This is a great workout for developing your VO2 Max within a longer ride. This is perfect for short course triathletes and also road racers and mountain bikers.
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Saturday Swim Session – Test Yourself With a Time Trial
Swimming time trials is a great way to test yourself and measure your progress. Incorporating them into your programme regularly gives you an idea of how your fitness is changing. This workout is perfect for Ironman and Olympic distance triathletes or people doing longer ocean swims.
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Friday Fartlek Run: VO2 Max 10x 3min
The ability to run at your top end intensities will enhance your performance. This session works at your VO2 Max intensity, challenging your anaerobic, as well as your aerobic energy systems. This is a perfect session for runners and triathletes running events up to Half Marathon in distance.
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Thursday Training Plan: 8 Weeks to a FASTER 10k
This programme is one of my staples and works great for pure runners and triathletes racing both sprint and olympic distance. It has been designed for people who run between 35 and 50 minutes currently for 10km and really puts some spark in your legs over the next 8 weeks. To follow this programme effectively I highly recommend some sort of GPS watch like a Garmin and I’ve also included power based workouts if you’ve paired your Garmin with a running power meter like a Stryd.
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Wednesday Windtrainer Workout: Bike Radar’s FTP Improver
This is a great workout for developing your VO2 Max within a longer ride. This is perfect for short course triathletes and also road racers and mountain bikers.
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Saturday Swim Session – Lotza Doubles
Swimming 67m reps (double lengths of a 33⅓ yard or metre pool) with a good rest can develop your speed and swimming them with short rests can develop your endurance. Put lots together within the one workout with a mixture of rest and you can develop speed, endurance and speed endurance. This workout is perfect for Ironman and Olympic distance triathletes or people doing longer ocean swims.
Friday Fartlek Run: VO2 Max 8x 3min
The ability to run at your top end intensities will enhance your performance. This session works at your VO2 Max intensity, challenging your anaerobic, as well as your aerobic energy systems. This is a perfect session for runners and triathletes running events up to Half Marathon in distance.
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Saturday Swim Session: How to Use Broken 200s to Make You Faster
Broken 200s are a great way to incorporate speed and stamina within the same session. This workout is perfect for Ironman and Olympic distance triathletes or people doing longer ocean swims.
Friday Fartlek Run: VO2 Max 6x 3min
The ability to run at your top end intensities will enhance your performance. This session works at your VO2 Max intensity, challenging your anaerobic, as well as your aerobic energy systems. This is a perfect session for runners and triathletes running events up to Half Marathon in distance.
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Thursday Training Plan: Ironman or Open Water Swim PB
I’ve taken my most popular training plan and given it a make over for 2020. I’ve taken the 12 Weeks to an Ironman Swim PB – Swim Faster with Smarter Training and I’ve modified to to expand the programme from 12 weeks and include an option for more than 3 swims per week.
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