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Triathlon Training Plan Examples

Very Simple Triathlon Training Plan Examples

By Mat Luebbers, About.com

=== 3 Workouts per Week ===

    Monday
    • SWIM - OFF
    • BIKE - OFF
    • RUN - OFF
    Tuesday
    • SWIM - Long and easy with technique work
    • BIKE - Swim/Bike Transition, include some VO2Max work
    • RUN - OFF
    Wednesday
    • SWIM - OFF
    • BIKE - OFF
    • RUN - VO2Max
    Thursday
    • SWIM - Threshold
    • BIKE - OFF
    • RUN - OFF
    Friday
    • SWIM - OFF
    • BIKE - Threshold, include some Bike/Run transitions
    • RUN - Easy
    Saturday
    • SWIM - Long, include a VO2Max set
    • BIKE - Long and easy
    • RUN - OFF
    Sunday
    • SWIM - OFF
    • BIKE - OFF
    • RUN - Long, include some threshold work

=== 4 Workouts per Week ===

    Monday
    • SWIM - OFF
    • BIKE - OFF
    • RUN - OFF
    Tuesday
    • SWIM - Long and Easy
    • BIKE - Swim/Bike Transition, include some VO2Max work
    • RUN - OFF
    Wednesday
    • SWIM - Long, include a VO2Max set
    • BIKE - OFF
    • RUN - VO2Max
    Thursday
    • SWIM - OFF
    • BIKE - Threshold
    • RUN - Bike/Run Transition
    Friday
    • SWIM - Threshold
    • BIKE - Easy
    • RUN - OFF
    Saturday
    • SWIM - OFF
    • BIKE - OFF
    • RUN - Long, include some threshold work
    Sunday
    • SWIM - Technique/Easy
    • BIKE - Long, include some threshold work
    • RUN - Easy

=== 5 Workouts per Week ===

    Monday
    • SWIM - OFF
    • BIKE - OFF
    • RUN - OFF
    Tuesday
    • SWIM - Technique/Easy
    • BIKE - Swim/Bike Transition, include some VO2Max work
    • RUN - Easy
    Wednesday
    • SWIM - Long, include a VO2Max set
    • BIKE - Easy
    • RUN - VO2Max
    Thursday
    • SWIM - OFF
    • BIKE - Threshold
    • RUN - Bike/Run Transition
    Friday
    • SWIM - Threshold
    • BIKE - Easy
    • RUN - OFF
    Saturday
    • SWIM - Technique/Easy
    • BIKE - OFF
    • RUN - Long, include some threshold work
    Sunday
    • SWIM - Long and Easy
    • BIKE - Long, include some threshold work
    • RUN - Easy

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