Triathlon Workout: Cycle 2 (Olympic Distance) – Week 5, Day 5

The second cycle of Triathlon workouts will prepare you for an Olympic distance event.

Written by Jeff Kline Last updated on Oct 20, 2021

Completing a triathlon takes strength, speed, endurance, and flexibility. Triathlon training is balanced, whole-body training. In other sports you may wind up building strength in some areas, while accruing weaknesses in others. Triathletes get body benefits from running, cycling, and swimming, and as a result are lean and fit from head to toe.

After the sprint-distance triathlon, many athletes have their sights set on an Olympic distance event. If that’s your goal, then this comprehensive program is for you.

This Olympic distance triathlon plan starts with an assessment week to dial in your swim, bike, and run training parameters. You begin by building a solid base and move gradually into tempo and speed work. The program culminates with a peak week. As always, the key to success is your commitment to consistency.

Stay focused! Be healthy, train smart, and have fun.

Week 5, Day 5

Workout description: Run, intervals

Duration: 1:00:00

Purpose:

To build strength and develop finishing power

Warm up:

10 minute easy run

Main set:

Run 20 minutes in zone 2

Run 20 minutes in zone 3

Run 10 minutes in zone 4-5

Cool down:

Run 10 minutes in zones 1-2

This is not an easy run. To stay in zones 4-5, it takes hard and steady effort, so don’t worry about your pace during that portion of the run.

About Jeff Kline

Jeff Kline has been coaching runners and triathletes since 1999. At the end of his competitive running and triathlon career, he knew there was only one direction to take his life. That direction was to help runners and triathletes of all abilities work toward and achieve their goals. Jeff felt it was incumbent upon him to give back to the communities that supported him and brought so much joy to his life.

In an effort to accomplish this new path, he took the opportunity to study under and work with some of the most highly regarded experts in the industry. He became a certified personal trainer as well as a certified running and triathlon coach. He also completed his studies in the nursing and nutrition fields. All in an effort to bring each individual he works with the best and most up-to-date training sciences and practices available.

To this day, Jeff continues his education daily by keeping his mind open to new medical discoveries and training sciences. He believes that each teammate’s training experience should be a learning experience as well. The more you understand the why’s, the better you will accomplish the how’s.

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