Question:
A number of triathletes in our triathlon
group club have become disgruntled
at the workouts and overall training
strategy. Our club is a smaller
one that mixes age group, masters,
and triathlon training all into
one.
Problem:
Workouts are geared to the Age groupers
on the umption that you would attend
8-10 workouts a week. What triathlete
can do this ??? The AM workouts
are long course with 100 metre repeats
with the afternoon workouts being
even shorter.
Question:
What kind of workouts do you get
in your triathlon/masters club geared
at long distance swim races and
triathlon events. We will probably
approach the club executive asking
for workouts structured for triathletes,
but first would like to know the
training structure and workouts
of other clubs. Any imformation
appreciated.
Answer:
Here are some of the workouts I
like:
1. 100/200/300/400[/500
optional]/400/300/200/100, all on
the same interval per
100 (e.g., 100 on 1:20, 200 on 2:40,
etc.).
2. 15x100
on short rest (10 seconds; e.g.,
on 1:15, come in around 1:08).
3. 8x200
on short rest (e.g., on 2:30, come
in around 2:18).
4. N sets
of 200/150/100/50, 1 minute between
each.
5. 10x250
on short rest (20 seconds).
6. 5x100
on 1:25/1:20/1:15/1:10 (or similar.
The keys
are short rest, and quality speed.
Oh, and give the guy ahead of you
at least 5 seconds, and keep the
drafting to a minimum!
Another good
one is:
SAT: 12x50
drills, 4x100 IM, 4x100 kick, 1000
straight (negative split)
TUE: 1x200,2x175,3x150,4x125,5x100,6x75,7x50,8x25
- all done as one set with 0:10-0:15
rest.
THU: 4 x
(6x100) - set #1 free, set #2 pull,
set #3 free descend, set #4 non-free
- about 0:20 rest with 1:00 rest
between sets.
