Saturday Swim Session: Yuri’s Broken Set For Mortals
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.
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Friday Fartlek Run: Culpepper’s Long Intervals #3
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.
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Loading Your Workout From TrainingPeaks To Your Garmin Device
Ever wanted to know how to load workouts from TrainingPeaks onto your Garmin device?
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Wednesday Windtrainer Workout: Meredith Kessler’s Hour of Power
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.
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Tuesday Training Plan: 24 week Ironman Bike & Run Training Plan
As you work your way through this training programme you’ll build your fitness and develop your ability leading towards an Ironman event.
Designed for Intermediate Ironman triathletes who have at least 24 weeks prior to their event. This plan is to prepare you to COMPETE in YOUR event at a higher level than you previously have.
Jill Sterkel’s Periodisation for Swimmers
This weeks instalment in my series of articles about periodisation looks at how swim coaches apply methodologies around periodisation principles. Jill Sterkel was the Woman’s Head Swimming and Diving Coach for the Texas Longhorn’s at the University of Texas at Austin for 16 years in the 90’s and 2000’s. She was also a gold medal winning Olympian in 1976 in Montreal and also achieved two bronze medals in the 1988 Seoul Olympics. Jill Sterkel wrote the chapter on Long- and Short- Range Planning in The Swim Coaching Bible that is endorsed by the World Swimming Coaches Association.
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Chef Ray – Macaroni Cheese
A new and healthy twist on this classic recipe.
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Saturday Swim Session: Yuri’s Broken Set
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.
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Friday Fartlek Run: Phil Mosley’s Speedwork Run
Combining a range of intensities within a single workout can challenge the body in ways where a pure Threshold or VO2 max run wont. Here is a way to combine both threshold and VO2 max pace within a single workout to challenge you more. This session is great for runners and triathletes especially those running up to half marathon.
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Thursday Training Plan – 12 week Buller Gorge Marathon & Half Marathon Training Plans
The Buller Gorge full and half marathon is a great event held each February. When you cross the finish line you will have achieved something special at this great event. This is one of the more scenic marathons around. Programmes designed for either beginner or intermediate runners who are looking to complete either the half or the full marathon, these plans will help you achieve your goals.
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