Despite
popular belief, triathlon is not a summer sport. You may think it is, but it’s
not. That is when the races are, what the events are designed for, and all of
the equipment made for, but trust me when I say that triathlon is not a summer
sport.
Everyone
trains hard during the summer, clocking the miles religiously, rain or shine;
never missing a workout or taking a day off because they don’t feel like it.
But if you really want to up your triathlon game, you need to start thinking of
triathlon as more than just a summer-time sport. Winter is where the gains are
to be had.
The
last race of your season is not an end to the current campaign, it is the
beginning of next year. If you
have found your results plateauing after a season’s worth of dedicated
training, a solid off-season training program is how you step up your
game.
Now,
when I write, I want to write from a point of expertise. I don’t want to spit some half-true
inkling that I may have overheard from a guy who knows a guy who’s brother
knows a guy who knows something. If I am not an expert in the field I am
writing about, then I seek out an expert to give me the down and dirty, so that
you can trust what you read here.
Unfortunately for my own fitness and race results, I am not an expert in
training or fitness. So I called in someone who is: Pro triathlete and Walton Endurance coach, Jack Braconnier.
