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Olympic Race During IM Training

Paula Nystrom Paula Nystrom
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I am doing 70.3 Boulder in June, and IM Boulder in August.  There is an Olympic race in Boulder on July 12th.  Is it a bad idea to do this race and then take on some extra riding afterwards i.e. treat it like a training day?  Also, since this is an IM Sponsored race does EN get points for the Team Competition? 

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  • Coach RichCoach Rich

    Posted By Paula Nystrom on 22 May 2015 07:02 PM

    I am doing 70.3 Boulder in June, and IM Boulder in August.  There is an Olympic race in Boulder on July 12th.  Is it a bad idea to do this race and then take on some extra riding afterwards i.e. treat it like a training day?  Also, since this is an IM Sponsored race does EN get points for the Team Competition? 

    The weekends beginning ~ Wk13 or 14 in your plan through IMB become exponentially more valuable the deeper into your plan you go. Sounds like that race would be in prime IM-specific-training territory that may be better used by following the plan. 

    That said, not a deal breaker to race but just be aware of ^this.^

    Sorry, I don't know what an IM-sponsored Oly is or if those points count towards the tri club competition. 100% of the conversations with WTC re points has been around 70.3 and full IM events. 

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