© 2000 the British Journal of Sports Medicine
Commentary
Commentary
Medical Adviser British Triathlon Association The Winfield Hospital, Gloucester
See also page 384For anyone who has participated in a triathlon, the feelings accompanying the cycle to run transition (T2 transition) will be all too familiar and painful. For the elite and juniors, the difference between success or failure at this adaptation may well determine the overall results in a race.
The authors have covered this topic comprehensively and detail factors that may contribute to the increased energy cost of running after cycling when compared with control running. No research to date has looked at those triathletes who spend very little time in T2 transition and compared their energy cost for running with those that spend longer in T2 transition. Whether they are better adapted, and run faster, or gain time by a faster transition is unclear, but the authors show that they race faster.
The authors emphasise that economy of effort in the cycle section of a drafting
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Br. J. Sports Med. 2000 34: 384-390.
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