Hi Everyone!
For those of you who are triathletes I have several questions for you.
How many days a week do you swim, run, and bike (for example, swim 2, run 5, etc)?
Do you break each down into different days--such as bike one day, run the next--or do you do train events together in the same day?
How much time a week do you spend training?
For sprint or international distance tri's--how much weekly milage do you do for running, swimming, and biking?
Thanks everyone! After more than 2 months of rehabilitative therapy, I'm up to 14 minutes of running on land! It's coming together--and am grateful for all of your advice.
Also, the injury is what took me back to swimming--so it's not such a bad deal after all!
Jerrycat
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jerrycat
lots of us are triathletes as well, and they are more than welcome at most masters teams.
To suggest otherwise is to ignore the USMS mission statement: "To promote fitness and health in adults by offering and supporting Masters swimming programs."
On my team, triathletes are one of the biggest sources of new members, and soon enough they come up to speed with the program. Just last week one of our members was really excited that she is learning butterfly.
With all due respect to Kevin, if the impression is there that triathletes are not well liked in a particular club, maybe the program needs to look at how they welcome new members and help them understand the ground rules and the benefits of a rounded program.
With a little patience, most triathletes will understand that there is more to swimming than just distance freestyle.
For resources, trinewbies is great, as is the training bible, total immersion, multisports.com and a host of other books and sites.
As with USMS, the governing body in the USA has a lot of great resources for this: click on links at http://www.usatriathlon.org and you can also find your local governing body and clubs in your area under the "Clubs/regions" tab.
And you should also note that for the most part NOBODY other than a pure cyclist is welcome in most cycling circles. It's not just triathletes. They are not as fortunate as USMS to have such an active and open organization to welcome them in at all levels, from beginner to veteran.
jerrycat
lots of us are triathletes as well, and they are more than welcome at most masters teams.
To suggest otherwise is to ignore the USMS mission statement: "To promote fitness and health in adults by offering and supporting Masters swimming programs."
On my team, triathletes are one of the biggest sources of new members, and soon enough they come up to speed with the program. Just last week one of our members was really excited that she is learning butterfly.
With all due respect to Kevin, if the impression is there that triathletes are not well liked in a particular club, maybe the program needs to look at how they welcome new members and help them understand the ground rules and the benefits of a rounded program.
With a little patience, most triathletes will understand that there is more to swimming than just distance freestyle.
For resources, trinewbies is great, as is the training bible, total immersion, multisports.com and a host of other books and sites.
As with USMS, the governing body in the USA has a lot of great resources for this: click on links at http://www.usatriathlon.org and you can also find your local governing body and clubs in your area under the "Clubs/regions" tab.
And you should also note that for the most part NOBODY other than a pure cyclist is welcome in most cycling circles. It's not just triathletes. They are not as fortunate as USMS to have such an active and open organization to welcome them in at all levels, from beginner to veteran.
