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[gregnemes]

hey all...having an issue with my racing. I feel great about my overall fitness, and paces are pretty much what i expect from my training.

my problem with racing is that I feel like im not really finding my legs(and lungs) until about 40% into the bike leg. I feel overworked, anaerobic, and even when slowing down a good amount, its hard to feel smooth. i push through it, which i think hurts my run in the grand scheme of things. but im thinking if i changed something up in my training, or added something i might get rid of this.

anyone else have experience with this? what is this a function of? flexibility? speed/sharpness? being a lousy swimmer??

appreciate your $.02

cheers,

greg

[MattCollister]

What's your warm up routine?

[gregnemes]

today it was a 35 minute ride, with a few race pace efforts in the middle. stretched out a little bit, 2-3 minutes in the water before the swim.

[jimdehner]

sounds like you do more warm up than most - you may want to include a short run -
I do have a question - do you us a heart rate monitor - if so check it out in your t1 and bike start - most races we do have us running uphill from the swim to T1 - pretty easy to get anaerobic right out of the water and pay the price later

[Steve Yutzy]

If your warmup's ok (and it sounds like it is, although everyone's different) you might just need a little more race pace practice. If the only time you're ever doing these transitions is during a race it'll take a long time for your body to learn how to do it, it if ever does.

[gregnemes]

jim - i do not use a hrm, but you may be right, it just seems overly excessive how much i pay for it on the beginning of the bike.

steve-

once a week im doing a "compound brick" workout where i ride 3-5 miles above race pace, transition in under a minute to a 1 mile-2km interval on the track. 3-5 sets.

[Brandon]

swim more.

at least once a week get in the pool and do some stroke work during warm-up, then some hard intervals at TP. when you race (or train in open water) you'll be below TP and should feel better coming out of the water and on the early part of the bike leg.