This is a 16 week plan for half distant triathlon and designed for beginners or intermediate levels. If you are time crunched, this is a great plan for you as well. I have taken many athletes from beginners to finishers with this type of plan. I have a 4 week base period, 1 transitional week, 8 weeks of building, 2 weeks of taper to race day and lastly a recovery week after the race.

All workouts except the strength train are built out to connect them to your device of choice (Apple or Garmin etc) There are basically 2 workouts per discipline during the base weeks and then it varies from one discipline having 3 workouts for the week. For bike and run: I use 5 zones to measure intensity and if you are not familiar with your zones, no worries!! I have explained what each zone effort should be perceived as: zone 1 easy, zone 2 steady state, zone 3 race pace, zone 4 above race pace and zone 5 as very hard. The swims are only on perceived efforts. The strength training sessions are ones you can do at home with dumbbells and a mat or towel. All the swims are approximate so if you are faster or slower, your time will change.

Each Monday, I provide Notes of the Week. This is a place I give you how the week will flow. If you want to schedule a coaching call, look on Monday for Notes of the Week and there is a link to set this up. This is an extra fee and paid for when you schedule the call. If you have a very quick and easy one question, simply email me! I will respond. My email address is located on Monday's Notes of the Week.

For swimming: you will need the basics, googles, swim cap, kick board and fins, pull buoy and paddles. If you don't have some of the toys, you can still do the swims. The bike and run, device like Garmin watch or Apple watch that will connect with Training Peaks. If you don't have a power meter it is perfectly fine as you can go by perceived efforts stated in the above paragraph. The only thing else you need is a smile at the finish line!