Is the humble long ride the ‘most important’ session for a long course triathlete?
We think it will come close for the majority of age group triathletes!
Why?
specificity to event
aerobic conditioning muscular endurance relative low risk of overuse injuries ‘cross pollination’ into run performance can be social opportunity to dial in TT position AND race day fueling ability to add in other elements of conditioning such as SE work, threshold intervals or fatigue resistanceGo long!