Absolutely love the content, thank you so much for the level of detail and knowledge you are sharing with these Winter Training videos. I think youtube has plenty of content for top end AG athletes and aspiring pros, but not enough coaches like you sharing insights for us mere mortals with a daytime job and other commitments. Thank you !!!
Thanks Pedro - glad that the series is helpful! And you're right - it's often very hard for the triathletes with full time jobs and busy family lives to relate to information and videos made by full time or pro triathletes. We're really trying to help out the working-family-triathlete with relatable coaching advice :)
Really enjoyed this one, can the same principle be used for sprint triathlon Duathlon training? Especially if your over 50 and prone to calf injuries and if so how would you adapt it, keep up the good work 👍
I think the principle of 'trying to minimise the risk of injury' will definitely help. The challenge is - as we age, especially over 50 - running fast and hard is going to carry an exponentially increasing risk of soreness, niggles or injury. On the one hand, minimising that fast and hard running will mean you can get more training completed. On the other hand, the demands of the race - the sprint duathlon being a 5k run and a 2.5k run - means you'll need to be running 'fast and hard' on race day - and so you'll have to do a certain amount of that kind of running in training to be ready for the demands on race day. There's no way around that - other than to accept that if you enter an event where race day involves fast, hard running, there's going to be an increased risk of those sore or injured calves. I hope it works out for you!
@@ampgb223 It is a really hard balance. The hard truth is that is gets harder and harder to be able to do events involving hard/fast running as we age past 50 - especially if we're trying to minimise the risk of injury.
I live in Canada, where winters are.......... "challenging" ...... where running outside is not an option I would chose. Some do, but I find outside runs not safe nor comfortable. That said, what is your opinion on treadmill training? What do you think about non-motorized curved treadmill vs. standard motorized treadmill? Thanks.
In your case, Steve, it makes total sense for you to do your runs on the treadmill. I prefer the standard treadmill, and I prefer it flat rather than at the 1% incline some people advise. I think that puts too much pressure on your calves. Hope this helps!
As I’m new to cycling, I’ve been doing 4 bike sessions and one long run on weekends, would you recommend I stick to this or am I better getting more runs in for durability, thanks
I'd advise you to do three of each if you possibly can, and if not, 3 bikes and 2 runs. That second run will really help build durability vs just running once per week.
Absolutely love the content, thank you so much for the level of detail and knowledge you are sharing with these Winter Training videos. I think youtube has plenty of content for top end AG athletes and aspiring pros, but not enough coaches like you sharing insights for us mere mortals with a daytime job and other commitments. Thank you !!!
Thanks Pedro - glad that the series is helpful! And you're right - it's often very hard for the triathletes with full time jobs and busy family lives to relate to information and videos made by full time or pro triathletes. We're really trying to help out the working-family-triathlete with relatable coaching advice :)
Really enjoyed this one, can the same principle be used for sprint triathlon Duathlon training? Especially if your over 50 and prone to calf injuries and if so how would you adapt it, keep up the good work 👍
I think the principle of 'trying to minimise the risk of injury' will definitely help. The challenge is - as we age, especially over 50 - running fast and hard is going to carry an exponentially increasing risk of soreness, niggles or injury. On the one hand, minimising that fast and hard running will mean you can get more training completed. On the other hand, the demands of the race - the sprint duathlon being a 5k run and a 2.5k run - means you'll need to be running 'fast and hard' on race day - and so you'll have to do a certain amount of that kind of running in training to be ready for the demands on race day. There's no way around that - other than to accept that if you enter an event where race day involves fast, hard running, there's going to be an increased risk of those sore or injured calves. I hope it works out for you!
@ agree and haven’t managed it well the last 15 months but have backed off the fast stuff as much.
@@ampgb223 It is a really hard balance. The hard truth is that is gets harder and harder to be able to do events involving hard/fast running as we age past 50 - especially if we're trying to minimise the risk of injury.
I live in Canada, where winters are.......... "challenging" ...... where running outside is not an option I would chose. Some do, but I find outside runs not safe nor comfortable. That said, what is your opinion on treadmill training? What do you think about non-motorized curved treadmill vs. standard motorized treadmill? Thanks.
In your case, Steve, it makes total sense for you to do your runs on the treadmill. I prefer the standard treadmill, and I prefer it flat rather than at the 1% incline some people advise. I think that puts too much pressure on your calves. Hope this helps!
As I’m new to cycling, I’ve been doing 4 bike sessions and one long run on weekends, would you recommend I stick to this or am I better getting more runs in for durability, thanks
I'd advise you to do three of each if you possibly can, and if not, 3 bikes and 2 runs. That second run will really help build durability vs just running once per week.
@ 👍 thanks for the reply
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