you wear under your wetsuit padded for the bike saddle? Does this aid in the swim? Is it legal? Add drag? Do you have to bike without padding? How does this work?
Buy a bike that fits your ability. I can imagine nothing more embarrassing that rocking up on a TT bike with disc wheels and skinsuit, and then averaging 15mph.
yeah this is the problem i get. i think i go too hard on the bike and right when i stop to go running i feel faint. So i should do longer rides but not as intense?
Hey Taren as always great video! I know you have mentioned it before...what are the thing you hang your bikes on in the background...or if anyone else knows please share!!!
Taken, I’ve watched a handful of your videos now but haven’t found the perfect answer for my question yet. I’m interested in beginning to do triathlons, but I’m fairly new to biking. I’ve got a basic hybrid bike I ride with the family, but have never ridden a road or a tri bike. If I know I want to do triathlons eventually, as a beginner should I be buying a road bike or a tri bike? I know the tri bike has a steeper learning curve to it, so I’m concerned about starting straight in on that. Any thoughts or recommendations? Much appreciated!
so you give thousands of dollars to get ahead through technology, what about personal capabilities and compete against another person not his and his sponsors bank account?
I hear many newbies complain that they didn’t have a good run and need to focus more on their run. More often the case is that bike fitness is lacking which negatively impacts the run. As TT has said other times, you don’t need to run much more than 3x week. But with biking, logging time in the saddle is key.
Yep!
Taren, I just want to take the time as a first timer triathlon guy. Thank you so much for your videos. I'm using all of them as training guides. Thank you for making me believe anyone can do it. I appreciate it!
So happy to hear it Fred!
Bro, I reaaaally like your videos... I did 1 triathlon when I was 10 years old, now Im 36 and just started trainning 2 months ago... all your videos are super helpful... Im from México, maybe in a few years I will meet you on an ironman... thanks for sharing all your wisdom.. Peace ! 🇲🇽🇲🇽🇲🇽🇲🇽
I just watched 4 TT videos in zone 2. My new Monday night routine. 🤠🇨🇦🤠
This is an excellent one, as always, Taren. For me who is doing my first 70.3 in 4 weeks, this is extremely useful!
I really wish i had watched this 6 months ago... i have slogged out so much zone 3 training over the past half a year thinking that was what i needed. never too late to make the change. thanks for all the awesome videos.
Beginning to love your channel. Doing full Ironman in September and this advice will hopefully help!
Thanks for mentioning Olympic distance, not all of us race half or full Ironman distance races. Also thank you for mentioning you don't have to have a bike that's just as expensive as your car. My bike was $2,000, and I raced ok with $800 Wheels 🙂. I will receive more gain on working on the bike's engine (me) then I would by having a bike that cost more than my car 😎.
Also, I don't always race on my triathlon bike, sometimes I use my road bike. It depends on the course, there's a few triathlons and duathlons in the area with a bike course that are more set up like a road bike criterium course. Lots of turns, lots of rolling hills... They're not hard courses, you're just turning and getting up and out of the saddle a lot, and then riding the brakes downhill (at least i do), plus these ones also have a lot of congestion. So a few triathlon and duathlon bicycle courses can be more races of maneuver than a pure straight-out time trial 😎.
And yes, I have raced a lot of crits.
I've done my first triathlon (sprint, about 0.8 of Olimpic) on a 8 year old $500 bike. It was fine.
A goldmine of tips. Thanks Taren!
Watching this before my Intense Bike Team Traniac workout hahah...zone 5 here we go
Good points. Other issues I see is to low a cadence, not evolving ones bikefit, not dealing with comfort issues, not learning about bike mechanics & proper bike maintenance.
9:44 yeah, don't eat Taco Bell two hours before a race or a hard workout, been there done that 😎😃😀. Experience can be the best instructor 😊.
@Grendel _ 😀
11:53 oh yeah, I make a ton of mistakes in the first race of each year.
2 years ago in the middle of the season race, I left my cycling shoes in the car... Didn't realize that until I was done with the swim, during the race 😀😊😎... Rode the triathlon bike, which has clipless pedals, with my running shoes... It's doing that you realize how much your feet, with clipless pedals, help control the bike.... There was no jumping out of the seat that day to sprint anything 😀...
I'm having a ball with all of this.
Hooooray for the Canadian Guy. Taren is a good man. So glad you finally got to the true champions' credo. Most Non Champions go too 'hard' on the easy days and too 'easy' on the hard days. Most people do this because they are not well rested for their 'hard' days, and are afraid to go easy on the 'easy' days. Now, if Triathlon Taren had placed Dave Scott higher on his top 10 list, he would have gotten to this earlier....LOL......Yes, I am a Canadian. Second, Taren is correct about what we called TITS back in the early 80s.....Time in The Saddle. Get used to your bike. If Taren had placed Paula Newby Fraser higher on his list, he would know he never has to do over distance RUNS......More quality bike miles, plus shorter quality runs when fresh....Booom......and now that I am listening to the finish of this video.....No.....almost no bricks. A few maybe, walk your way off the bike, then trot a little, then stride for 2 minutes....then stop. Do your runs when fresh and be FASTER in those. You are never coming off of an intense bike ride feeling anything but worked if you are trying to hit a PR. (Your taper period is how you get ready to push late in the race). Unless you are a pro, don't do many bricks and recently even Monseigneur Lionel S. said the same.....for him. Taren, I think you are great and I check in with your vids every so often. I quit racing in 1983 after two Kona finishes and a few shorter ones.......Get comfy on your aero bars, we didn't have dem thaaaaangs back then. LOL..... Over swim all you want, and like Mark Allen says, do a bike ride that spans your entire length of expected time for the race about once a month or so.....This is how he beat D Scott in 89. Your swim tips are great. Get wide if the beach allow, or just wait. Get in your wet suit for all the reasons you stated, plus you are gonna be faster and this will help your brain, lol. Also, I recommend that people who race in wet suits should train in wet suit pants. 79 bucks from Xterra in San Diego. What this does is bring our lazy positioning to a better place and approximates your wet suit times better...feels great, too. Mostly, it allows you to focus on your catch. pull and finish without any added stresses. I have had triathletes swim the exact same 100 times without kicking at all in wet suit pants. No surprises. Keep going Taren, you help many and have the right spirit for this sport. For fun and info, I am 63
years old.........T
Nice video again TT. I was a cyclist at the age from 10-17 and all i trained was zone 3 (145bpm). Now my training has changed. Ty for the Tipps! 💪
Interesting watching this after just having listened to the Crushing Iron pod where they totally rip on brick sessions.
I reckon that for beginners that don't have the race experience down yet they make sense though. Am looking to getting back into triathlons for next year, so will be watching a lot from this channel to get ideas and inspiration.
What you said about beginners also apply to more experienced riders. So many group rides are done too fast that I'm doing them more sparingly now. I love the social aspect of the ride, but when I look at the data afterwards I'm thinking what the hell is this useful for. The only good thing is it's a 3+ hours ride at least I know I'm building a nice endurance base no matter the intensity. And on the uphills you can get a lot of benefits from going out of your comfort zone.
Great help thanks it will help for my 1st triathelon be it only a sprint triathelon 👍👍👍🇬🇧🇨🇦🇬🇧🏴
Thank you for the video and all the great advice!
Appreciate your videos Taren and team.
I’m training hard to get t body to accept Gatorade 💪🏾 ⚡️
Made the mistake of not making my long runs, rides and swims long enough last year. I also rarely did bricks. Corrected that back in september. thanks to your advice
Bricks are a necessity!
Concise and super helpful. Summarizes in perfect order what I need to fix in my training. Thanks!
Thank you for all the useful info,
How to get proper cycling gear like padded tights I have issue with cycling for a long time on my MTB
most of my sessions on the stationary bike have been an hour to 1:30 as crosstraining when i'm not running. I should really try to hit that 2 hour mark
Excellent again. 🏊🚴🏃🏂
cement legs... been there, done that, sat on the side of a quiet road crying during my first tri.....
Thank you! Nice vid too
😬 guilty on 6 counts!!! Great video.
Is the tri suit that you wear under your wetsuit padded for the bike saddle? Does this aid in the swim? Is it legal? Add drag? Do you have to bike without padding? How does this work?
58!!!! And going and going!! Nice.
Thanks man!
Awesome!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Buy a bike that fits your ability. I can imagine nothing more embarrassing that rocking up on a TT bike with disc wheels and skinsuit, and then averaging 15mph.
I am going any least 15.1 with my $10,000 bike wink wink
Do you haven't link where one may order some cycling
products?
IS anyone worried about his QR skewer not done up properly? at 01:30 :) Safety first Taren x
Where do i find out what the "zones" mean?
yeah this is the problem i get. i think i go too hard on the bike and right when i stop to go running i feel faint. So i should do longer rides but not as intense?
Hey Taren as always great video! I know you have mentioned it before...what are the thing you hang your bikes on in the background...or if anyone else knows please share!!!
Taken, I’ve watched a handful of your videos now but haven’t found the perfect answer for my question yet. I’m interested in beginning to do triathlons, but I’m fairly new to biking. I’ve got a basic hybrid bike I ride with the family, but have never ridden a road or a tri bike. If I know I want to do triathlons eventually, as a beginner should I be buying a road bike or a tri bike? I know the tri bike has a steeper learning curve to it, so I’m concerned about starting straight in on that. Any thoughts or recommendations? Much appreciated!
Sorry for the autocorrect fail on your name, Taren!
Confirmative, did all of those 😁
Guilty of a lot of these....😧 Thanks TT
I already finished two beers by the time you got to poor nutrition
😎 love it tt
Pigs in space! ...oh thoughts from the bike. Also good.
Up to 58K, nice!
Biggest mistake ever: buying a Ventum. Speed doesn’t matter, looks do!
so you give thousands of dollars to get ahead through technology, what about personal capabilities and compete against another person not his and his sponsors bank account?
Dont follow the 80/20% rule. the less you train the harder you can go. the more you train the less of the time you should go hard.
Won my age group yesterday, 80/20 working for me
@@garyfellows6835 Gratz. That's awesome. How many hours a week do you train?
700 on a suit gtf out of here 😂