Triathlon and the New Generation

The sound of the new generation started with the Brownlees.  They were the first ones to announce a different way of training and early starting triathlon training.  They were winning in the early 20´s Worlds and Olympics.  What is the case I am trying to make?  The new generation was just announced but it will come in the next 8 or 10 years.

I watched the teenagers running the 400 meters and the 800 meters in London Olympics 2012.  Both teenagers on the podium were the junior champions in the World Junior Championship 2012 (same year of Olympics) for the distance respectively: Luguelin Santos and Nuel Amos.  Both of them were silver in London Olympics 2012.  The winner of the 400 meters was also teenager in London Olympics, Kirani James.  We should not be afraid of starting early training as long as we have a culture to support our training, as in the case of the Kenians.  We have a ten-year-old triathlete who can run the 3k in 10:15; the 10k in less than 40 minutes.  He plays with other kids of his age to be a champion.  His training consists of drills to improve technique.

Please re-read one of our previous post:

30 juin 2013

Team Oaxaca Is About Hope….

 

From Monday to Friday our team meets at the park. From 5 years old to 20 years old, boys and girls run. Joe Newton used to say, ‘’you eat every day, so you should run daily too.’’ The team is about learning to be consistent and to come to practice. It’s about feeling good because everyone needs to learn to give his best effort.  It’s about a new opportunity for some of them. It’s about growing up for the advanced ones. It’s about making effort and having goals, reaching them, and creating new ones without fooling oneself. 

From Monday to Saturday, we see smiles while running; mothers with a new hope; fathers discovering their children; young girls discovering the goodness of running; family with a new dynamic; and young boys amazed with their progress.  This is a special Oaxaca at the park from 4:30 to 6pm.

His success will depend on his environment, whether it could be able to support his growth or not.