Re: Training for a Triathalon in September..Need Help
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Here is a sample month....
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Your plan may already incorporate this idea, but I'd like to stress that any endurance sports needs to have a 3 to 1 hard to easy ratio, i.e.
Week 1 = 10 hrs
Week 2 = 12 hrs
Week 3 = 14 hrs
Week 4 = 10 hrs
Then start over for weeks 5-8 do something like 12,14,16,12.
Same principle goes for intensity. Build build build, then allow for recovery.
During the 4th week you will feel like crap and at the start of the 5th week you'll feel really slow and out of shape. But quickly you will realize that in the later part of the 5th week (or start of 6th week), you are way stronger/faster than any time during weeks 1-4.
After the endurance phase, you can do the same thing with intervals, etc. Add intensity or repetions, but then every 4th week drop back down.
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