Resumen de Triathlon Transition Tests: Overview and Recommendations for Future Research
Verónica E. Vleck, Francisco Bessone Alves
Triathlon performance is influenced by a competitors� discipline specific ability, across all three of its sub events, relative to who else is in the race field. Residual fatigue and or altered movement patterns, as a result of the preceding swim and cycle, may lead to a competitor completing the run in less than his/her optimal manner. This may then impact on his/her overall race result (Cala et al., 2009; Vleck et al., 2008). The shorter the race distance and the higher the exercise intensity that is required, the more important a good cycle-to-run transition (T2) is likely to be to the athlete�s overall placing (Millet and Vleck 2000, Vleck, Bürgi & Bentley, 2006; Vleck et al., 2008).
In this editorial, we consider (T2) to be �the period from the last kilometre of the cycle section through to the end of the first kilometre of the run.� We refer our readers to Millet and Vleck (2000)�s review of the physiological, biomechanical, and sensory affects of the Olympic cycle to run transition on junior and Elite triathletes, and focus here on the currently available tests for �T2 ability.�
