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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.
Designed for an intermediate runner aiming to run their 10km in the range of 35 – 50min. The primary goal of this training plan is to prepare you to RUN FASTER.
This is a big, solid session with reps of both 150m and 100m to build your endurance. This session is great for swimmers and triathletes preparing for longer, open water swims.
View More Saturday Swim Session: Brent Bergstedt’s Monster Base Session
Running high intensity hill reps will to 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 marathon but also provide benefits for athletes doing longer events.
View More Friday Fartlek Run: Jacqui’s Urban Fit 20/30/45 Hill Reps
Riding at your VO2 Max will help develop your ability to time trial and to ride long climbs. This session will help you develop that and is great for all cyclists including triathletes and mountain bikers.
View More Wednesday Windtrainer Workout: Justin Chester TriCoach’s Four-Minute Trainer Intervals
This bike & run programme will see you improve your overall cycling and running fitness in 16 weeks time.
The programme is designed to be conducted in conjunction with a swim programme (available through Qwik Kiwi Coaching or if you are training with your local Master’s or other swim squad).
This is a big, solid session with reps of 150m to build your endurance. This session is great for swimmers and triathletes preparing for longer, open water swims.
View More Saturday Swim Session: OU’s Mid-Summer Distance Set
Running 1,000m reps are long enough to tap into endurance (especially with a short rest) and also short enough to tax your VO2 Max, but it can also be a great way of predicting your 10km pace. This is a perfect session for runners and triathletes running events between 5km & 10km.
View More Friday Fartlek Run: Sweat Elite’s 10k Predictor B
Riding at your VO2 Max will help develop your ability to time trial and to ride long climbs. This session will help you develop that and is great for all cyclists including triathletes and mountain bikers.
View More Wednesday Windtrainer Workout: 30-20-10 Intervals H
As you follow the programme you will find yourself swimming your 1,500m faster. Now whether that is a PB or not will depend on how fast you have swum in the past, but it will definitely be faster at the end of the 4 weeks than it is now. With this programme people improve on average nearly 2 minutes, with some people improving by over 10%.
View More Tuesday Training Plan: 4 weeks to a Faster 1500m with only two 2km per week (25m/50m Pool)
This is a steady endurance building session. This session has been designed for swimmers and triathletes returning to the pool who are wanting to further develop their endurance.
View More Saturday Swim Session: Swim Smooth’s Perfect Pyramid