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Spending a large amount of time swimming at or near your threshold pace and mixing in a bit of faster (or slower) swimming will develop not only your ability to sustain pace, but also give your VO2 max a boost. This session is great for swimmers and triathletes preparing for longer, open water swims.
View More Saturday Swim Session: Millions of Hundreds, Hundreds of Free for Mortals
Hiruni Wijayaratne is Sri Lanka’s most decorated distance athlete. She has PBs of 4:30.89 for the mile, 16:17 for 5km, 33:55 for 10km, 74:07 for a half and 2:34:10 for a full marathon. This session develops speed on tired legs. This session is great for runners and triathletes especially those running a half marathon or longer.
View More Friday Fartlek Run: Hiruni Wijayaratne’s Pre-Marathon Speedwork
Riding at a changing intensity even if a small fluctuation in effort prepares for the realities of riding in the real world. Long distance athletes spend the majority of their race riding at Tempo, this session prepares you for that. This session is great for Ironman and Ironman 70.3 athletes but all triathletes, road cyclists (particularly longer time trialists and those likely to attempt a breakaway) and mountain bikers will also benefit from the fitness it develops.
View More Wednesday Windtrainer Workout: Myers & Allen’s Over Unders
Spending a large amount of time swimming at or near your threshold pace and mixing in a bit of faster (or slower) swimming will develop not only your ability to sustain pace, but also give your VO2 max a boost. This session is great for swimmers and triathletes preparing for longer, open water swims.
View More Saturday Swim Session: Millions of Hundreds, Hundreds of Free
Showing your body race pace efforts is important for developing pacing control for your event. These intervals are great for developing your race speed for a half marathon or longer. This session is great for runners and triathletes especially those running a half marathon or longer.
View More Friday Fartlek Run: Matt Dixon’s 70.3 Run Intervals
Longer intervals at threshold effort will develop your ability to buffer lactic acid and receover qwikker. This session is great for Ironman 70.3 athletes but all triathletes, road cyclists (particularly longer time trialists and those likely to attempt a breakaway) and mountain bikers will also benefit from the fitness it develops.
View More Wednesday Windtrainer Workout: Patrick McCrann’s 70.3 Intervals
This programme will build your swimming fitness and develop your confidence and speed in the water even more. Designed for Beginner & Intermediate triathletes and swimmers who are looking to improve their swimming fitness.
View More Tuesday Training Plan: Fitness Swimming Training Plan (Intermediate 8 week Plan) 3 swims per week
Katie Ledecky dominated female distance swimming setting the World Record in the 400m, 800m and 1,500m Freestyle, and won five Olympic Gold Medals and 15 World Championships, more than any other female swimmer. This session was a staple leading into major championship events, and will benefit any triathlete or open water swimmer.
View More Saturday Swim Session: Yuri’s Broken Set For Mortals
Building your top end speed is important. The best way to do this is to ensure that you have a good rest between reps and can continue to run at that top end speed. This session is great for runners and triathletes especially those running 5-10km events.
View More Friday Fartlek Run: Culpepper’s Long Intervals #3
Using repeated short threshold intervals with shorter rest periods will increase your aerobic capacity and are of immense benefit to endurance athletes. This session is great for triathletes, road cyclists (particularly longer time trialists and those likely to attempt a breakaway) and mountain bikers.
View More Wednesday Windtrainer Workout: Meredith Kessler’s Hour of Power