This is a hard VO2 Max workout that develops your ability to sustain your top end intensity and enhances your ability to run fast. This is a beneficial workout that all runners, as well as triathletes, will gain from.
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Sweet Spot is an intensity that is just below your Functional Threshold Power (FTP). This workout is targeted at Ironman 70.3 race pace, i.e. what you can sustain for the 90km/56miles and then still get off and run. At this intensity you get the physiological benefits without the level of the fatigue of higher intensity sessions. This session is great for all cyclists including triathletes and mountain bikers.
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Endurance is a critical component of fitness for triathletes and long distance open water swimmers. The reps within this session replicate changes of pace within an open water swim race or triathlon. This is a great session for triathletes and open water swimmers to do to build their sustained speed.
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Peter Elliott liked to run this session in the week before a major event. He would use it as a sharpening session. Peter had a 1,500m PB of 3:32.69, 1 mile of 3:49.20 and 800m of 1:42.97. He won silver in the 1,500m at the 1988 Seoul Olympics and gold at the 1990 Auckland Commonwealth Games in the 1,500m. This session is great for runners up to 5km, as well as triathletes.
View More Friday Fartlek Run – Peter Elliott’s Killer Session #2
Sweet Spot is an intensity that is just below your Functional Threshold Power (FTP). This workout is targeted at Ironman 70.3 race pace, i.e. what you can sustain for the 90km/56miles and then still get off and run. At this intensity you get the physiological benefits without the level of the fatigue of higher intensity sessions. This session is great for all cyclists including triathletes and mountain bikers.
View More Wednesday Windtrainer Workout – Endurance Project’s Favourite Zwift Workout
Putting together a plan to return to sport post-COVID can be a challenging experience, especially with the desire to avoid “long COVID”.
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Endurance is a critical component of fitness for triathletes and long distance open water swimmers. The reps within this session replicate changes of pace within an open water swim race or triathlon. This is a great session for triathletes and open water swimmers to do to build their sustained speed.
View More Saturday Swim Session: Gale Bernhardt’s Endurance 8 Workout
Peter Elliott liked to run this session four times during the winter to test himself and see how his fitness was developing. He reported that a sponsor once came to the track to observe this session and at the end of it whilst Peter was sprawled on the track with lactic acid in his blood stream, the sponsor tried calling an ambulance for him!!!! Peter had a 1,500m PB of 3:32.69, 1 mile of 3:49.20 and 800m of 1:42.97. He won silver in the 1,500m at the 1988 Seoul Olympics and gold at the 1990 Auckland Commonwealth Games in the 1,500m. This session is great for runners up to 5km, as well as triathletes.
View More Friday Fartlek Run: Peter Elliott’s Killer Session #1
Swimming at an aerobic pace and then at a higher intensity trains and prepares the body to swim faster towards the end of a race. These sessions seek inspiration from a workout that was reportedly conducted by Janet Evans, who won multiple Olympic swimming medals. This is a great session for triathletes and open water swimmers to do to build their sustained speed.
View More Saturday Swim Session: Janet Evans’ Actual Step-Up Session
This workout came from some research published in the Journal of Applied Physiology. The research showed that experienced runners improved their 5km time by 4% over 7 weeks. This session is great for runners from 5km to 10km, especially triathletes.
View More Friday Fartlek Run – 3 sets 5x 30-20-10