Swimming harder doesn’t always mean racing faster in an Ironman. Learn why a controlled, efficient swim can conserve valuable energy for the bike and marathon. By pacing wisely, staying relaxed, and focusing on efficiency, you can exit the water ready to perform strongly throughout the rest of your race.
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Many triathletes train harder than necessary, turning easy sessions into moderate efforts and carrying unnecessary fatigue into key workouts. Learn why smarter intensity control, genuine recovery, and a clear distinction between hard and easy training can improve consistency, reduce injury risk, and ultimately help you become a stronger triathlete.
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Starting your marathon too fast can turn a great race into a difficult final 10 kilometres. Learn why conservative early pacing saves energy, how to resist race-day adrenaline, and why starting slower than you think can give you the best opportunity to finish your marathon strongly.
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Build endurance and improve your bike-to-run transition with this simple 90-minute brick workout. Combining a controlled Level II bike with a Level II run, this session teaches you to pace the bike wisely, transition efficiently and settle into your running rhythm while developing valuable triathlon-specific aerobic fitness for race day.
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Learn how to set accurate training zones for swimming, cycling and running using pace, power and heart rate. Coach Ray explains CSS, cycling FTP, threshold heart rate and running tests, helping you establish personalised Levels I–V, choose the right intensity metric and keep your zones aligned with your current fitness.
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Learn how to pace the bike smarter in your next triathlon. Discover why riding too hard can compromise your run, how controlled effort protects your legs, and why smart pacing and effective fuelling can help you finish stronger. Your fastest overall triathlon doesn’t always require your fastest bike split.
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When real life gets in the way, your training plan needs to adapt. Coach Ray shares five practical rules for adjusting workouts, handling missed sessions, protecting recovery and maintaining consistency. Learn how to swap, shorten or occasionally drop sessions without derailing your progress or compromising the purpose of your training.
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Build power progressively with Emily’s Short Mix Minus, a 33-minute Smart-Trainer Session that moves from Level III through Level IV to Level V. With an improved 10-minute warm-up and cool-down, this workout challenges cyclists and triathletes to control their pacing, manage increasing intensity and finish strongly under fatigue.
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Build endurance, pacing and speed with this week’s Saturday Swim Session. Starting with longer controlled efforts before progressing to shorter, faster repetitions, this workout teaches you to increase intensity while maintaining efficient freestyle technique. Choose from three distance options designed for recreational swimmers, masters swimmers and age-group triathletes alike.
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Starting running is challenging for everyone, and that’s completely normal. Discover why the first week often feels the hardest, how your body adapts to training, and why consistency matters more than motivation. Learn how trusting the process can help you build confidence, fitness and a lifelong love of running.
View More Why the First Week of Running Feels So Hard (And Why That’s Completely Normal)