Saturday Swim Session: Sprints and other Strokes
These sessions will help develop your speed and feel for the water.
Friday Fartlek Run: 4x 1 Mile (200m Hard, 1,000m Solid, 400m Easy)
This session is a great way to develop race speed and a strong finishing kick. It is best done on an athletics track.
Wednesday Windtrainer Workout: Tabata
This session is a great way to develop your anaerobic capacity. It is perfect for road cyclists and mountain bikers.
Transforming Tash: Self-Respect
If I had the power to install one attribute 100% into my children and know that it would never falter it would be self-respect. Who are we if we do not have regard for our own respect? We like to…
Blog # 17 – Gaining Sponsorship And Giving Sponsorship Plus ANZAC Day
Hi blog followers, We are definitely getting closer now, which has meant some late nights during the week after training to finalise requirements as we approach the final countdown for my 515 km 3 day endurance event of swimming, cycling…
Best of the Internet for Endurance Athletes: 24 April 2016
Each Sunday I’ll post my ‘best of’ list in a number of categories from the inter-webs. Other weeks can be found here. Technology/Equipment Blogs http://www.dcrainmaker.com/2016/04/sea-otter-2016-power-meter-tidbits-stages-verve-infocrank.html There was plenty of technology being announced at the Sea Otter Mountain Bike Classic this…
Saturday Swim Session: Time Trials
Time Trials are a great tool to measure your performance and then compare to your previous (or future) performances. But the biggest benefit comes from the training stimulus your body receives as a result of doing them.
Friday Fartlek Run: Half Marathon Pyramids
This session is a great way to enhance your speed endurance and is great for half marathon events.
Qwik-View: Naomi & Ash Whitehead (Team SwordFox)
QK: Congratulations to you both and the rest of team Swordfox, for your inspirational performance in the GODZone. Ash, I know you have come from a strong cycling back ground. Have you always been involved with the outdoors or is…
Wednesday Windtainer Workout: 90sec Hill Reps
This session is a great way to develop your anaerobic capacity. It is perfect for road cyclists and mountain bikers but also for Olympic distance and Half Ironman/70.3 triathletes.
Fitness Swimming Training Plan (Intermediate 8 week Plan) 3 swims per week
This programme will build your swimming fitness and develop your confidence and speed in the water even more. Designed for Beginner & Intermediate triathletes and swimmers who are looking to improve their swimming fitness.
Being 8 weeks in duration, this plan progresses through phases to build you to your peak performance.
Prior to using these plans, you should be able to complete swim sessions of 1,500m in distance.