Articles that are of interest and benefit for people training for triathlons
Combining duration/distance of reps with a couple of different intensities of swimming can bring on some great fitness enhancements. This session is great for triathletes, as well as open water swimmers. It can also be a great addition during the off season for pool swimmers.
View More Saturday Swim Session: Paul Regensburg’s Aerobic Power Set
Short intense reps with an even shorter Rest Interval (RI) between reps are a great way to enhance your Threshold running. This session is great for runners from 10km to half marathon runners, including triathletes.
View More Friday Fartlek Run: David Cannon’s Progressive Run
Short, sharp sessions are great for developing your VO2 Max and top-end speed. This is great for triathletes, road cyclists, and mountain bikers.
View More Sunday Smart-Trainer Session: UltraFit’s Intervals A
Including some threshold work can be of great benefit as it puts significant pressure on you to maintain your technique whilst challenging your cardiovascular system to improve. Scott Molina recommends a session similar to this once per week during your off season and perhaps two to three times per week during the session. This session is good for Olympic distance and Ironman 70.3 triathletes, as well as open water swimmers. It can also be a great addition during the off season for pool swimmers.
View More Saturday Swim Session: Scott Molina’s Technique & Tempo Session
This session was designed for runners and triathletes who are short on time and want to boost their speed and fitness.
View More Friday Fartlek Run: The Run Experience Intervals to Boost Your Speed!
The purpose of this form, is to assist with your final mental preparation for a triathlon. It will guide you through developing your race plan, as well as assisting you to plan ahead to the what if scenarios that may (but hopefully don’t) unfold for you during the triathlon.
View More Triathlon Self Psych Form
Developing your VO2 max without overdoing things will give great fitness benefits, but doing too many intervals at high intensity will force the body to recover, limiting and restricting further fitness gains. This session includes efforts at both Level IV to give a bit of a pre-fatigue effect before hitting you with some Level V efforts. This session is great for triathletes, road cyclists, and mountain bikers.
View More Sunday Smart-Trainer Session: Jesper Medhus Day 12 Workout
Testing yourself with max efforts is a great way to develop your speed with an appropriate training stimulus. This is a great session for triathletes and open water swimmers to do to build their speed.
View More Saturday Swim Session: Colin Izzard’s Power Burst Workout
1 kilometre reps are a simple workout that can help both novices and elites.. This session is great for runners from half marathon runners, especially triathletes aiming for an Ironman 70.3.
View More Friday Fartlek Run: Lisa’s 1km Reps
The purpose of this form, is to assist with your final mental preparation for the Coast to Coast. It will guide you through developing your race plan, as well as assisting you to plan ahead to the what if scenarios that may (but hopefully don’t) unfold for you during the Coast to Coast.
View More Ironman Self Psych Form