Top Triathlon race tips from the coaches at the Rock Star Triathlete academy to help you have a great triathlon racing season Triathlon Race Season Step 1: Count forwards 1 week after a Sprint or Olympic race, 2 weeks after a Half-Ironman race, and 3 weeks after an Ironman race, and mark these periods as "recovery". Don't plan any races during the recovery.
Triathlon Race Season Step 2: Take the 5-11 weeks with the B races to the taper week to the A race to the recovery week(s) - this entire period of time is to be considered one "block". Depending on how long your season is, and how long your races are, you may be able to fit 2-5 "blocks" into an entire triathlon season.
Triathlon Race Season Step 3: Put in 8-12 weeks of foundation "endurance" or "base" training leading up to that first block.
OK, ready for an example of a "3 block" triathlon race season?
February-April: 8 Weeks base training April-mid-May: Block 1 - 4 weeks build with one B Sprint Triathlon and one A Sprint triathlon + taper week + recovery week mid-May-mid-July: Block 2 - 6 weeks build with one B Sprint Triathlon, one C Olympic triathlon and one A Olympic triathlon + taper week + recovery week mid-July-mid October: Block 3 - 8 weeks build with one B Olympic Triathlon, two C Sprint triathlons and one A Half-Ironman triathlon + 2 taper weeks + 2 Recovery weeks
At the Rock Star Triathlete Academy, we've got 12 free triathlon training plans, for Sprint, Olympic, Half-Ironman and Ironman triathletes, for beginner, intermediate and advanced triathletes. Through phone calls and forums, we walk you through the process of applying the plan to your race season. Check out the academy today at http://www.rockstartriathlete.
