Blog: Chris McCormack On The Triathlon Training Mix
In this excerpt from his latest blog, Macca talks about the triathlon training mix.
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Chris McCormack is not just the best Ironman triathlete in the world these days, he also takes an analytical view of the sport. McCormack uses his blog to provide some fascinating answers to questions about triathlon. In this excerpt from his latest blog, Macca talks about the triathlon training mix.
The entire training mix and perfecting this across the entire spectrum of the sport is key, and there are not many sports in the world that have so much complexity and difficulty in perfecting than triathlon. It is an all body sport, two of the disciplines being non-weight bearing and the final discipline being the most damaging weight bearing exercise you can put the human body through: running! Not only this but in triathlon we endure running in a fatigued state which magnifies any issues that an individuals body has with the movement and biomechanics of this sport. This is the most important element of planning that needs to be assessed and is so often overlooked by coaches and athletes who are obsessed with just meeting set training goals that are usually quantitative in nature. This is the biggest mistake I see in most triathlon training plans is a total disrespect to this basic principle of our sport. Swimming and Biking are basically body easy; Running is very hard and will be the foundation for most injuries in our sport.