Category: Triathlon Training

Articles that are of interest and benefit for people training for triathlons

Friday Fartlek Run: Phil Mosley’s Hill Rep Run A

Running in hills develops leg strength as well as the strength of the tendons and ligaments around the knee and ankle. Developing leg strength is important, as it makes for a more powerful contraction of the leg muscles to propel you forward faster. Including hills regularly, particularly early in your build up will see great dividends in the improvement of your running. This workout is great to include early in your build up to develop leg strength.

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Monday’s Brick: Harry Palmer’s Sweetspot Brick

Brick sessions are a great training session to help develop the your familiarity both mentally and physically of transitioning from bike to run. This session from a young Ironman pro Harry Palmer is fantastic for building in fast running off the bike in preparation for an Ironman 70.3 (but also beneficial for Ironman preparation).

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Saturday Swim Session: Swim Speed Improver – Session 09

This session sees a focus on repeating your top end speed over multiple sets of 25m to develop your maximum sprint speed. This workout is of benefit to all swimmers (including triathletes and open water swimmers – especially short course triathletes).

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Friday Fartlek Run: Modified Meb’s Marathon Session #2

Meb Keflezighi is a legendary runner. On top of his marathon success, Meb has a Marathon PB of 2:08:37 and was the silver medalist at the 2004 Athens Men’s Olympic Marathon. He was also the winner of the 2009 New York City Marathon and the 2014 Boston Marathon. This workout targets slightly faster than race pace to your body is exposed to and can develop. Although this session targets marathon events specifically, it is also of benefit for runners and triathletes preparing for events from half marathon distance and above.

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Monday’s Brick: Heather Jackson’s Ironman Brick

Brick sessions are a great training session to help develop the your familiarity both mentally and physically of transitioning from bike to run. This session from retired Ironman pro Heather Jackson is fantastic for building in fast running off the bike in preparation for an Ironman.

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Sunday Smart-Trainer Session: Half 10 MOP

Combining both VO2 Max and Threshold intensities into a single session can help bring up your FTP relatively qwikly. This session gives you a bit of exposure to both intensities in a relatively short space of time and is a great session for all cyclists and triathlete who have limited time to train.

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Saturday Swim Session: Ironman 70.3 Swim Success – Week 4

The opening leg of an Ironman 70.3 is an important part of the event. If you swim well you can set yourself up for a good bike and run. Being able to swim efficiently and smoothly will enable you to stay fresh and get onto the bike in a good position. This series of workouts will set you up for success.

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Thursday Training Plan: The Olympic Tri Bike Advantage - Focused Cycling & Brick Sessions to Sharpen Your Race Performance

Thursday Training Plan: The Olympic Tri Bike Advantage – Focused Cycling & Brick Sessions to Sharpen Your Race Performance

🚴‍♀️ The Olympic Tri Bike Advantage 🚴‍♂️
Focused Cycling & Brick Sessions to Sharpen Your Race Performance
Want to crush the bike leg of your next Olympic-distance triathlon and nail your brick runs? This 12-week cycling and brick-focused training plan is designed to give you a powerful edge on race day, allowing you to integrate your own swim and run training while maximizing your bike speed, endurance, and transition strength.

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Sunday Smart-Trainer Session: Half 45/15

Spending time at an intensity you can sustain with a short Rest Interval (RI) can help develop your threshold capability. This workout takes things a bit further stepping the intensity up each set without out altering the Rest Interval (RI), making the workout progressively harder. This session is a great for all cyclists and triathlete who have limited time to train.

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Saturday Swim Session: Swim Speed Improver – Session 08

This session sees a focus on sustaining your top end intensity over sets of 100m and 50m to develop your maximum aerobic capacity. This workout is of benefit to all swimmers (including triathletes and open water swimmers – especially short course triathletes).

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