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Monday, November 13, 2023
Swim

Masters
Planned: 1:00:00

Bike – Trainer

Sweet
Planned: 1:15:00
Tempo rides are the height of aerobic endurance and while rather uncomfortable, they aren't too stressful to keep you from spending pretty long durations at a productive work level that isn't too demanding in terms of recovery.

This is where conservative long-course and aggressive ultra-distance triathletes will live for hours at a time. This is also where a lot of time is spent during any long road ride.

Use portions or entireties of these intervals to work on riding in your aerodynamic position without sacrificing power, and try to do so with a cadence above 85rpm, preferably above 90rpm.

There is no scheduled rest during this workout, but brief, occasional backpedal breaks are encouraged if they're the difference between loss of form and a high-quality workout.

Tuesday, November 14, 2023
Bike – Trainer

Puma
Planned: 1:45:00
Puma is 4×14-minute over-under intervals with 90-second valleys at 80-83% FTP and 2-minute peaks that ascend to either 94% or 100% of your FTP.

Recovery intervals between the over-unders are 9 minutes long.

While typical over-unders aim to flood your muscles with an acidic burn during the over-segments, this version aims to keep you just below that point.

An important objective during something like the bike segment of a long-course triathlon or sustained climbs in a road race is to restrain yourself from overdoing it. These intervals will help you learn how to rein in your effort while improving your muscular endurance at a repeatable but highly demanding effort level.

Try to keep your spin in that 85-95rpm range and spend increasingly longer periods of time in your aero position if it suits your ride discipline.

Strength Training

Upper Body
Planned: 30:00

Run – Recovery Run

Lever Treadmill. Run
Planned: 45:00

Wednesday, November 15, 2023
Swim

Masters
Planned: 1:00:00

Run – Track Workout

Track Workout
Planned: 1:00:00

Thursday, November 16, 2023
Bike – Trainer

Garrowby -2
Planned: 1:15:00
Garrowby -2 is a 3×12-minute segmented Sweet Spot workout. Each set consists of 4×3 minutes spent between 88-94% FTP.

Recoveries between each short repeat are 1 minute long, and recoveries between each set of repeats are 5 minutes long.

Working on muscle endurance can be a daunting task when interval durations reach the double digits.

By segmenting longer intervals into shorter stretches with short recoveries between them, nearly all of the same benefits are conveyed but without the same rise in bodily strain.

Use these segmented workouts when you're struggling with longer, continuous Sweet Spot intervals, when you're new to steady-state work like longer Sweet Spot efforts, or if you're rebounding from illness or injury.

Try to keep your cadence above 90rpm unless you're intentionally targeting lower-rpm cadences.

Run – Recovery Run

Base (MAF) Run
Planned: 40:00
Easy MAF run at 130-135 HR using the LEVER.

Strength Training

Lower Body
Planned: 30:00

Friday, November 17, 2023
Swim

Masters
Planned: 1:00:00

Run

Recovery Run (MAF) on LEVER
Planned: 1:00:00

Strength Training

Full Body
Planned: 30:00

Saturday, November 18, 2023
Bike – Long Ride

Aerobic Endurance
Planned: 3:00:00
– Ride for 11 minutes, gradually raising your power from 118 to 125.

Main Set:
– 103 minutes between 118-141 watts.

Cool Down:
– Easy for 18 minutes

Aerobic Endurance workouts are aimed at improving your aerobic power producing capabilities in a low-stress manner.

By riding for increasingly longer periods of time, your endurance muscle fibers become more efficient at utilizing oxygen as well as sparing sugar stores for more intense efforts.

Sunday, November 19, 2023
Run – Long Run

Long Run
Planned: 2:00:00
Sixty-five minutes at an MAF pace (130-135 HR).

The goal here is steady, continuous mileage and a slower form of fatigue than during your shorter base runs.

Swim – Open Water

Open Water Swim
Planned: 2,000 yd ~ 30:00
Race pace swim

Totals

Planned Swim: 2,000.00 yd ~ 3:30:00
Planned Bike: 7:15:00
Planned Strength Training: 1:30:00
Planned Run: 5:25:00