What is considered Pre-Season
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Sully800 posted 21 weeks ago.
You would probably call it pre base or pre season since it is not the same as focused, planned training that occurs during the season. If you are exercising to stay in shape and not doing it to train for a particular race than you are probably in prebase mode.
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Anton posted 21 weeks ago.
Depends on when your first race is or your A race for the season.
If your race is in, say mid-August then a 15 week program has you starting in mid to late April. I think Pre base is awkward...I'd just think of it as having a focus somewhere else. Being active, doing what you want right now is great...by the time you get to the later parts of your training cycle you'll be wishing for some unstructured workout time...
My training for some fall tri's hasn't started yet so my focus is on running some ultras this spring. That will put me in fine form for the start of my cycle and I won't already be sick of the pool or the bike or structuring three sports.
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tsilcyc posted 21 weeks ago.
Newbie9 wrote:
My first tri is in August...
Is this your first tri or your first tri for 2008?
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TriSooner posted 21 weeks ago.
Newbie9 wrote:
Pretty much. Pre-season is for base-building, strength training, cross-training, and/or working on your weaker discipline.
Is anything prior to those 12-15 weeks considered pre-season?
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outexan posted 21 weeks ago.
Ditto to TriSooner (OU grads are so smart)
I would say a lot of focus should be spent on skill building through drills and limiter work.
Since swimming is my weakest sport I always focus on that during my "off" and "pre" seasons.
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Newbie9 posted 21 weeks ago.
This is my first tri ever... It is only a sprint this time.
my plan so far is this...
Too cold (at least for me) to run or bike outside so I bought a trainer and some spinerval DVDs
1 DVD is short 30 minute sessions (3 of these on the DVD) if your short on time and the other is Aero Base 1 which is an 80 minute base building ride.
I basically do each of the 30 minute workouts every other day and then either Sunday or Saturday (depending on schedule with 2 kids...). I do the 80 minute base DVD and then rest on the other day.
I then run (2-4 miles) on the days I don't bike. There really isn't a pool option for me right now so that piece is lacking.
Too much? Not enough? Should I be doing the base DVD more since it is preseason or am I risking injury?
What is considered pre-season. I am assuming that since triathlons are going almost year round (depending on how far you want to travel) there must be some kind of time measure prior to a triathlon that is considered pre-season. My first tri is in August and it looks like most triathlon plans that I have seen (atleast the free ones) or books have about 12 -15 weeks worth of training in them. Is anything prior to those 12-15 weeks considered pre-season.