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Spending time at race pace or intensity is essential to success on race day. This brick session helps you dial in your race pace ready to perform. This session is perfect for Ironman 70.3 athletes but can also be of benefit for Ironman athletes.
View More Monday’s Brick: Lance Watson’s Ironman 70.3 Brick C
I wanted a workout for an athlete of mine that tested their legs whilst fatigued. With only an hour available, I needed to get their fatigue levels relatively high, relatively qwikly prior to the set of threshold intervals. This is what I developed. Although I used RAMP Test in the title for the workout, it’s not a true RAMP test and we restrict the maximum intensity to allow you the opportunity to complete the threshold intervals. This session is great for triathletes, and road cyclists. It can also be beneficial for mountain bikers, especially for events that are about an hour in duration such as a 40km Time Trial or the bike leg of an Olympic Distance Triathlon.
View More Sunday Smart-Trainer Session: RAMP Test Threshold Session #1
Build your top end speed with some shorter, faster reps pays dividends, not just with your speed but also your overall fitness. This session will benefit triathletes of all distances, as well as other open-water swimmers.
View More Saturday Swim Session: Tour de Cure Session 5
At the end of the day when you are racing, speed is what counts. The faster you run, well….the faster you run. To devlop speed you need to practise running fast (and have a range of other physiological components). This session is designed to develop your pure speed and is great for 5km runners and sprint distance triathletes.
View More Friday Fartlek Run: Steve Trew’s Running Faster and Faster Workout
Dave Scott likes to use the standard duathlon for long bricks. by dividing the run into two segments makes it a little easier on the body. This session is great for early season Ironman athletes as they build into their biggest weeks.
View More Monday’s Brick: Dave Scott’s Ironman “Duathlon” Brick A
This session is a great way to develop your anaerobic capacity and leg strength within the same workout. It is perfect for road cyclists and mountain bikers but also for Olympic distance and Half Ironman/70.3 triathletes.
View More Sunday Smart-Trainer Session: 6x 90sec Hill Reps
The opening leg of an Ironman 70.3 is an important part of the event. If you swim well you can set yourself up for a good bike and run. Being able to swim efficiently and smoothly will enable you to stay fresh and get onto the bike in a good position. This series of workouts will set you up for success.
View More Saturday Swim Session: Ironman 70.3 Swim Success – Taper Week
Tempo is an intensity that means different things to different athletes and coaches. For me, I define Tempo as an effort comfortably below the Threshold pace. It is the sort of intensity that if you had to you could maintain for a duration longer than a half marathon. It is higher than the aerobic running pace, sort of in the mid-zone between the two levels. Spending more than 15-20 minutes at this intensity, helps the body practice clearing the small amount of lactic acid generated at this pace, without needing to slow down to do so. This is a perfect session for runners and triathletes running events up to full marathons and further.
View More Friday Fartlek Run: Phil Mosley’s Tempo Run A
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Spending time at race pace or intensity is essential to success on race day. This brick session helps you dial in your race pace ready to perform. This session is perfect for Ironman 70.3 athletes but can also be of benefit for Ironman athletes.
View More Monday’s Brick: Lance Watson’s Ironman 70.3 Brick B