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  • Day 71

    SWIM
    • Time: 1h 15m
    • Long day
    • wu: 200swim, 200kick, 200pull, 200swim
    • main: 1900 ladder. Do a set of 300, then 275, 250 etc…until 25. Start at RPE 3 and build speed on each one until the end.
    • cd: 4 x 50, each slower than last
    Comments and Definitions

    Increasing volume again this week by a little. Key sessions this week is the long swim on Monday and Saturdays interval work on the bike.

    Day 72

    BIKE
    • Time: 1h 00m
    • 60 outside or on trainer. RPE 3. Again, practice food and hydration timing that you plan to use during race.
    Comments and Definitions

    Swim/Bike session together. The goal is to swim fairly hard then an easy cruise on the bike while practicing transition. Lake swim is best but you can setup a transition area in your trunk and run out of the pool just as easily.

    RUN
    • Time: 30m
    • 30 minutes at RPE 2. Do in morning or late, but not within several hours of swim/bike work.
    SWIM
    • Time: 30m
    • Continuous 30 minutes at RPE 4, open water if possible.

    Day 73

    RUN
    • Time: 45m
    • 45 minutes wth strides at RPE 3-4.

    Day 74

    BIKE
    • Time: 30m
    • 30 minutes spinning at RPE 3 either directly after run or later in the day. If after running, take in calories and drink at start of bike and after.
    RUN
    • Time: 1h 30m
    • 90 minutes tempo
    • wu: 15 minutes RPE 3
    • main: 4 x (12t, 3r) 12t at RPE 6, 3r at RPE 2*
    • cd: 15 minutes at RPE 3

    Day 75

    SWIM
    • Time: 45m
    • Race-specific
    • wu: 6 x 75, last 25 in each is backstroke.
    • main: 3 x 500, 1 is RPE 3, 2 is RPE4, 3 is RPE 5
    • cd: 150 easy

    Day 76

    BIKE
    • Time: 1h 30m
    • 90min with hills. RPE 3-4 with 3x5min sessions at the end at RPE 7, recover 2min. Between efforts.

    Day 77

    BIKE
    • Time: 3h 00m
    • 3 hours at RPE 3-4
    Comments and Definitions

    Run-Bike-Run brick

    RUN
    • Time: 40m
    • 20 minutes at RPE 3
    • BIKE
    • 20 minutes at RPE 3