| Discussion: strategy ???? |
Subject: strategy ???? By: Karla B.
Written on: Thursday April 19, 2012 Message: Good morning ONTRI family.
It appears
that as I type this, the race director of New
Orleans 70.3 is working on changing the course due
to impending weather. Possibly and probably
cancelling the swim. My guess is he would make the
race a duathlon... starting with a 5k run. If this
is the case, what will get me to the finish line
faster?
-do I try to PR the 5k? Then
recover a little bit on the bike before I mash the
pedals?
-do I pace out the 5k and use it
as a warm up, and then start mashing right away on
the bike.
Thanks. |
Subject: RE: strategy ???? By: Jamie B.
Written on: Thursday April 19, 2012 Message: Pacing is everything! If you try to PR the 5k
your legs will be done for the rest of the day and
your fueling will be off too since you will be way
out of your HR racing zone for a Half IM. Pacing
should be the same whether the swim is there or a
run.
An HIM is a zone 3 steady effort
if you put your body into that zone 4 range right
off the bat it will effect how your body uses fuel
the rest of the day not to mention deplete your
glycogen stores. Those who race HIM and IM races
well keep their HR and power (if you use that) in
a very narrow window the entire day. |
Subject: RE: strategy ???? By: Tim F.
Written on: Thursday April 19, 2012 Message: This has happened to me (and Suzanne), it turned
into a TT start on the bike, and then normal run.
Seeing that this is early in the year, I assume
it's not your A race... So I would treat this as a
fun training day. Take off any pressure of a PR,
and experiment with things you might have been
working on (different gearing, cadence on the
bike, etc). In the end it's a unique opportunity
to work on stuff in a zero pressure race
situation.
My battery died on the
garmin as we sat in transition... So I made the
call on this strategy at the last minute... Turned
into a great time, and by far the most fun I've
had during a race. I worked on pacing w/o data...
Did everything on feel. If I wanted to know pace,
I would try and catch someone with a watch on and
ask.
For me... It resulted in a ton of
fun, and a great learning experience. |
Subject: RE: strategy ???? By: Clyde W.
Written on: Thursday April 19, 2012 Message:
Fully agree with Jamie for the reasons he
mentions. Do the latter.
Bummer if the
swim is cancelled.
Also, this is a topic
that I'm interested in from a different
perspective. That is, how hard to swim in a half
or full ironman. As I discovered on Tues when I
did a 1500 TT, going flat out in the pool only
gets my heart rate into zone 3, though it feels
higher. Based on this, and advice from Paul B, I
plan to swim pretty much flat out in Brazil, but
it's interesting to think about going flat out
swimming vs running. Obviously different muscles
are being used in the swim, but also due to
limited breathing you are naturally restricted to
zone 3 in the swim (or so it seems for
me).
Sorry to go a bit off topic.
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Subject: RE: strategy ???? By: barbara g.
Written on: Thursday April 19, 2012 Message: I did a shorter local duathlon early this month
and decided to go all out on first run. while I
was able to hold my own on the bike I felt like I
was working way harder for that pace than usual
and I fell apart on the second run. If I had held
a reasonable pace for first run I believe I would
have had a better race. Just my $.002 |
Subject: RE: strategy ???? By: Suzanne C.
Written on: Thursday April 19, 2012 Message: Totally pace the 5k. Agree with
above.
On another note - they seem to
have weather trouble a lot at this race. Second
year in a row they have cancelled the swim.
Bummer |
Subject: RE: strategy ???? By: Teri d.
Written on: Thursday April 19, 2012 Message: Bummer about the swim. It will be so easy to go
out hard and then max out later in the race.
Hopefully you'll just use the first run as a
warmup. Maybe they'll just start you out on the
bike? That would be sweet. "mash" the
pedals? Somehow I don't think so. |
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