#736 – Exploring Your Discomfort Zone

Today we start with why 70.3's are gaining popularity and roll that into training with more intensity. We look at how to explore higher zones and how to work that into your overall training. We talk about why it’s important to remind yourself what it feels like and why you have to train it to truly know it. We get into why it can be more stressful to train alone and why it’s important to swim, bike, and run with people faster than you. We talk about racing as a compass and look at how to test the boundaries and flirt with slightly unnerving workouts.

Topics:

• 70.3’s gaining popularity
• Underestimating your race
• 70.3’s as training for your full
• There’s a lot of different ways to stimulate
• Using racing as a compass
• Training to discomfort
• Testing boundaries
• Legs can’t keep up
• If you don’t train it you don’t know it
• The importance of understanding ALL the zones
• In all disciplines
• Pyramidal training
• Polarized
• Remind yourself what it feels like
• Understanding All Out
• The top of the range
• The mental fatigue of hard sessions
• Training with faster people
• Applying race numbers to training?
• Outside vs. inside effort
• Group riding
• Higher stress when by yourself?
• Find slightly unnerving

Mike Tarrolly - mike@c26triathlon.com

Robbie Bruce - robbie@c26triathlon.com