Thursday Training Plan: Functional Threshold Power (FTP) CYCLING Training Plan (Intermediate 6 week Plan – Start Any Monday
Functional Threshold Power (FTP) is a key determinant of cycling fitness. By enhancing your FTP by definition you will be a fitter, faster cyclist.
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Wednesday Windtrainer Workout: Bike Radar’s Pyramid Scheme
The ability to ride at and sustain threshold intensity will give you an advantage over your competitors and this session develops that physiological trait. This is great for all cyclists including triathletes and mountain bikers.
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UltraHumps switches from the Cameron Brown Award to Erin Baker Award
Hi blog followers and welcome to my final blog of this particular journey before I switch to another journey later that I come up with in consultation with Coach Ray. This seasons journey has seen me focus on the 3 events that make up the Iron Maori / Port of Tauranga Legend Series and the 5 events that make up the Cameron Brown Award. To refresh the memories the Iron Maori / Port of Tauranga Legend Series is made up of the Iron Maori Quarter Ironman in November; the Iron Maori Half Ironman in December; and the Port of Tauranga Enduro Half Ironman in January. These are 3 amazing events about promoting health and wellbeing and a great stepping stone into each other, and a great build into an Ironman if wanting to take that further step.
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Lisa’s Journey, Week 40: My 40th (Week), Feels Like I Should Have Cake & A Party…
40 weeks, 280 days, approximately nine months since starting this blog and journey. I can’t say this blog gets any easier to write, but the journey does somewhat. My only hope is someone reads it and if they haven’t started their journey that they do. You… do!!
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Mike’s Middle Distance Magic: Tri Season Is Approaching Fast!
It’s March, which means in the UK we are one month away from the start of the tri season. This winter training block has really…
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Ali’s Adventure – The Female Athlete
This is not a sob story post, or an icky post. More of a ‘understand your own physiology’ post. As a woman trying to train to the best of my ability, it has been important to learn a few things about how my body is affected by monthly hormone changes (more so now I’m into the 40+ category) and how that in turn affects how and when I can train, and the adaptations I have to make during the different phases. In addition to that, I have recently learnt about nutrition and the female body, and how vital this can really be week to week.
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Chef Ray: Roasted Cauliflower Salad
This salad is qwik and simple to prepare and ensures that cauliflower is never boring. Although I’m not a qualified chef I do like to…
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Saturday Swim Session: Swim Golf to Improve Your Efficiency
If you can improve your efficiency you will swim faster and longer more easily. This session utilises Swim Golf to improve your efficiency and is perfect for Ironman and Olympic distance triathletes or people doing longer Ocean Swims.
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Book of the Month March – The Runner’s Edge
Millions of runners use Speed & Distance devices, and serious participants know that the technology can provide an edge over the competition. The Runner’s Edge unlocks the mystery and potential of these devices. Speed & Distance device pioneer, Stephen McGregor, teams up with Runners World/Triathlete writer Matt Fitzgerald to instruct athletes to use digital running technology to reach new levels and personal best times. Includes sample training plans for 5K, 10K, half-marathon and marathon runners.
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Friday Fartlek Run: 30min Time Trial
I utilise this session mainly with Ultra- and Trail runners where I measure their intensity with Heart Rate. Although the purpose of this session is to assess their fitness, it also provides a great training stimulus and can be used for success with all runners including triathletes.
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