Thought we could maybe do with a thread for folk to post anytime they cover the distances of all three disciplines of an olympic distance triathlon, in training, in the same day.
1500+m swim, and 40+km bike, and 10+km run.
Zwift is OK. Commutes are OK. Treadmills are OK. Tide and current assist and endless pools are OK. Bonus points if it’s a work day.
What did you do? How fast? Etc etc etc.
Edit: on second thoughts, maybe a sprint distance day is worth mentioning too
I was thinking any old how. All at once, or spread out over the day. 1 ride, 2 rides. 1 run, 2 runs , some walking- whatever.
It probably suggests a good 3 hours of training so I guess maybe not that common? Think I may have done once or twice over the last 2 years though & kind of feels like proper triathleet thing to do occasionally perhaps ?
Any SBR day is rare enough. I would occasionally cycle to the lake, swim and run while there and cycle home. But run usually <10km and cycle <<40km. And very occasionally I might swim before work, run at lunchtime and cycle home. But again cycle <40km.
I remember doing this and I think it went something like, club social run in the morning, then knowing I had club swim session in the evening, I thought if I whack out a 40km bike that’ll be an Oly for the day.
What I’m puzzled by is the fact it was February, and I not only rode outside but on the TT bike too; it must have been some weird mild snap.
Well I had a day off today & had in mind to maybe give an only training day a go. But in the end the weather got the better of me.
Did however pop out at least sprint distances in all 3.
20km ride this morning on the roadie, riding to 200W target, 36 mins. Followed immediately by an untimed & probably very slow 750m swim.
This evening, 10km run. Longest run since April & leg felt almost perfect. Fitness… not so perfect. 63 minutes.
The weather is definitely making me go slower and shorter than I would otherwise, but figure this probably isn’t a bad thing while coming back from injury.