I am spending some time on the West coast of Scotland with work and couldn't hope for a better location for training. The pool is less than 500m away from my room, and the hills are ensuring that the cycle training is worthwhile. I have swum only 3-4 times in the last six months, but two of them have been this week and I already down to 1:25/100m, which keeps me under 6min/400m, which was the benchmark when I was swimming 3 times a week. James and Mick were right; neglecting the pool to work on the bike has not hurt my swim at all.
I am working on getting my bike seat height just right; I lowered it 10mm yesterday and it didn't seem to hurt; I have set myself a 1 hr route (with 1000' of climbing in it) and will race around it several times over the coming weeks to see if the seat height makes a discernable difference.
Happy training!
Resetting - 5K Fitness Baseline Race
4 months ago
I would be wary of going down the minmal swimming route. You are clearly a decent triathlon swimmer. The problem is lack of swim fitness even if you do a good time can dramatically effect your ability to go faster in the other sports. Balance is the way ahead after you've worked on your weakness but that needs to be done greater than 12 weeks out (give or take) so you can actually be balanced. :-) happy training Jonny.
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It's too late Neill; Coastal has been 'minimal swimming' for months!
ReplyDeleteJonny - what made you decide to lower your saddle? 10mm is a lot to do in one go but I do believe that many people have their saddle too high. Be interested in the results.
Erm Jonny, I had to be a party pooper but what about the other 3,700 ms in the sea at Nice?!!!
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