Articles that are of interest and benefit for people training for triathlons
Aerobic fitness is key to success in endurance sports. This aerobic fitness will set you up for success leading onto the bike and run by ensuring you can complete the swim comfortably without draining your energy reserves and leaving you tired for the disciplines that follow. This session helps build your sustained aerobic pace and is great for long distance open-water swimmers and Long Course triathletes.
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VO2 Max sessions are a great way to build your top end speed, with a short rest like this workout has you will also develop your short term tolerance to higher lactic acid levels. This session is great for athletes running 5km & 10km events, as well as sprint and Olympic distance triathletes.
View More Friday Fartlek Run: Garmin VO2 Max B
Short bursts of high intensity riding can enhance your VO2 max. This is the research behind the Martin Gibala series of workouts. With boosted VO2 max, your Functional Threshold Power (FTP) will also increase proportionately. This workout will benefit all endurance cyclists – road, mountain bikers and triathletes.
View More Sunday Smart-Trainer Session: GTN’s Micro Burst Session PLUS!!
Allan Pitman was a legendary Australian Ironman coach (as well as a competitor). This session helps build your sustained aerobic pace and is great for long distance open-water swimmers and Ironman triathletes.
View More Saturday Swim Session: Allan Pitman’s Ironman Swim Session #1
Including a range of running intensity into your training is a great way to build your fitness by boosting your top end speed and also developing your ability to hold a sustained intensity within a single workout. This workout is great for athletes running a 10km or a half marathon, whether as a stand alone event or as part of an Olympic distance triathlon or an Ironman 70.3.
View More Friday Fartlek Run: Tom’s Fartlek Session
This workout is designed to both enhance your aerobic efficiency and improving your pedalling technique. By focusing on your cadence you are developing your ability to spin….. spin to win. This workout is great for all cyclists and will develop your aerobic fitness and your technique.
View More Sunday Smart-Trainer Session: Stu’s Cadence Special A
Pushing yourself at higher intensity will develop your ability to race faster. This brick workout will help build your racing ability. This session is fantastic for building fast biking and running off the bike in preparation for a sprint or Olympic distance triathlon.
View More Monday’s Brick: William Ritter’s Threshold Brick
In the swim leg of a triathlon (or open water swim) there is often some variation in swim intensity. The start of the race will often start at a hectic pace, as people try and jostle for a good position or to get to the first turn buoy in a good position before settling into a more sustainable pace. the pace then picks up again towards the end of the swim. This set builds on that top-end speed you have to enhance your overall performance. This session is great for open-water swimmers and triathletes of all distances.
View More Saturday Swim Session: Range of Intensity
VO2 Max sessions are a great way to build your top end speed, with a short rest like this workout has you will also develop your short term tolerance to higher lactic acid levels. This session is great for athletes running 5km & 10km events, as well as sprint and Olympic distance triathletes.
View More Friday Fartlek Run: Garmin VO2 Max A
Tempo is an intensity that means different things to different athletes and coaches. For me, I define Tempo as an effort comfortably below the Threshold pace. It is the sort of intensity that typically maintained during fast Ironman 70.3 events. It is higher than the aerobic effort of long steady workouts, sort of in the mid-zone between the aerobic and threshold efforts. Spending more than 15-20 minutes at this intensity, helps the body practice clearing the small amount of lactic acid generated at this pace, without needing to slow down to do so. This is a perfect session for triathletes competing in Ironman and Ironman 70.3 distance events.
View More Monday’s Brick: Coach Ray’s Ironman 70.3 Tempo Brick #5