Top Triathlon Hacks To Make You Faster In Your Next Race
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- čas přidán 5. 05. 2018
- We all want to go faster, triathlon is a race after all. Here are GTN's top hacks to make you a faster triathlete in your next event.
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We all want to go as fast as possible during a triathlon. You might spend hours of training in the hope of being able to beat your rivals and lower your personal record. There is no escaping the hard work you have to do in the pool, on the bike and on the run but there are several easier ways to make you faster on race day.
We have chosen a few of our favourites to share with you that will make your race day experience a whole lot smoother and most importantly, faster!
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Have you got any race day hacks to add to our collection? Let us know in the comments!
I lay out every single piece of gear on the floor ahead of time, before packing my bag. Every piece. Then, I take a picture and pack all the stuff up, and *do not take anything out of the bag* If I ever have any question about whether I remembered something or not on race morning, I just check the pic. Saves me having to rifle through my bag in a panic before leaving the house.
I have been trying out super-fast-changing bike shoes: I bought a pair of cycling shoes with laces and replaced the laces with stretchy ones (Xtenex). Of course lace shoes don't have any "hooks" so they can't be attached to pedals on T1, but I don't do that anyway, so no problem for me. The one problem that I had with my Mavic shoes was, that they had tendency to get the flap slightly folded sometimes when I put them on. I solved that by sowing "hooks" to the flaps ("back hooks" from my old broken shoes) and now I can easily pull the flaps back and shoes get on fine. I haven't tested them in a race, but in normal riding stretching laces are unnoticeable. Only when doing high power standing sprints on short hills I can feel them stretching slightly, but not too much. Combining with stretchy laced running shoes, T2 shoe change takes now under 5 seconds (this I have simulated).
In T1 don't have your race belt undone and then try to clip it together with cold fingers. Have it done up already, then step into it and pull it up over your bum. Much quicker than fiddling with clips
Stephen Jones or don't put it on till the run... your bib flapping in the wind isn't very areo. I also pre-load my gels in my belt, so I have my nutrition set up for my run.
Dee Gee maybe. But I've never been in a race where it wasn't in the rules that you have to wear your number belt for the bike.
Just wanner say to everyone at gtn, Thankyou for all your videos and tips as I completed my 1st ever triathlon and was a 70.3
I loved it
This is a good video. Especially getting out on the bike and run the course the day before. Knowing where you are going is very important. It also provides a bit of comfort as well. I always get into the water and swim at least one or more buoys the day before to feel the water. Each body of water feels different on your skin and hair.
Your videos are wonderful, are helping me feel a lot more confident with my first triathlon ever tomorrow.😁
Thanks GTN. Watched this before my triathlon again today and helped me to remember how to organize everything for transitions.
Tried some of these hacks on my most recent olympic-distance tri and worked like a champ. I especially liked the tips about rolling the socks and taping the gels to the bike--brilliant!
I used to fill a plastic basin with water to dip my feet and get the sand off. I used to do some short sprint distance races (300/8/2). In those I would use a pair of pedals with tode clips and ride in my running shoes. In a short race like those the time gained from biking in cycling shoes can be lost in T2 as you change into your running shoes.
Just done my first tri this morning. GTN vids have really helped. Keep them coming
Flensburg too?:D
RambowMusik, Nein, Horwich, UK
That's great to hear! Stay tuned for plenty more triathlon content!
Great tips, Heather! I learned some of these from Tri friends in years past, so it helped me in my very first 70.3 in Florida last month. Now if I can get better & faster in the swim... ;)
Great stuff Randy!
These are great and helpful. I’ve got my first 70.3 this week and I’m in a totally different space for this event than past ones (coming off an injury).
Good luck Ian, you'll smash it!
On the day of the race, double-check the number of loops and where you need to turn back (especially if there are multiple distances in the same race) to avoid being disqualified for a too short leg, or adding unnecessary distance to your race (I doubled my run distance in error on my previous race). The organizers won’t necessarily know your race’s permutation if there’re multiple at the same time.
can't wait to do my first tri in a month. signed up for a half-ironman, as there's no olympic ones nearby until the end of summer. really pumped :D
Awesome! Stay tuned for many more helpful videos!
Knowing the route is always a good idea!!!
Yep, that's a good one!
Great tips as always
Cheers Jason, which was your favourite tip!?
Global Triathlon Network previewing the course. Walking the transition areas and lube in the wetsuit are all key.
Nice video thanks, my first one of the season yesterday and I lost my place in T2. Think I might get a fluorescent towel! As a suggestion for a video, howabout effort levels during racing. Especially bike and run. Obviously sprint will be different to long distance...
Glad you enjoyed the video! Yes that's a great idea!
Yes, this would be really interesting! As a newbie I struggle with pacing, without doing simulations of the entire race it's very difficult to know how hard I can go in one section without impacting on the next... Things like whether to push at the start of a leg (and then 'recover' for the next by going steady in the second half) or take it easy first half and then push second half if there's some left in the tank... or just steady the whole way?!
This was interesting, even though I've never run a triathlon. Watching it was good entertainment. Of course I like watching triathlons on CZcams!
Haha, great stuff, glad you enjoyed the video!
Thanks!
i can not wait for my first triathlon
Let us know how you get on Lily!
thanks for responding!
You're gonna freaking love it.
Just be warned, it is addictive, and your friends not in triathlon will not understand your new lifestyle.
Dee Gee my friends do not even understand my swimming let alone my triathlonning(is that a word?)i am currently fixing my dad’s bike(legit) to do triathlons i am 11 so finding them in my area is challenging!
All good advice. Put your bike shoes on the bike and your helmet on the bars, to save bending down in transition which can otherwise make you dizzy. If you do suffer from swim dizziness, it’s usually caused by cold water. Dizziness can be reduced by wearing swim ear plugs.
I use a plastic bag to help get my wetsuit on. I place it on my feet as I am stepping into the wetsuit. It is way easier than rolling around on the ground and struggling to get your legs in.
Nice tip Lin!
I'd say it's kinda implied in "scope out the course" and "know the transition areas" but I'll say it more clearly. Know exactly where the swim exit, bike mount, bike dismount, and run out are. My first triathlon I'd taken the time the day before to do this, and in the morning, with 500+ people running around with 6 different distances and start times, the people who hasn't were biking out the run or going down the wrong turn to end the bike and ending up in the carpark, or just riding into transition and getting disqualified.
Also, keep your transition area as neat and minimal as possible. REALLY all you need is your bike, helmet, sunglasses, bike/run shoes, race belt, and the energy and bottles on your bike. A lot of newbie transition areas are somehow manage to be crammed with stuff and super messy, and the messy transition areas lead to them getting frazzled.
If allowed use something to identify your transition area. I use a 5 gallon bucket, and toss the items I’m done with in it to contain them. And my pro tip- get their early to get a good bike spot on the end of a rack. Like if the race is at 8 get there at 6:50.
Click your open shoes into pedals, tie them with some thin elastic tightly to the frame so the elastic will tear when pedalling.
This thing should be avoided as broken elastics do litter the surroundings and there are penalties for littering during a race.
Can you do a video on gels? Like when to take them etc?
Hey becmango, good suggestion!
A lot of help as I have a race tmrw 😀
Oga good luck.
how did you do.
Lily Jones I came 6th over all and third in age category 😀
Great stuff Oga! An excellent achievement!
Oga congrats!that is awesome!
My tips are closely linked to knowing the transition areas: know where the mount/dismount lines are after T1/before T2. If you keep the cycling shoes on your bike in T1, make sure you check out the surface to the mount line before the race, easy to get a cut on the soles of your feet if you're not careful on rough surfaces, try doing a full distance after that...
Tiberius Paul Savu also good to check the entrance and exit for the swim for the same reasons, my buddy cut his feet up pretty bad on the swim start last month
Thanks for sharing your top tips Tiberius Paul Savu
Not sure why you didn't do this video before. This is ideal
Glad you liked it!
She's HAWT! seriously though, your vids are awesome, did my 1st indoor tri a month ago, and all the pointers helped out tremendously with the training. 5 weeks till me next tri ( outdoors) - can't wait!
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Do you have to have a pair of cycling shoes and a pair of running shoes? Or can I put on running shoes at T1 and not worry about changing shoes at T2?
you can do that... the thing is with cycling shoes you will have more power on the ride
That's what I did for my first triathlon. I had a hardtail mountain bike with spiked platform pedals. Run shoes for both the bike and the run. Crazy fast transitions!!! I'd say for sprints and for fun, definitely go this way.
I know you are sponsored by 'training peaks' But can you tell what difference with 'stravistix for strava' please?
Yeah... I tried putting my sunglasses on the helmet, but sometimes when I fliped it, my glasses would fall, making me lose time. Since, instead what I do is tape my glasses next to my gels, so I don't worry about them untill I'm already on the bike.
Nice idea Hernán Ruiz
I think you'd go even faster if you were to put some cleats on those shoes.
Heather ❤
I'm sure it depends on the tire, but I find that I am significantly faster on a set of worn in tires than I am on brand new tires.
Im doing one on july 1s wi
Which lake is that?
Stu Holmes Vobster, the water's so clean you could bottle and sell it
For all that is holy stop taping gels to the top tube. It ruins any gains from aero/TT frame you bought.
Long and ultra long triathlon: learn to pee while swimming, cycling and running.
I gotta say it. She's beautiful.