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16 week Olympic Distance training plan

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16 week Olympic Distance training plan

Author

Rob Bridges

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Length

16 Weeks

Plan Description

This Olympic distance training plan is good for those who have done the sport for a year or so looking to improve their performances across swim, bike and run.

Its a 16 week program incorporating 2 swims, 2 bikes, 2 runs and 1-2 S&C sessions a week. The number of hours builds from around 6 hrs a week to 10 hrs a week and includes a taper week into a race on week 16.

All the bike and run sessions include a workout builder so you can upload to zwift for the bike sessions and your garmin for the run sessions. They also include a descriptor for those who don't use these devices.

Swim
Week 1 includes 2 time trials to help you workout your swim paces. VO2+ = 200m pace, VO2 = 400m pace, CSS= 1500m pace, Aerobic= CSS+ 3-5seconds per 100m, and easy =CSS +5-10 sec per 100.

Bike
Its worth doing an FTP test before you start doing this plan. Therefore, you'll need a way of measuring power. An easy way to do this is to do a 20 min all out effort, work out what 95% of this power is and that gives you a fairly accurate measure of your FTP.

Run
on this plan there is 1 harder run session and 1 long run a week. For the harder run there is a mix of 10k and 5k pace workouts. Which can easily be uploaded to your run watch, this will then guide you through the session.

S&C
These sessions can be done at home or at the gym. I've attached video links to help guide you through the session

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Training Plan Sample Week

Stats

Average Weekly Breakdown

Workouts Weekly Average Longest Workout
Bike x2
02:53:00 03:00:00
Swim x2
01:39:00 01:15:00
Run x2
01:13:00 01:20:00
Strength x1
00:41:00 01:00:00
Day Off x1
—— ——
Workouts Per Week Weekly Average Longest Workout
Bike
02:53:00 03:00:00
Swim
01:39:00 01:15:00
Run
01:13:00 01:20:00
Strength
00:41:00 01:00:00
Day Off
—— ——

Training Load By Week


This plan works best with the following fitness devices:

Rob Bridges

Rob Bridges triathlon

Current GB triathlon coach, working with elite athletes in Loughborough. Working in many aspects of triathlon in the last 10 years: athlete, age group coach, youth coach, and performance coach.
Services offered: 1:1 coaching in triathlon and running and consultations.

If your wanting to compete at the next level please get in contact and find out how I can help your individual needs.


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