How To Train For An Olympic Distance Triathlon

[@gtn]

Do you feel ready for your first Olympic Distance Triathlon?

[@bradyboyle1419]

Not yet! I have two olympics lined up in mid May and early July. Had a nice brick today. Worried about a base for swimming and biking as I'm new to both. Aiming for 2:45 'A' goal, 2:55 B goal!

[@danielnava4549]

Not yet but getting their! Just did a sprint triathlon 3 days ago, was 400m swim, 11mi bike, and 4.1mi run in a time of 01:40:09

[@socialgelo7719]

First Olympic triathlon in 3 weeks. I've been following this channel for a year and training for it. I'm 41. Hoping to get it done with no injuries.Thanks for all the tips!

[@danielnava4549]

How did it go mate?

[@socialgelo7719]

@@danielnava4549 it went well. My general time reflected the data in my training and I was able to finish without injuries.

[@morganhaynes6125]

Broke my neck in 2010....the year I signed up for my first full Iron Distance. Fast forward thru life and all that happens and here I am....signed up for 2 Oly's. 5 June and 11 June. Needless to say, in my opinion, I am way behind on my training! Love you guys.

[@tradestone100]

Wow, good luck with your training and race. I will try to remember to ask how it was

[@Beh0ldas0n]

Your right where you need to be. Keep moving forward you got this! I'm cheering for you bro!

[@rahilarious]

how did u break neck?

[@morganhaynes6125]

@@rahilarious On bicycle. On my way to work. Hit a post in the bike path.

[@jassaljs]

You are amazing Morgan! Best wishes and stay safe 🙏

[@tiree99]

I’m training for my very first sprint triathlon in November 2022. I’m one year from open heart surgery and I’m building up to competition with the support of my cardiologist, sports physiologist and nutritionist. Currently struggling with the swim technique, bike 20km is steady at 28’s to 30’s and 5km run PB is 22:06 I’m really finding your videos useful. Thank you very much keep up the good work. Bryan

[@gtn]

Thanks and good luck - let us know how it goes 🙌

[@emmag00]

I did my first Olympic last year and finished in 2:41:02. Hoping for sub 2:30 this year!

[@gtn]

Well done!

[@shailenderpratap4507]

What is the quality time for olympic triathlon

[@derspen]

I did my first sprint triathlon in June 2022. I want to do the Olympic distance in June 2023. Just got some motivation from this video. Thank you.

[@vanehupa]

Just did my first triathlon today, an olympic one!!!! This video is spot on. I blame #GTN for the inspiration!! Thanks!!!!!

[@gtn]

Well done! how did you find it?

[@vanehupa]

@@gtn Best sensation ever when I finished! I remembered all your tips and tricks and my goal was to finish. I am quite new on a bike and it was my best segment 😂. I am hooked!! Thanks for all your content, keep the good advice and I may end doing an IronMan (Lanzarote would be great, I live in the Canary Islands)

[@Nessunego]

You basically gave every good advice that does exist for an olympic triathlon. Thank you very much! I'm going to race my first olympic triathlon in 1 month. The past season I raced sprint distance. Now I can clearly see that I'm improved a lot because I can complete sprint distances with extreme ease, while I'm still struggling a bit with olympic distances. I could have chosen to race other sprint triathlons this season, but I really wanted something longer, so here I am. Wish me goog luck ;)

[@geoffwalker7355]

Love that you give really succinct pithy advice in a short segment, in a world where there is so much foam. Thanks you guys x

[@danielnava4549]

Have my first Olympic Triathlon on 20APR2024 and just did a mock sprint triathlon 3 days ago of 400m breastroke in a pool without touching the walls, 11mi bike inside, and 4.1mi run outside in 01:40:09. Gonna amp up the training a bit more after this recovery week and definitely using your tips for it. Also, have a sprint triathlon scheduled on 06APR2024. Plan on doing one more mock sprint triathlon before 06APR2024 too.

[@TheCrowdedPlanet]

My wife and I just signed up for our first olympic yesterday so this video is timed perfectly 😸 we did a few sprints last season and decided to up the distance, I’m still a little nervous about the swim but after watching countless GTN videos and getting lessons from Italian triathlete Michele Sarzilla (shameless name drop there😹😹) I know deep down there’s nothing to worry about. Thanks for the great content guys, I look forward to all your videos and you’ve helped ease some of the concerns that a journey into the world of triathlon presents

[@gtn]

Good luck!

[@ahrenek]

Thanks for all this amazing triathlon content :) I'm a newbie and I'm training for my first triathlon - olympic length - and your videos have been hugely educational! So much to learn!

[@danielnava4549]

Yo same! Have my 1st Olympic Triathlon in 9 weeks and 4 days 🤟

[@ahrenek]

@@danielnava4549Good luck!!

[@ljantz]

Signing up for my first race. July 2023. 51 yrs old this year so it’s gonna be a challenge. State swimmer in HS (years ago😂). Buying a bike soon. Running 800-1000 miles over the past 5 years.

[@notmyrealname6272]

I just did my first ever triathlon (sprint) and want to do Olympic next. Just for your amusement…:I forgot to start ‘courses’ on my bike computer in T1 and proceeded to get completely lost (missed a crucial turn/they were short of marshals) so I ended up cycling more than an Olympic distance haha before I found the start again and still had to do the run. Exhausted! Lesson learnt:don’t rely on technology or race marshals -learn the course properly beforehand if you don’t want to end up on the opposite coast of the country in a wet tri suit… yeah.. still enjoyed it though!! First of many I hope. :)

[@671dc2]

Hahahahah just finished my very first Olympic Tri last Sunday! Only saw this vid now! 🤣 🤣 🤣

[@jackmccann2719]

That's one of the best videos ye put out,so simple and informative,I really enjoyed it Heather 👍

[@gtn]

Glad it was helpful - thanks for the kind feedback! 🙂

[@SBoots29]

I was to do my first Oly Tri this year. Then find out my work schedule changed and can not go. Training plan out the window because I do not want to peak to early for a later one. I will regroup, keep training and search another one. Thank you for all your tips and coaching. Training is still fun.

[@wilfdarr]

That sucks!

[@DaveStecker]

I’ve done a number of sprints and have thought about upping to an Olympic. My struggle is the extra swim distance. Where I live a lot of sprints are set at 400m swim and they up the bike to 15-16 miles. I would really have to embrace training more for the swim because 3x-ing the distance is a big jump for me.

[@tabbyroberts6242]

I don't understand why I am torturing myself with this video. I've recently completely torn my ACL and won't be running for probably 5 months, haven't even had my surgery ffs.
Still going to watch GTN to gain the knowledge and live vicariously through other people

[@gtn]

Hope you're back training soon - take care with the recovery 🙌

[@kangaroo967]

Hello! Are you back to running now? Hope everything is well 😄

[@petermorris3060]

I think this video should be titled "How to feel under prepared for your first Olympic Triathlon" 😂

[@leonm.2681]

1 month out and I am finally looking into how to train haha :D

[@FALCONZAMORA1121]

Super useful. Thank you. Have my first in 4 mo

[@silentlyapparent9288]

This will come quite handy for my first triathlon!

[@gtn]

Hope it helps, good luck!

[@loolapalooza6429]

Thank you

[@MrTraveller.]

Great information
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[@gabrielh7167]

Awesome video, thanks for all the valuable information! I did my first unofficial Triathlon last year and I plan on doing a real one in September. I will follow your recommendations while preparing for it. On a side note, will you guys join the Global Bike Festival in June? I happen to live in Vienna and will go. It would be great to also see you in Saalbach! Thanks again for all your great videos, keep up the good work! Cheers

[@wilsonpotosirunner]

Excelente felicitaciones 🆗

[@hakimbouzyan9484]

Goud 🙂

[@lukechildress7611]

The shirtless guy slowly creeping up on her from behind at 2:59 >.

[@oldmandice2731]

I do 2x swims at 2400M each (1 long swim and the other 100M intervals), 2x Bikes - a 45 min steady effort tempo ride and a 1 hr stationary bike class (hard effort) bracketed by 1.5 mile runs (at easy pace) and 4x runs - an interval day (200x12, 400x8 or 1Kx5), 5K recovery run, 5 mile tempo run, 8 mile easy run and the brick run (see bike). I get 2 rest days per week (I double up on a couple of my work out days).
I race sprint triathlons in the 60 yr old age group with my times between 1:05 and 1:10 depending on the course. My swim pace is sub 1:20/100M, I average 20-23 mph on the bike and my run pace is sub 8 min/mile. I'm looking at trying the Olympic distance and am wondering if I need to change my training routine at all?

[@omsatija]

I've signed up for one in 3 wks time lol - any tips?

[@andreweppes3175]

After wising up a little, largely from your channels advice, I’m not starting with an Ironman as my first triathlon. I know the advice it to build, but..where’s the fun in that? I’ve run two marathons now, and will do my first sprint triathlon in a few weeks. The plan is to then do Ironman PC in November of 22. How big is the jump? And am I setting myself up for failure?

[@etrephesm]

How did it go, did you fail?

[@na-dk9vm]

Hi GTN I've a question please. So, I've a olympic distance triathlon June 1st. So, 3 weeks.
The issue is, my 1500m in the pool is constantly around 48- 50 mins. The cutoff is 55 mins on the day.
I'm doing the distance constantly under the time limit, while taking loads of breaks (to catch my breath) I'm not swim fit.
I'm still worried about the open water swim (it's a river) even tho I'm getting under the cutoff time by 5 mins in thr pool and taking an many breaks.
A part of me is confident, the other is telling me I won't make the cutoff. The first side of me is I'm telling myself I'll go a bit faster on the day of fear of not making the cutoff time, due to adrenaline
Any advice?? Getting nervous for it now! Thanks for any help/advice you could give

[@etrephesm]

This is not a video for winners

[@cwalke25]

First one in 12 weeks. Thanks for the info and tips. Look forward to training