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Kraftwerker
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Hello,
I'm a bit puzzled with my preperation for doing my first 2 Half IM in Belgium next year. I read a
lot of books on the subject of training and more specifically on base training. They always speak
about building a foundation during at least 3 months. So the upcoming months are ideal for this
purpose. End of the season and preperation for 2004. Now my issue and problem. It is advised,
according to some books, to run & bike these months on a heartrate never higher then 80%. Others say
that you must do speed training during the base period. What is your opinion about this matter? I
understand and agree completely that you must run and bike your LSD at a HR under 80%, but what on
the other 3 days that I run? Do I have to run also this slow for the next 3 months and just building
up the miles(kms.) and start the interval and speed training after these 3 months? I'm afraid that I
will loose my speed if I run always at this pace. Or isn't this the case? Before I did always
Olympic distances.
Thanks for your reply.
"If triathlon would be easy they would call it football"
I'm a bit puzzled with my preperation for doing my first 2 Half IM in Belgium next year. I read a
lot of books on the subject of training and more specifically on base training. They always speak
about building a foundation during at least 3 months. So the upcoming months are ideal for this
purpose. End of the season and preperation for 2004. Now my issue and problem. It is advised,
according to some books, to run & bike these months on a heartrate never higher then 80%. Others say
that you must do speed training during the base period. What is your opinion about this matter? I
understand and agree completely that you must run and bike your LSD at a HR under 80%, but what on
the other 3 days that I run? Do I have to run also this slow for the next 3 months and just building
up the miles(kms.) and start the interval and speed training after these 3 months? I'm afraid that I
will loose my speed if I run always at this pace. Or isn't this the case? Before I did always
Olympic distances.
Thanks for your reply.
"If triathlon would be easy they would call it football"