Articles that are of interest and benefit for people training for triathlons
Running high-intensity hill reps will tax your VO2 Max, if you allow yourself enough recovery as a result this will really bring about a big jump in your top-end speed. This is a perfect session for runners and triathletes running events up to half marathons but also provides benefits for athletes doing longer events.
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A brick session is a great way to develop your body for transitioning from one discipline to the next. This session utilises multiple transitions in qwik succession to build your exposure and experience to running off the bike at higher intensities.
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Training at a range of intensities within a short period of time, provides the body with a great training stimulus to promote improvements in fitness. Some of the reps within this workout are done at a low cadence to work on strength and the other half of them are done at a more traditional race-like cadence. There is a wide variety of stimuli within this workout that it will provide fitness for all cyclists (road, triathlon and MtB) and although very non-specific is best suited to the off-season.
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To be an elite-level triathlete you need an exceptional aerobic base. Miles Stewart was well-known as an elite triathlete in the 1990s and into the 2000s. He had an exceptional aerobic base, built by consistent training and a large volume combined with speed. The focus of this session was developing his aerobic base. This session is good for triathletes, as well as open-water swimmers.
This week I’ll take you through what Miles Stewart did, in a fortnight’s time I’ve modified the workout for us mere mortals to be able to complete with the normal three options I publish.
This session is great to develop speed for runners aiming for an event between 5km and a marathon distance.
View More Friday Fartlek Run – 5x 5min Threshold 90sec RI
A brick session is a great way to develop your body for the rigors of transitioning from one discipline to the next. This session comes from Sue Latshaw, a pro triathlete in the mid-90, and is great for Sprint and Olympic distance triathletes.
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Workouts that provide high training stress on your body provide a lot of fitness improvements. This workout provides repeated efforts at close to or above your VO2 max and is perfect for short-course triathletes, road cyclists, and mountain bikers.
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A mixed Interval swim provides a range of intensities in order to enhance your fitness. This session is good for triathletes, as well as open-water swimmers.
View More Saturday Swim Session – 80/20 Swim Mixed Intervals #1
This session is a great way to enhance your power and leg strength from running 5 km through to the half marathon. Sisyphus was a greedy and deceitful Greek king who got sentenced to roll a boulder up a hill, to then watch it roll back down before repeating again until eternity. This session is a bit like that, but it doesn’t go on to eternity.
View More Friday Fartlek Session: Double Sisyphus Session
A brick session is a great way to develop your body for the rigours of transitioning from one discipline to the next. This session comes from a triathlon legend Mark Allen and is great for sprint and Olympic distance triathletes.
View More Monday’s Brick: Heather Blackmon’s Olympic Brick