Thank you for taking the time to participate in this research project.
After reviewing this introduction, scroll to the bottom of the page and click on the button to advance to the first set of survey questions.
The study is investigating the quantity of training performed by athletes training for an ironman-distance triathlon. For the purposes of this survey, an ironman-distance race is one with the same distances as the official "Ironman" branded races, with distances of a 3.8 km (2.4 miles) swim, a 180 km (112 miles) bike, and a 42.2 km (26.2 miles) run.
Training data for one season will be collected for any athlete that has started an ironman-distance triathlon in the past 5 years (2000 - current). A review and summary of all collected data, sorted by gender and race category, will be available to all survey participants. Please note that all gathered data (male, female, elite and non-elite) will be summarized and listed in the survey result section of this site: http://www.trisurvey.net. The final graduate study report will only include data from non-elite male triathletes that started an ironman-distance triathlon between January 2000 and mid-November 2004.
Sections of the survey will gather information on:
athlete's characteristics
training performance
race performance
When providing information, data or results, please:
use your training logbook (if available) to complete the survey
be as accurate as possible
consider a year (the annual period of time) to end with the start of your most recent ironman-distance race, and to start 12 months prior to that race.
Completing the survey will take approximately 30 minutes.
You may stop at some points during the survey, save your work, and return to the survey at a later time. NOTE - ONLY STOP AND SAVE ONCE A PAGE IS COMPLETED - YOU CANNOT GO BACKWARDS IN THE SURVEY. ONCE YOU SAVE AND LEAVE, THE SURVEY PICKS UP FROM THAT POINT FORWARD.
Your participation in this study is voluntary. There are no foreseeable risks associated with this project. However, if you feel uncomfortable answering any questions, you can withdraw from the survey at any point. Your survey responses will be strictly confidential and data from this research will be reported only in the aggregate. Your information will be coded and will remain confidential. Only Mathew Luebbers (the survey author) and three faculty members from the United States Sports Academy (the study oversight committee) will have access to your individual responses.
If you wish to supply your name or your e-mail address to assist with any follow-up questions you may do so, but that information is not required. If you have questions at any time about the survey or the procedures, you may contact Mathew Luebbers at 011-81-098-930-4222 or by email at [email protected]
The survey results will be available in February 2005. As a survey participant, you are entitled to review the results. For results, access the Tri Survey website at http://www.trisurvey.net after January 2005.
Athlete Name (Last, First)
Athlete E-mail Address
Gender
Year of birth (yyyy)
Athlete height in cm (leave blank if you use inches)
Athlete height in inches (leave blank if you use cm)
Athlete weight in kg (leave blank if you use lbs)
Athlete weight in lbs (leave blank if you use kg)
Do you have any additional information on physical characteristics that impacts your training? If so, please describe it here.
What country do you currently live in?
What state or region of that country?
How many years have you lived there (please round up)?
What country were you born in?
What state or region of that country?
How many years did you live there (please round up)?
What sport was your first regular experience with an athletic activity?
What year did you start that first regular athletic activity (yyyy)?
In what year did you perform your FIRST training for triathlons (yyyy)?
In what year did you begin your MOST RECENT training for triathlons (yyyy)?
What is the source (or sources) of information you use to design, plan, or perform your training?
Do you pre-plan your training based on a calendar (some period of time, such as days, weeks, or months), or use some other method to pre-plan training?
How many weeks away from your first ironman-distance race of the season do you begin any type of training?
How many weeks away from your first ironman-distance race of the season do you begin training specifically for that race?
Does your training move from a general emphasis to a more ironman-distance emphasis?
Does your training include recovery periods of more than 2 consecutive days on a regular basis? There may still be training sessions during these days or phases, but the general emphasis is recovery or regeneration.
Generally how long are these recovery periods in days?
In general, how many days are from the end of one recovery period to the start of the next recovery period?
How do you measure the quantity of swim training you perform?
How do you measure the quantity of bicycle training you perform?
How do you measure the quantity of run training you perform?
Do you use some type of training log, and if so, how much of your training do you record in that log?
OPTIONAL - If you have any additional information on how you measure the quantity of the training you perform for swimming, cycling, and running:
For your training in the year that ended with your most recent ironman-distance race start, what was (or is) your total annual volume (how many total hours of training did you perform in that single year)?
For your most recent training year that ended with your most recent ironman-distance triathlon start, please enter your annual (one year total) and single-longest-workout (within that one year) details. Please enter both duration and distance values if known. You might complete this "longest" workout more than once in a training period, but you do not complete any workouts longer than this "longest" workout. Other is any workout that does not include swimming, cycling, or running; please describe what these other types of workouts are in the additional information area.
Total Annual Duration for all workouts by mode (hours)
Total Annual Distance for all workouts
Please enter an mi for miles, ya for yards, km for kilometers, or me for meters
Single Longest Workout by duration for the entire year (hours; round up to next 1/4 hour - 1 hour and 20 minutes would be 1.5 hours)
Single Longest Workout by distance for the entire year
Please enter an mi for miles, ya for yards, km for kilometers, or me for meters
Yes or No - is the longest duration and the longest distance workout the same workout?
In as few words as possible, describe the general goal of your training by type (swim, bike, run) for this training year.
Swimming
Bicycling
Running
Other
Additional Information
For the data just entered, please elaborate on the hours of training by type by calendar month. Please enter the months by number, January = 1, February = 2, etc. Please round up to whole hours (for example, 250 and 1/2 hours would be 251 hours). The last column should be the month during which you started your most recent ironman-distance race
Hours (month)
Hours (month)
Hours (month)
Hours (month)
Hours (month)
Hours (month)
Hours (month)
Hours (month)
Hours (month)
Hours (month)
Hours (month)
Hours (month)
Month (1 for January, 2 for February, etc.).
Swimming
Bicycling
Running
Other
Month of longest swim workout - enter a "1" under the month when you performed your longest swim workout; if you perform it more than once, enter the number of times you perform it under the appropriate month.
Month of longest bike workout - enter a "1" under the month when you performed your longest bike workout; if you perform it more than once, enter the number of times you perform it under the appropriate month.
Month of longest run workout - enter a "1" under the month when you performed your longest run workout; if you perform it more than once, enter the number of times you perform it under the appropriate month.
Place an "X" under any month that includes any ironman-distance race you have started.
Do you have any additional information you would like to share regarding your training hours?
For the same period of time as the above chart, please elaborate on the distance of training by type by calendar month. Please enter the months by number, January = 1, February = 2, etc. Please round up to whole distances (for example, 250 and 1/2 miles would be 251 miles). Do not use commas (1,230 kilomters = 1230).The last column should be the month during which you started your most recent ironman-distance race
Units - enter mi for miles, km for kilomters, ya for yards, me for meters
Distance (month)
Distance (month)
Distance (month)
Distance (month)
Distance (month)
Distance (month)
Distance (month)
Distance (month)
Distance (month)
Distance (month)
Distance (month)
Distance (month)
Month (1 for January, 2 for February, etc.).
Swimming
Bicycling
Running
Other
Month of longest swim workout - enter a "1" under the month when you performed your longest swim workout; if you perform it more than once, enter the number of times you perform it under the appropriate month.
Month of longest bike workout - enter a "1" under the month when you performed your longest bike workout; if you perform it more than once, enter the number of times you perform it under the appropriate month.
Month of longest run workout - enter a "1" under the month when you performed your longest run workout; if you perform it more than once, enter the number of times you perform it under the appropriate month.
Place an "X" under any month that includes any ironman-distance race you have started.
Do you have any additional information you would like to share regarding your training distances?
For the same period of time, please answer as many as appropriate. During the year, how many combined training sessions do you perform each month? Combined training is sometimes termed a brick - within one workout you perform multiple types of training. Please enter the number or workouts performed in the appropriate month's column. The last column should be the month during which you started your most recent ironman-distance race
Number of workouts
Number of workouts
Number of workouts
Number of workouts
Number of workouts
Number of workouts
Number of workouts
Number of workouts
Number of workouts
Number of workouts
Number of workouts
Number of workouts
Month (1 for January, 2 for February, etc.).
Swim - Bike: you perform a workout that includes both swimming and cycling but no running.
Swim - Run: you perform a workout that includes both swimming and running but no cycling.
Bike - Run: you perform a workout that includes both cycling and running but no swimming.
Swim - Bike - Run: you perform a workout that includes swimming, cycling, and running.
Do you have any additional information you would like to share regarding your combined or brick training?
Please enter as month/day/year (mm/dd/yy).
What year was your first triathlon race start (yyyy)? You may not have finished the race, but you did start the race.
What distance was your first triathlon race? (sprint, olympic, half-iron, iron, etc.)
Not including any ironman-distance races, how many triathlons have you started?
Not including any ironman-distance races, how many triathlons have you finished?
Have you completed an Olympic-distance triathlon (1.5km swim, 40km bike, and 10km run) in the 6 months prior to your first ironman-distance race of the season (yes or no)?
If so, how many Olympic-distance triathlons did you complete in that 6 month period prior to the first ironman-distance race of the season?
If so, how many weeks prior to that first ironman-distance race was the final Olympic-distance race?
If so, what was your time for that final Olympic-distance race (hours; round up to next 1/4 hour - 1 hour and 20 minutes would be 1.5 hours)?
What category were you when you started your most recent ironman-distance race?
Total number of races started
The year of the last race started
Total number of races finished
Year of last race finish
Overall finish (place) in last race finished
Finish by gender (place) in last race finished
Finish by category (Elite place or Age-Group place) in last race finished
Overall time in last race finished (in hours - please round up to nearest 1/4 hour - for example, a time of 9 hours and 15 minutes = 9.25, but a time of 9 hours and 20 minutes = 9.5)
Swim time in last race finished (in hours - please round up to nearest 1/4 hour - for example, a time of 45 minutes = .75, but a time of 50 minutes = 1)
Bike time in last race finished (in hours - please round up to nearest 1/4 hour - for example, a time of 5 hours and 10 minutes = 5.25, but a time of 5 hours and 10 minutes = 5.5)
Run time in last race finished (in hours - please round up to nearest 1/4 hour - for example, a time of 3 hours and 45 minutes = 3.75, but a time of 3 hours and 50 minutes = 4)
Any comments on last race finished
Have you ever started a race at the Ironman World Championship race in Kona, Hawaii?
Total number of races started
The year of the last race started
Total number of races finished
Year of last race finish
Overall finish (place) in last race finished
Finish by gender (place) in last race finished
Finish by category (Elite place or Age-Group place) in last race finished
Overall time in last race finished (in hours - please round up to nearest 1/4 hour - for example, a time of 9 hours and 15 minutes = 9.25, but a time of 9 hours and 20 minutes = 9.5)
Swim time in last race finished (in hours - please round up to nearest 1/4 hour - for example, a time of 1 hour and 15 minutes = 1.25, but a time of 1 hour and 20 minutes = 1.5)
Bike time in last race finished (in hours - please round up to nearest 1/4 hour - for example, a time of 6 hours and 15 minutes = 6.25, but a time of 6 hours and 20 minutes = 6.5)
Run time in last race finished (in hours - please round up to nearest 1/4 hour - for example, a time of 4 hours and 15 minutes = 4.25, but a time of 4 hours and 20 minutes = 4.5)
Any comments on last race finished
How did you qualify to race in Kona (race, lottery, etc.)?
Do you have any additional information you would like to share regarding your training or this survey?
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