Further research shows that slow twitch types are bipolar. While engaged in marathon endurance workouts, their serotonin and dopamine levels spike, leaving them in a state of near euphoria where they embrace pain, brag about pain, and write poetry about pain. But once their extended crowing further depletes their glycogen levels, they crash, reaching for the ever present Advil bottle and bitterly complaining about the laziness and vileness of those who avoid overtraining and garbage yards.
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Triathletes do whine a lot. And post their workouts on facebook too often. But they do work harder - way harder - than swimmers (and get divorced because they become too obsessed about it).
As pwb already mentioned, triathletes spend more time training, but that is not necessarily harder. What really separates triathlon training is the obscene amount of time they have to spend biking if they want to prepare adequately.
One thing I have noticed about triathletes is they don't seem to work very hard in the pool or running. I don't see them huffing and puffing in between repeats. They seem to be putting in yardage or miles focused on survival, not intensity.
Just speaking from my own experience: a hard swim workout and I need a nap. A hard brick workout (swim/bike or bike/run) and I have to go to bed at 9.
I do agree that some of the pacing you see from triathletes is, well, slow. But a 4 hour workout where you burned thourgh all your glycogen stores and have to rely on food to keep moving, well, there is nothing easy about that no matter how slowly you go.
One thing I have noticed about triathletes is they don't seem to work very hard in the pool or running. I don't see them huffing and puffing in between repeats. They seem to be putting in yardage or miles focused on survival, not intensity.
My training is geared towards open water "I-did-athons" where I can't lose sight of my primary goal ("Don't drown.") and bicycle trips.
Distance takes priority for both of these.
Triathletes also are focused on finishing. After coming in, say 63rd, in a half-Ironman , the next logical step is finishing an Ironman, not placing in a half.
They are more like mountain climbers than racers.
Aside: "Half-Ironman"??? What's the other half?
I daresay Lance would be 100x more welcome in the swimming community than the triathlete community. I don't know why, but I get the feeling triathletes don't want him to 'invade their sport' (even though he used to compete in triathlons before getting into serious cycling. However, I tend to think the masters swimming community would absolutely love for him to join us and would be happy to see him succeed in the pool. Hopefully he is serious about our Spring Nationals in Greensboro. And if so, somebody please make sure he enters the meet prior to the deadline!
Jeff
I think you need to seperate the way pros feel vs. the way your average triathlete feels. When Dara Tores came back, quite a few elite females complained loudly and publicly about losing "their" spot to someone who already had their turn. I am equally sure that there are a few pros triathletes who feel the same way.
How is it that anyone has "already had their turn?" This is an incredibly silly point of view. If you're getting beat by a former Olympian, who decades later decides to compete again, then get over it and channel the sour grapes energy into training harder, or smarter, or figuring out how to improve your own performance so you don't get beat. It boils down to it's not Dara's fault that the other elite females didn't beat her, it's theirs.
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Sorry, but that victim mentality doesn't sit very well with me, don't take it from my students, my kids, and especially from myself (and I've tried it numerous times on myself)
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