Marathon Training Plan With Triathlon Maintenance | 3:00:00-3:15:00 | 16 Week Prep
Marathon Training Plan With Triathlon Maintenance | 3:00:00-3:15:00 | 16 Week Prep
Structured Workouts automatically sync with compatible devices and guide you through workouts in real time.
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Length
16 Weeks
Structured Workouts automatically sync with compatible devices and guide you through workouts in real time.
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Plan Description
Marathon Training Plan With Triathlon Maintenance | 2:45:00 to 3:00:00 | 16 Week Prep
**Price is in US dollars**

Looking to train up and complete a marathon in your triathlon offseason but want to ensure you're not losing all your hard earned swim and bike gains? Do you keep following a marathon training plan only to have the race ambitions derailed with injury due to the body not holding up to the run volume? This program is designed for you.
While it's certainly a running focused plan to ensure you can run a fantastic marathon, there is also enough swim and cycling maintenance work to ensure you can jump back into triathlon training post marathon and with 1-2 months of triathlon focused training be in fantastic triathlon racing shape.
Over 15 years of training athletes to achieving a personal best marathon performances it became evident that for many runners and triathletes, maintaining the aerobic conditioning of swimming and cycling was a very effective way to boost aerobic efficiency fat burning capabilities. This is crucial to optimise performance without the additional risk of excessive run mileage, and significantly benefits their marathon performance.
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*Please note, you need to allow the author of this plan to follow-up via email, to receive this offer.
This training sessions are built around your anaerobic (lactate) threshold heart rate but also include an RPE (Rate Of Perceived Exertion) guide for those that want to train more off 'feel'.
How it Works
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Training Plan Sample Week
Stats
Average Weekly Breakdown
Workouts | Weekly Average | Longest Workout |
---|---|---|
Run
x5
|
04:59:00 | 02:15:00 |
Bike
x3
|
02:38:00 | 02:30:00 |
Swim
x3
|
01:56:00 | 01:15:00 |
Strength
x1
|
00:32:00 | 00:30:00 |
Other
x1
|
00:12:00 | 00:25:00 |
Workouts Per Week | Weekly Average | Longest Workout | |
---|---|---|---|
|
04:59:00 | 02:15:00 | |
|
02:38:00 | 02:30:00 | |
|
01:56:00 | 01:15:00 | |
|
00:32:00 | 00:30:00 | |
|
00:12:00 | 00:25:00 |
Training Load By Week
This plan works best with the following fitness devices:
- Heart Rate Monitor
- GPS
- This plan includes a Free Basic TrainingPeaks Account.
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- Track your performance with robust data tracking and detailed graphs.
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- Track your weight, sleep, hours, fatigue and stress while you train.
- Completed workouts sync with popular apps like Garmin and Wahoo. Learn More
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