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Q&A #6 - How long should you make your post-season break, and can you be competitive in non-draft races on a road bike?

That Triathlon Show

Mikael Eriksson

Health, Swimming, Endurancesports, Run, Cycling, Health & Fitness, Fitness, Ironman, Swim, Bike, Sports, Running, Sportscience, Triathlon

4.9596 Ratings

🗓️ 1 November 2018

⏱️ 24 minutes

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Q&A #6 - How long should you make your post-season break, and can you be competitive in non-draft races on a road bike?   How long a break should you take at the end of your season? And to what extent should or should you not train within that break? Can you be competitive in non-draft races even though you're on a road bike and not a triathlon bike?   LINKS AND RESOURCES:   16-week Intermediate 70.3 Training Plan (coupon code "LAUNCH60" for 60% off until 11 November)  That Triathlon Show website  Coaching Training Plans Q&A #5 - Planning winter training, the most common mistake with "base training", and sprint interval training Bike maintenance 101 and become your own mechanic with Jimmy Seear | EP#115   SPONSORS: Stac - The Stac Zero is the world's quietest bike trainer. No noise and no tire wear, since it doesn't even touch the tire! It is also very portable and affordable. Even more so when using the discount code TTS20 for 20% off when you buy your Stac bike trainer (any of the models).     Ventum - The ultimate triathlon bikes, using technology from fighter jets and Formula One race cars. Easier to build, pack, and travel with than any other tri bike. Get 110% of the value of your old bike towards the purchase of a new Ventum bike. Use the promo code THATTRIATHLONSHOW to get a free upgrade from training wheels to Edco Aerosport Gesero 65 race wheels when you order your Ventum bike.      RATE AND REVIEW: If you enjoy the show, please help me out by subscribing, rating and reviewing.      CONTACT: Want to send feedback, questions or just chat? Email me at mikael@scientifictriathlon.com or connect on Twitter - my handle is @SciTriat.

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0:00.0

Hey, what's up everybody and welcome back to that triathlon show, the podcast presented by

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Scientific Traathlon.com. I'm your host Michael and this episode is Q&A number six. Just as a reminder

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if you don't know how to get questions sent into the podcast and get them answered just send

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it to me on email michael at scientific triathlon.com and that's michael with okay or you can send

0:27.1

them to me directly on facebook i have a facebook messenger widget on my website scientific

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triathlon dot com so you can just go to the website and on any page you should see that widget in the bottom right corner and you can submit your questions there.

0:43.3

Before we get into today's questions, big thank you to our sponsors.

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if you live in in a smaller apartment and also they have these models with the exact features

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that you need or don't need so at different price points with different features all the way from

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the base model up to the new stack zero halcyon

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which recently won the award for the best bike training accessory at the big eurobike convention

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so that's a very very significant award to win for a bike training company and just goes to show

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that stack is actually at the front end of the bike trainer industry.

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With any of those models, which are one you choose, you can get your trainer for 20% off with the promo code TTS20 on stack zero.com.

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And warm welcome back to Ventum.

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Ventum is back as a sponsor and they are of course the manufacturers of the ultimate

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triathlon bikes that use technology from fighter jets and Formula One race cars and

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boy do they look like that, beautiful bikes.

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