Time Trials are a great tool to measure your performance and then compare it to your previous (or future) performances. But the biggest benefit comes…
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Testimonial: Shayne Nation
Having not done any swimming since my last Ironman race 6 years prior, and battling a back injury in which I was facing surgery, I decided to take on the Lake Taupo Across Lake Swim to help with motivation to train and get in shape.
Ray has coached me through numerous endurance events, including two Ironman races, and so I approached him once again for help with this swim. In the 8 weeks Ray had to coach me, he programmed training that not only got me over the finish line, but also consistently took into consideration any difficulty I came across with my back injury.
12 Weeks to an Iron-Distance Swim PB: Week 8
Over the coming 12 weeks, I will post a series of workouts building your swim fitness as you prepare for either Challenge Wanaka (18 Feb) or Ironman NZ (04 Mar).…
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12 Weeks to an Iron-Distance Swim PB: Week 7
Over the coming 12 weeks, I will post a series of workouts building your swim fitness as you prepare for either Challenge Wanaka (18 Feb) or Ironman NZ (04 Mar).…
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12 Weeks to an Iron-Distance Swim PB: Week 6
Over the coming 12 weeks, I will post a series of workouts building your swim fitness as you prepare for either Challenge Wanaka (20 Feb) or Ironman NZ (05 Mar).…
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12 Weeks to an Iron-Distance Swim PB: Week 5
Over the coming 12 weeks, I will post a series of workouts building your swim fitness as you prepare for either Challenge Wanaka (18 Feb) or Ironman NZ (04 Mar).…
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12 Weeks to an Iron-Distance Swim PB: Week 4
Over the coming 12 weeks, I will post a series of workouts building your swim fitness as you prepare for either Challenge Wanaka (18 Feb)…
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Saturday Swim Session: Broken Sets
This session will develop your swimming speed and stamina concurrently by combining both components of fitness within one workout. Use them to swim faster in…
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Saturday Swim Sessions: 4 Weeks to a Faster 1,500m with only 4km per Week – Week 4
This is the final post out of a four-part series to improve your 1,500m swim time over 4 weeks with only 4km of swimming per week. The first one can be found here, the second here and the third can be found here. In each post, you will get two 2,000m to swim workouts. The sessions are best suited to doing on a Saturday and Wednesday or 3-4 days apart.
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How fast can you swim 1,500m?
This session will set your benchmark for you to see how much you can improve your time by. This workout combined with those of the coming weeks will give you the training stimulus to improve your 1,500m time. Once completed record this time in the comments section below.
This is the first session as we build your fitness to a new 1,500m PB. Remember to start with this session and then in three-four days time do the next session that will be sent through to you in a few days time.
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