Noosa was my 1st Olympic distance tri, having done about 3 or 4 sprint races before. Had a fantastic time up there, hanging out with friends and relaxing, looking forward to doing more blah blah blah...
Training in the lead up was a bit up and down, did some sessions that seemed pretty good, with consistency being the real problem.
Swimming is my weakness, cycling I find the most fun and running is, well running…
I struggled through the swim, but managed to swim it a bit faster than I thought – 29:36min. I was pretty tired coming out of the water, to the point where I walked all the way to my bike.
I wore my Garmin for the ride and run but I didn’t have it set to display HR (I thought I did but it seemed to show everything but).
I felt like I took it pretty easy on the bike, not really knowing how running 10km afterwards would be. Never felt out of breath although I could feel a bit of tiredness in my legs on the way back into town. Did a 1:14:23 – ave HR 163 (max 174), both of which were fairly high for me while riding.
On the run I felt absolutely terrible… Again never out of breath, but just couldn’t get my legs to go faster. Possibly due to the breathing being under control, I felt like my HR wasn’t too high. In actual fact, after downloading the run data, my HR was really high for me despite a slow pace – 48:48 min (04:50min/km) – Ave HR 175 (max 189).
Data can be seen here.
Below are a few examples of my runs in the lead up to the event (last few weeks). My HR is generally a lot lower, and my pace higher despite these being slowish runs.
8.6km 40:31 min 04:42 min/km Ave HR 152 Max HR 171
8.5km 39:09 min 04:36 min/km Ave HR 150 Max HR 166
I’d love to hear you opinions on why my HR was so high during the run leg. Perhaps this is just the norm. Could it be put down to an accumulation of fatigue from the swim and ride? I was under the impression that when you start to get weary if can be difficult to elevate your HR?
Sorry about all the questions - but it feels a bit 'safter' asking on this forum
MC
Training in the lead up was a bit up and down, did some sessions that seemed pretty good, with consistency being the real problem.
Swimming is my weakness, cycling I find the most fun and running is, well running…
I struggled through the swim, but managed to swim it a bit faster than I thought – 29:36min. I was pretty tired coming out of the water, to the point where I walked all the way to my bike.
I wore my Garmin for the ride and run but I didn’t have it set to display HR (I thought I did but it seemed to show everything but).
I felt like I took it pretty easy on the bike, not really knowing how running 10km afterwards would be. Never felt out of breath although I could feel a bit of tiredness in my legs on the way back into town. Did a 1:14:23 – ave HR 163 (max 174), both of which were fairly high for me while riding.
On the run I felt absolutely terrible… Again never out of breath, but just couldn’t get my legs to go faster. Possibly due to the breathing being under control, I felt like my HR wasn’t too high. In actual fact, after downloading the run data, my HR was really high for me despite a slow pace – 48:48 min (04:50min/km) – Ave HR 175 (max 189).
Data can be seen here.
Below are a few examples of my runs in the lead up to the event (last few weeks). My HR is generally a lot lower, and my pace higher despite these being slowish runs.
8.6km 40:31 min 04:42 min/km Ave HR 152 Max HR 171
8.5km 39:09 min 04:36 min/km Ave HR 150 Max HR 166
I’d love to hear you opinions on why my HR was so high during the run leg. Perhaps this is just the norm. Could it be put down to an accumulation of fatigue from the swim and ride? I was under the impression that when you start to get weary if can be difficult to elevate your HR?
Sorry about all the questions - but it feels a bit 'safter' asking on this forum
MC