When people ask me “what if it rains?”, I always give them the same answer: triathlon is a sport for men. By that I certainly do not mean that it is for males only, I am just metaphorically referring to the fact that your training should not be affected by the weather. Nevertheless, rain, snow, ice and wind can sometimes jeopardise your winter training.
Of course it is cycling that is most seriously affected during the winter period and you often hear people say “I am taking my bike to be cleaned, I will pick it up again in 3 months”.
But by doing that your entire season is already compromised.
Swimming is certainly least affected by bad weather, except for long continuous sessions in the sea.
But in that case you can use an elastic band attached to the starting block and, depending on how much room you have available, you can perform continuous long drills. I advise against training like this for over 25/30 minutes: you are likely to injure your back or shoulders.
But you can also do you running and cycling in the pool when the weather is too bad to train outdoors, let’s see how!
RUNNING:
– Running in a children’s pool (water height of 50-80 cm). This will allow you to do proper running sessions, obviously taking time rather than…
