Training - What Training?!

[gingerbongo]

Well the point is to level the playing field, but the AG system actually goes beyond that making it favourable to the older athlete. I mean it’s as good as you’re likely to get.

@itom150

Our club standards follow a similar thing and the gold standards although achieveable require a heck of a lot of work for 18-39 Males and 18-34 females. 4:15 1,500, 15:55 5k 2:39 marathon etc

Then you get older and all of sudden people who were never really close start banging in silver and gold standards all over.

I’m not saying it’s wrong but I suspect it is skewed by age grading of elites probably does follow those percentages as they are many years past their peak by mid-40’s where as those who maybe don’t start running till 20’s or later have a younger ‘running age’ so don’t start peaking till 30’s and beyond (though will never likely hit the heights of those who combined Youth with years of development). Just my two pennies anyway:)

@gingerbongo

Yep, i agree with all of that Tom. The pros, whilst they could probably hit very similar times to their peaks when they are in their 40s are very unlikley to continue to approach the sport with that level of commitment, so there’ll be a statistically significant drop once they hit retirement age, which as you note, skews the AG world records.

So what we’re saying is for the older chaps on here to pipe down, we’re not giving you that much of an easy ride!!! 18:38 5kms at 45 just are not going to cut it!!!

[buzz]

Yeah ,yeah, more training, less whinging millennial…

[gingerbongo]

[fruit_thief]

One way to solve this might be to update virtual TT leaderboard for 2021??

2021 TriTalk leaderboard

[itom150]

what’s the most central parkrun in the UK? Everyone has one month to set their fastest time on that course. parkrun even gives you an AG%

[fruit_thief]

Here were the top 10 from 2019:

Enter your best efforts this year:									Your virtual result, well done
Username	Swim 400m			Bike 20 mins POWER		Run 5km			Oly			IM
	m	ss		W		mm	ss		h	mm		hh	mm
Chris Swim	4	30		325		17	30		1	58		9	4
Chickenboy	5	31		348		17	51		2	0		9	5
trisam	4	55		302		16	2		1	59		9	7
funkster	5	50		343		18	6		2	3		9	14
grifter	5	45		280		15	50		2	5		9	30
buzz	6	30		305		17	30		2	9		9	38
d.t	5	0		290		18	1		2	6		9	40
Poet	5	43		295		17	58		2	8		9	43
SidSnot	5	33		320		19	45		2	8		9	45
mattsurf	6	33		332		19	35		2	11		9	45

[hillwall]

Haven’t even been in the pool for more than 2 years. Might take a bit to get me back up to speed…

[Symes]

@itom150

what’s the most central parkrun in the UK

I’d have thought if you want central and easy to get to, Canon Hill Park in Brum, 10 minutes out of the city centre, if you’d rather be out of town but still pretty central then Kingsbury Water Park is a few minutes off the M42 J9

[d.t]

There was a club tri planned at the weekend but not enough numbers so it’s just an open water swim now. I’m trying to tag on a parkrun but it would make it tricky with timings. Thinking I might go: bike, swim, run instead. Assume the sequence won’t have a detrimental effect?

[funkster]

If you’ve never tried swimming straight after running, then you’re in for a treat

[d.t]

I’ve done it in a swimrun and it was ok Do you mean trying to get into wetsuit all hot n sweaty? Planning to go bike to swim, also I won’t be trying to smash the transitions!

[stenard]

@Sowler

@stenard has some pedigree as well!

Have been absent from this thread for a while. And having read back through the recent posts, I still can’t fathom what was being (hypothetically?) proposed?!

[funkster]

@d.t

I’ve done it in a swimrun and it was ok Do you mean trying to get into wetsuit all hot n sweaty?

I remember my arms not working at all.

Sod trying to put on a wetsuit

[Jgav]

Some sort of parkrun smack down between all of TTs runnists

If @trisam turns up I think you’re all doomed

[fruit_thief]

Or the elusive and mysterious @grifter with his 15.50 5km

[gingerbongo]

yeah both Grifter and Sam are running really well at the mo on Strava as well!! Looks like Sam is mara training.

[FatPom]

Been thinking about speedwork and my lack of it. Also thinking about the marathon in Dec.

How the fuck have I got myself into a position where a marathon seems so short I haven’t done enough speedwork?

[Poet]

@FatPom

Been thinking about speedwork

Me too.
That counts as training, right?

Did sweetFA today.

[Spina]

Zwift Group C ride around France 45mins, ticked off a route badge.

[APM]

4 x 1m this morning, resting 2 mins between each rep.