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After a few weeks of front-end technical focus, this week, we aim to put those improvements into practice with a short technical refresh, then a threshold set to realize race day performance improvements.
Warm Up:
200m easy pace
Technical set:
2 x 50m doggy paddle drill going up the pool, swim back
2 x 50m Quick Catch drill
Main set:
8 – 12 X 150m Zone 3 (tempo), 50m Zone 4 (threshold) 15 seconds rest after each.
Warm down:
300m Very easy
Total Volume:
2300m – 3100m
Coaching Points:
Be aware of your tempo and threshold efforts. On race day, be clear in which zone you’re intending to swim. Threshold will be too high for a slower swimmer (over one hour swim time) in an Ironman swim. For 70.3 and shorter distances, threshold pace (or higher) is suitable.
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