Tri Swim Coach

Saturday Swim Session: Millions of Hundreds, Hundreds of Free for Mortals

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.

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Run Fartlek

Friday Fartlek Run: Hiruni Wijayaratne’s Pre-Marathon Speedwork

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.

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Windtrainer

Wednesday Windtrainer Workout: Myers & Allen’s Over Unders

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.

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Functional Threshold Power

Tuesday Training Plan: Cycling FTP Power Boost Training Plan (Intermediate 16 week Plan)

As you work your way through this training programme you’ll build your Functional Threshold Power (FTP). With regular FTP tests every 4 weeks you’ll be able to measure and see your progress. Designed for Intermediate cyclists and triathletes who have at least 16 weeks prior to their event. This plan is to prepare you to COMPETE in YOUR event at a higher level than you previously have.

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80/20 Triathlon

Periodisation in an 80/20 Triathlon or Running World

Arguably Matt Fitzgerald’s most famous books about training derive their methodology from Dr Stephen Seiler’s research. 80/20 Running and 80/20 Triathlon are immensely popular books. This is a summary of the periodisation concepts from them.

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