Triathlon is a combination of 3 sports: swimming, cycling and running. Impossible to get bored in training as there is a variety of exercises. Indoor cycling training, sea swimming, trail running, mountain biking or muscle building. Triathlon is a rich and intense sport for everyone. What about competing in triathlon? First, you have to choose the size you want to race: from XS to XL, the distance increase in each sport. The most famous XL race is called IronMan 140.6, which means one hundred and about fourty miles, to swim, cycle and run.
An IronMan 70.3 means that the full race distance is 70.3 miles. It’s also called half-IronMan. A full IronMan can be renamed by IronMan 140.6. In this kind of race, the running part is a marathon. So, in a 70.3…
As a master athlete, we often wonder how to train. If we don’t overdo it. Or if we do enough. It is very frustrating to compare yourself to young champions. Because the leaders are often young, professionals, and without children.…
Cassandre Beaugrand is a French champion, specialist in triathlon. Trained by her father from an early age, she began to run and swim very young. Since then, Cassandre has set incredible times in swimming: 2’07”25 – 200 m ; 4’26”89…
Marten Van Riel is a Belgian triathlete from Antwerp. He won bronze medals at the 2018 European Triathlon Championships 20 2018. And he competes in Super League Triathlon, with Kristian Blummenfelt and the frenchman Vincent Luis. And in March 2022, he won…
Kristian Blummenfelt is a twice norwegian triathlon champion. He won 4 times the Bahrein IronMan 70.3 race. And he’s a top-rank athlet in the recent Super League Triathlon. Based on his results, let’s analyze his training program. In 2020, Strava gives…
Sebastian Kienle is a german triathlet. He won the Iron-man Kona race in 2014. Let’s focus on his training plan as we can see on the mobile app Companion provided by zwift.com. On Zwift, there’s nothing about swimming. Sebastian Kienle uses…