The Secret to Faster Transitions

The secret to faster transitions, of course, is to practice them OFTEN. I have been training for, what, three years now? And I JUST NOW thought of this idea.

Who says you have to do a brick workout in order to practice transitions?

T1
If you are going out on a bike ride, just put your bike gear in your back yard. Then go to the end of your driveway and run to your back yard to begin your bike workout. There, you’ve just practiced T1! (I start brick workouts this way).

T2
If you are going out for a run, put your running shoes, hat, water, Gu, sunglasses, etc, in your back yard. Why not even throw in a race belt for good measure? Then go to the end of your driveway and run to your back yard to put on your running gear and then start your run. There, you’ve just practiced T2.

A blog reader named Jonathan commented that it’s better to practice transitions while out of breath. So, how about we do 20 jumping jacks first!?

Your neighbors might think you are a total nerd, like this guy named Steve, whose blog I read. Nerds, and Steve, are cool 🙂 Here’s why I thought of Steve just now: I was searching google images for an interesting picture to put in this blog…I typed “triathlon nerd” and Steve takes BOTH first and second place in the search results! Way to Go, Steve!!!