Indoor Bike Workouts For Ironman

Although i m still thinking back and wondering how i did it.

Indoor bike workouts for ironman.

There is a small trend of predominantly indoor bike training at the top levels of triathlon these days. I was forced to take cycling indoors simply because of the weather conditions. Just try to get more outdoor rides as you get closer to. Add this workout in the last 12 weeks prior to your a race.

Lucy charles barclay knows a thing or two about training for an ironman triathlon. This keeps your thresholds nice and high which raises the ceiling on your ironman race pace. These workouts aren t for the faint hearted but then neither is the challenge of an ironman. Indoor cycling wins for hiit training and cadence training.

To ride the tonne is a mainstay of ironman success. Wow i can t wrap my head around 6 hours on an indoor trainer. The truth about indoor ironman bike training. Outdoor cycling wins for hill endurance and overall comfort as it translates to race day.

The solo century ride. Preparing for a late november race such as ironman cozumel or arizona while living in the chicago area was the main reason why i decided to take a huge chunk of my training indoors. The 26 year old is currently sitting second in the world in the gruelling discipline which involves a 2 4 mile. Time needed 5 hrs extra equipment nutrition coaching tip complete a 100 mile ride.

Getting comfortable on the bike outdoors doesn t take long. When you re training for an ironman it s still important to include some speed work. If your goal is an ironman then this means longer blocks of time in high zone 2 low zone 3. The total time at race intensity is proportional to your event distance.

An indoor bike trainer works well for this session. The bike features a 36 pound flywheel and a belt drive system for a more accurate and quiet ride. Maybe 5 10 nice rides outside over the course of a year will do it. If your goal race is a 70 3 or shorter then this signals higher intensity work.

His five or six other rides are indoor workouts featuring lots of lung busting interval and threshold efforts and lasting only 45 minutes each on. I guess that s exactly it. But it was the necessity at the time. This brick workout involves some efforts at your 1 hour race pace or slightly below.

My secret to a sub 5 hour ironman bike split initially cycling indoors wasn t a deliberate tactic. The top spin bikes for triathletes are. Andy potts the 2007 ironman 70 3 world champion typically rides outdoors only once a week. Ironman triathlon x class 510 indoor training cycle.

The bike weighs 127 lbs and has a steel frame construction that keeps steady whatever intensity you are training at whether in the saddle or out. It will make you mentally tough no two ways about.