#656 – Short Course Racing - Part 2 - Sprints and Olympics

Crushing Iron Triathlon Podcast

Sprints and Olympics are where people get into the sport and how it grows.

Today we look at the intensity of your training and racing. We ask about your background then examine how that applies to training

We talk about beginner, seasoned short course racers, and Ironman to Olympic racing strategy. We talk about impatience and how that can lead to injury. We talk pacing for Sprints and Olys (hint… mostly all-out) and taking shorter races seriously.

Track work, skipping progressions, raising the Vo2 and strides. We also detail how to ramp up training and intervals to keep you happy and healthy in the journey.

Topics:

• It’s where the sport grows
• Del Boca Vista story
• Niacin
• Sprints/Olympics are NOT “lesser than”
• Layering intensity
• What’s your background?
• Ramping up in a safe and responsible way
• Three different tiers of athletes
• 1st Timers
• Fast and Hard is their jam
• Long distance athletes going to short course
• Strides
• Ramping up/Warm ups
• Track work
• Pacing and control
• Do 30 seconds before 2 minutes
• Impatience
• Skipping progressions
• Coming in from another sport
• Be careful of a big engine without a strong chassis
• There’ no point in worrying how fast you can go if you can’t finish strong
• At risk for injury?
• Pacing for Seasoned Athletes Sprint/Olympic
• Easy days easy - hard days appropriately hard
• Going from Ironman back to sprints and olympics
• Raising your Vo2
• Take it seriously… treat it like an A-Race
• Look at it like your best workout of the week
• Wrap your mind around the distance
• Great way to test - Do an Olympic all out

Coaching Inquiries:

Mike Tarrolly - [e-mail]

Robbie Bruce - [e-mail]

www.c26triathlon.com