Articles that are of interest and benefit for people training for triathlons
Tempo is a very important pace to include within a workout to build your ability to sustain pace. Within this workout, you increase the pace with each rep compared to the previous rep, running faster and faster as the workout progresses. All runners (and triathletes) can benefit from this higher intensity of training, especially athletes with events from 10km out to a marathon.
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Sweet Spot is an intensity that is just below your Functional Threshold Power (FTP). 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: Nate Wilson’s Sub-Threshold/Sweet Spot Workout #1
Research shows that intervals with a range of intensities develop greater training benefits. This session has intervals at Level V initially before settling at Level IV to generate these benefits. This session is great for all cyclists including triathletes and mountain bikers.
View More Wednesday Windtrainer Workout: VO2max Long Interval Sandwiches
Completing the Ironman Swim in under 60 minutes is a significant achievement. Consistent pacing and sustained effort is the key to achieving this goal. This is a great session for triathletes and open water swimmers to do to build their sustained speed.
View More Saturday Swim Session: GTN’s Sub-Hour Ironman Swim Session #2
As with last weeks run which targeted multiple intensities, today’s run is an over-under style of session with intervals mixing up intensities very close to your threshold giving you a good boost of fitness. All runners (and triathletes) can benefit from this higher intensity of training, especially athletes with events from 10km out to a marathon.
View More Friday Fartlek Run: Zwift Academy Tri 2020 Threshold Builder
Research shows that intervals with a range of intensities develop greater training benefits. This session has intervals at Level V initially before settling at Level IV to generate these benefits. This session is great for all cyclists including triathletes and mountain bikers.
View More Wednesday Windtrainer Workout: Zwift Academy Tri 2020 VO2max Long Intervals
This 8 week programme will take you through challenging sessions that will build your fitness and speed in order to run 10km faster at the end of the programme.
View More Tuesday Training Plan: 8 Weeks to a Faster 10km RUNNING
Completing the Ironman Swim in under 60 minutes is a significant achievement. Today at Ironman NZ plenty of people will be trying to achieve this milestone. Consistent pacing and sustained effort is the key to achieving this goal. This is a great session for triathletes and open water swimmers to do to build their sustained speed.
View More Saturday Swim Session: GTN’s Sub-Hour Ironman Swim Session #1
This is a great session that targets multiple energy systems with reps of a three minute duration followed by a higher intensity. All runners (and triathletes) can benefit from this higher intensity of training, especially athletes with events between 5 and 10km in distance.
View More Friday Fartlek Run: Kiwi Running Show’s Split Session
FTP is a key determinant of your ability to maintain a high effort. The short rest of with in this workout doesn’t allow you much recovery and assists to develop your FTP. This session is great for all cyclists including triathletes and mountain bikers.
View More Wednesday Windtrainer Workout: Zwift Academy Tri 2020 FTP Development