Triathlon - Rest Days
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shubes2
08-10-09, 01:26 PM
I've recently (2 months ago) started training for a sprint triathlon in mid September and hopefully an Olympic length race next spring. I've been training about 4 days on and 1 day off rarely will I do two workouts in one day. My question is how often do you take complete rest days with no activity? I've found on my days off I'm a little anxious to get out and do something and I do not sleep very well....
Fred Matthews
08-10-09, 01:51 PM
All the programs that I have used have me resting one day a week. There are also numerous days that I have two workouts. Typically they are sperate but occasionally they are a brick. If you are using a program - stick to it. If you are not and have some time until your event - you might consider finding one to use. There are lots of them out there and even some really good free ones.
Good luck.
Fred
brian669
08-11-09, 12:21 AM
if you feel you must do something do a recovery ride or an aerobic run or something light. but full rest days are definitely necessary. people go crazy when they first get into tri's. you need rest to recover. a good sprint schedule is swim/bike/run/off/swim/bike/run repeat. if you needed more time off knock down the day 7 run and make the 6th day bike a brick. sprint training should be at a bit higher intensity than say a 70.3 or even olympic. it's a short, fast race. long, drawn out training days aren't totally necessary as long as you are training right.