For those to compete in amateur triathlon events they know that they must train every day in order to compete at the higher levels. Often severe winter storms and in the summer hurricanes and hurricane remnants prevent tri-athletes from getting the training they must get in order to stay at the top of their events. Tri-athletes must stay in shape and increase their endurance if they are to win. They must pound the miles, battle the surf and peddle to extreme. There is no easy way to stay up on your triathlon training and hurricanes make it much worse. Often for weeks there is debris in the road in it is difficult to ride your bicycle. Sure, you can work on the running events and go out and run every day if the weather is okay, but there is often debris floating in the ocean, lakes and rivers making swimming an issue as well. Hurricanes take their toll on tri-athletes trying to complete their triathlon training. One thing a tri-athlete can do is to join a local gym, which has a swimming pool, but sometimes after hurricanes the pools are closed. During a hurricane if a tri-athlete decides to stay rather than evacuate they can work on isometric exercises indoors. But even this can be limited. Getting to the gym maybe impossible and once the Hurricane passes all the power and water maybe out. All triathlon athletes must consider all this in 2006. |
