Articles that are of interest and benefit for people training for triathlons
Now is the time to get on board and join Qwik Kiwi Coaching for my great training plans to prepare you for Ironman Bolton in 18 weeks. Dubbed one of the UK’s friendliest towns, Bolton is the home of England’s only full-distance IRONMAN. This race is known for its iconic spectator support, incredible North West English bike course scenery, and impressive finish line in the heart of the town centre.
View More Ironman Training Plans – 24 week Ironman Bolton starts 17-Jan-22
Endurance is a critical component of fitness for triathletes and long distance open water swimmers. This is a great session for triathletes and open water swimmers to do to build their top end speed.
View More Saturday Swim Session: Gale Bernhardt’s Endurance 5 Workout
Maintaining a fast pace that can be sustained for 10km is important for events of that duration (especially for triathletes at the end of their event). This session is great for runners and triathletes preparing for a 10km event and will also pay dividends for events up to and including a marathon distance.
View More Friday Fartlek Run: David Warden’s 10km Run Session B
Now is the time to get on board and join Qwik Kiwi Coaching for my great training plans to prepare you for Ironman 70.3 Chattanooga in 18 weeks.
Sunbelt Bakery IRONMAN 70.3 Chattanooga presented by McKee A Family Bakery is known as the Scenic City. The Scenic City, featuring Lookout Mountain, Tennessee River and endless opportunities to explore. This course brings a unique PR setting downriver 1.4 mile swim, epic rollers on the bike through the historic Chickamauga and a run through downtown Chattanooga. From leisurely adventures or epic all day exploration, there’s something for everyone. Endless adventures for all.
This session is designed to enhance your ability to sustain a high steady state effort for an olympic triathlon or a 40km Time Trial event. This session will also be great for any cyclist who will look to do a long breakaway or a tough MtB race with a long steady climb.
View More Wednesday Windtrainer Workout: David Warden’s Olympic Tri Workout B
Challenge Roth is the ultimate Iron-distance event. Having been held in Roth since 1990 (when it was Ironman Germany), with a short course event held since 1984. This event is steeped in history and prestige. Ride up Solarer Berg Hill crammed with crowds. The passion of race director Felix Walchshofer combine to make this event a bucket list triathlon.
View More Ironman Training Plans: 24 week Challenge Roth starts 17-Jan-22
Each week I publish an article on Friday morning of a run workout of the 52 run workouts published in 2021 here are the three most popular workouts as downloaded by readers of my website:
View More 2021’s Top 3 Run Workouts
This session builds the distance of each set and also builds the speed into the session, culminating with your fastest paces at the end of the session. This session is great for swimmers and triathletes preparing for longer, open water swims.
View More Saturday Swim Session: Strong 200s
Lots of short, intense repetitions with short rest periods between can do wonders to increase your VO2 Max. This session is great for runners and triathletes preparing for a 5km event and will also pay dividends for events up to and including a half marathon distance.
View More Friday Fartlek Run: Rebecca Keat’s 3 Sets of 5x 30sec
Are you a regular fitness swimmer?
Do you struggle to find inspiration for a swim workout?
Due to a request to put together a year long training programme for a group of swimmers, I’m now launching Swim 365 to everyone else.
It might be you take the lead for a group of friends who swim together. Maybe you plan the training for a local masters group. Maybe you swim by yourself and need some inspiration for some workouts each week.
Each session will develop all round swimming fitness by improving aerobic efficiency, Distance Per Stroke (DPS), swim speed, lactate tolerance and/or threshold pace.