Articles that are of interest and benefit for people training for triathlons
Mixed sets with a variety of speeds will allow you to develop your top end speed, as well as your threshold speed. This is a great session for open water swimmers and triathletes who compete over longer distances.
View More Saturday Swim Session: The Swim Academy Session #4
This is a great session to further develop your specific strength. Hill reps are an important training session for all runners, as well as triathletes to make you faster. This session is perfect for runners and triathletes running up to 10km in distance.
View More Friday Fartlek Run – GTN’s Top 5km Workout Hill Session
Making improvements in aerobic endurance and efficiency occur predominantly at moderate intensities below lactate threshold. This session is great for triathletes, road cyclists, and mountain bikers.
View More Wednesday Windtrainer Workout: Cycling Plus’ Aerobic Blast
Endurance is a critical component of fitness for triathletes and long distance open water swimmers. The reps within this session build your pace to develop the skill and mindset to finish an open water swim or swim leg of a triathlon fast. This is a great session for triathletes and open water swimmers to do to build their sustained speed.
View More Saturday Swim Session: Gale Bernhardt’s Endurance 12 Workout
Meb Keflezighi is a legendary runner. On top of his marathon success, Meb has a Marathon PB of 2:08:37 and was the silver medalist at the 2004 Athens Men’s’ Olympic Marathon. He was also the winner of the 2009 New York City marathon and the 2014 Boston Marathon. This workout targets slightly faster than race pace to your body is exposed to and can develop. Although this session targets marathon events specifically, it is also of benefit for runners and triathletes preparing for events from half marathon distance and above.
View More Friday Fartlek Run: Meb’s Marathon Session #1
Using VO2 Max intervals will increase your aerobic capacity and are of immense benefit to endurance athletes. This session is great for triathletes, road cyclists, and mountain bikers.
View More Wednesday Windtrainer Workout: Jesper Medhus’ More Intervals
Mixed sets of longer fast swims with shorter, harder reps following them are great for developing sustained speed. Especially for open water swimmers and triathletes who compete over longer distances. This session is great for developing that speed.
View More Saturday Swim Session: The Swim Academy Session #3
This is a great session to further develop your speed. Speed work is an important training session for all runners, as well as triathletes to make you faster. This session is perfect for runners and triathletes running up to 10km in distance.
View More Friday Fartlek Run – GTN’s Top 5km Workout Speed Two
This session is great for developing leg power and anaerobic tolerance at the same time. This type of workout is best done prior to a planned peak (at least a week out from a key event). This session is great for sprint triathletes, road cyclists, and mountain bikers.
View More Wednesday Windtrainer Workout: Michael Jacques’ Anaerobic Power
Endurance is a critical component of fitness for triathletes and long distance open water swimmers. The reps within this session build your pace to develop the skill and mindset to finish an open water swim or swim leg of a triathlon fast. This is a great session for triathletes and open water swimmers to do to build their sustained speed.
View More Saturday Swim Session: Gale Bernhardt’s Endurance 11 Workout