Articles that are of interest and benefit for people training for triathlons
Your FTP is your ability to sustain an effort for about an hour. Your long endurance riding is done at a percentage below this. If you Increase your FTP with intervals of this nature by default you also improve your ability to ride for longer. This is a perfect workout for for all cyclists including mountain bikers and triathletes.
View More Wednesday Windtrainer Workout: Evan’s Cycles FTP Increaser
Rachel Joyce often is the first out of the water at events she races. She ahs finished runner up at Kona twice and also won the ITU World Long Distance Champs. This is an epic set she has used successfully in her Kona build ups and is great for developing race speed and stamina. This session is perfect for Ironman and Olympic distance triathletes or people doing longer Ocean Swims.
View More Saturday Swim Session: Rachel Joyce’s Pre-Kona Swim Set
Building consistency at race pace is an important skill for all runners regardless of race distance. This is a session Eliud Kipchoge did a couple of weeks ago in the build up to this weekends attempt at running a marathon under 2 hours. This session is great for runners and triathletes running events up to Marathon distance and longer.
View More Friday Fartlek Run: Eliud Kipchoge’s Track Session before #INEOS159
This workout develops a number of physiological traits. There is a steady state portion of the workout that builds your ability to maintain an aerobic effort. Then there is a high intensity portion that will surge lactic acid levels within the blood, before a very brief recovery prior to doing it all again. This is a perfect workout for for all cyclists including mountain bikers and triathletes.
View More Wednesday Windtrainer Workout: Evan’s Cycles Power Burst
With a series of 50’s done with minimal rest, you get a great aerobic training stimulus. As you work through this session you get more rest and can apply more speed to the reps and your 50m times should get faster. This session is perfect for Ironman and Olympic distance triathletes or people doing longer Ocean Swims.
View More Saturday Swim Session: Matt Chrabot’s 40x 50m
Developing speed for marathons and longer is important as it can boost your tolerant to lactic acid and help you run faster for longer. This session is great for runners and triathletes running events up to Marathon distance and longer.
View More Friday Fartlek Run: Jerry Snider’s Marathon Mile Repeats
The ability to maintain a steady state high intensity effort. This is the effort that you maintain in a 40km Time Trial or similar. This workout will build your ability to sustain a higher intensity and develop tolerance to lactic acid. This is a perfect workout for for all cyclists including mountain bikers and triathletes.
View More Wednesday Windtrainer Workout: Cyclist.co.uk’s Sweetspot Session
100’s are such a great swim distance especially if you keep the Rest Interval short and sweet. This session is perfect for Ironman and Olympic distance triathletes or people doing longer Ocean Swims.
View More Saturday Swim Session: Death By 100’s
Building your VO2 Max will develop your faster running.. This session is great for runners and triathletes running events up to Half Marathon and by especially 5-10km events.
View More Friday Fartlek Run: Vicky Holland’s Key Run Set
This session focuses and builds your ability to maintain a high steady pace effort. This is a perfect workout for for all cyclists including mountain bikers and triathletes.
View More Wednesday Windtrainer Workout: Cycling Weekly’s Threshold Session