Distance Training
A weekly long ride is helpful for building endurance before the race. For shorter triathlons, race distance is fine, but for longer ones, build up to race distance as you train.
Hill Repeats
Hill repeats are a series of hill climbs designed to allow a rider to maintain race pace through hill sections of the race.
Sprint Intervals
Sprint intervals are rides that entail several periods of maximum-speed pedaling to build speed and power.
Brick Training
To allow legs to grow accustomed to the bike-run transition, do several brick workouts, in which a run workout immediately follows a bike workout.
Overtraining
Unlike running (in which overuse injury is fairly common), cycling is low impact, which means with proper precautions, cyclists can put in several hours of training a day without fear of overuse injury.
Article Written By Billy Brown
Billy Brown is an outdoor sports writer living in Northern California.
An avid rock climber and trail runner, he's been writing about outdoor activities, fitness and gear since 2005. He regularly contributes to "The Record Searchlight," uncooped.com, and Trails.com, as well as other print and online publications. Brown holds a Bachelor of Arts in psychology from Simpson University and is a NASM-certified personal trainer.
