I have a friend who is leading a group of swimmers, mostly tris. The tris are stating that the workouts need to focus more on longer distances, such as sets of 200s, 300s and 400s.
I would like SR input on tri-swimming workouts that I can pass along to my friend.
Geek....not that I would ever consider a sport that includes "running"....my wife happens to be an incredible triathlete and we training with some top level pros here and in AZ.
The most common mistake I hear coaches telling these folks is to focus strictly on long distance "engine building".....it should be the foundation yes, but to ignore quality speed work and learning "easy speed" is a huge mistake.....every race starts with a "sprint" start and "sprint" finish and if a tri isn't developing a comfort level with these "gear changes" they are not seeing the big picture.
One set by the way that Sun Devil does fairly often is a "chase"...it can be any distance....the last one I was part of was an 600. You get several lanes set up with an equal number of swimmers (6 in our case)...the lead swimmer takes off and all the others pus off right on their feet....the first swimmer goes for 100 (again this can be a 50, 100, 200, etc.) then pulls out and jumps back in on the feet of the last swimmer. The other lane swims a "reverse circle" and what ends up happening is an incredibly fast drafting swim.....pretty cool......
Geek....not that I would ever consider a sport that includes "running"....my wife happens to be an incredible triathlete and we training with some top level pros here and in AZ.
The most common mistake I hear coaches telling these folks is to focus strictly on long distance "engine building".....it should be the foundation yes, but to ignore quality speed work and learning "easy speed" is a huge mistake.....every race starts with a "sprint" start and "sprint" finish and if a tri isn't developing a comfort level with these "gear changes" they are not seeing the big picture.
One set by the way that Sun Devil does fairly often is a "chase"...it can be any distance....the last one I was part of was an 600. You get several lanes set up with an equal number of swimmers (6 in our case)...the lead swimmer takes off and all the others pus off right on their feet....the first swimmer goes for 100 (again this can be a 50, 100, 200, etc.) then pulls out and jumps back in on the feet of the last swimmer. The other lane swims a "reverse circle" and what ends up happening is an incredibly fast drafting swim.....pretty cool......
