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Sprint Triathlon Specific Training

gspo13gspo13 Posts: 3
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Loads and Loads of detail is written on how to train for the Ironman. The same goes for Olympic distances. However, there are some of us that wish to only target the shorter (some would say tougher) distances, such as the sprints (400/750m swim - 20-25km bike - 5km run)

I personally enjoy the intensity as I don't really have the mental capacity to do anything longer. So, on that note, can anyone throw out some suggestions of sessions for what someone ought to 'try out' at this stage of the season (its nearly new year 2015), and how training would alter/increase in the coming months.

I hope i am right in thinking that doing sprints means training less volume and higher intensities to mimic the races when closer to the season start. Obviously the training for olympic and ironman's include higher volume so I was wondering what are other peoples staple sessions for the S/B/R's

Ive been doing Sprints for 2 years but just looking for what other people might do for a bit of inspiration. According to Joe Friel and the likes we could be in Base 3 or Build 1...any ideas of what to do during these periods

My Favourite Sessions include.

Swim - WU200 (mix of backstroke and free) / 5x50m (drills like kick board or pull bouy) / 6/10 effort for 6x100 on 15s rest / 8/10 effort for 6x50 on 10s rest /             MS  6/10 effort for100/200/300/400/300/200/100 each on 25s rest (go 9/10 effort on last 25m of each) / 100 Kick / CD200 (mix strokes)

Indoor Bike - WU 10mins (plus 3x60s fast legs and 2x15s seated sprint) /              MS 6/10 effort for 5x60s single leg (thats 5 on each leg, keep alternating legs each 60s) / 8/10 effort for 3x3min / Repeat 5x60s single leg reps / 5 min cool off

Outdoor - 4/10 effort just enjoy the ride, and add a hill maybe, keep below 2 hours as sprint distances are only for 30-40 mins on bike.

Run - 40 mins in total / 10 min warm up with 2x each of A and B skip drills (just google them) / 6x400m (I use a GPS watch to gauge 400m) / spend rest of time at low easy pace on way home focusing on technique. The 400's can be increased weekly to anything from 15-20. But right now I'm on 6-10x400. The distance can also increase as weeks go on e.g 8x800m or 5x1km

I hope this helps some of the newcomers and I hope some of the more experienced and wise triathletes can help add to this sprint specific thread.

Thanks

G

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