Duathlon is endurance and wide-ranging sport, where racers run, cycle and run again with timing of total time (STÚ, 2012). Load varies from one hour in sprint duathlon to several hours in long distance duathlon. Character of movement in both disciplines is cyclic, but each discipline has its specificity. ISSUE: Condition for successful handling duathlon is to have movement abilities and knowledge which are connected with both parts of duathlon. In case of top athlete, knowledge about planning of training, training cycle, expedient training tools, methods, volume and intensity of load is necessary and help balanced proceeding in the both parts by taking into account personality of each athlete of course (Formánek - Horèic, 2003). We can judge quality of sport training on the basis of achieved results in competition. The performance in duathlon is affected by many circumstances like segmentation of track and its distance, climate of surroundings, competition of athletes, technical equipment and also nourishment, fluid intake and sleeping. Athlete evaluates his/her performance on the basis of subjective feelings resulting from comparison with performance of other athletes or he evaluates himself by the time in running part, where distance and level of difficulty has to be taken into consideration. AIM: The aim of this paper is to evaluate load and content of training tools and its representation in every single period of one year seasoned training cycle of an athlete in duathlon.
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