Bike60minAdvancedSession Overview This advanced turbo session uses six 5-minute maximum aerobic efforts with full 5-minute recovery intervals to target your VO2max — the upper ceiling of your aerobic power. By working at or above 105% of FTP and allowing complete recovery between efforts, this session creates the maximal aerobic stimulus needed to push your power…
Swim45minAdvancedSession Overview This 45-minute open water session delivers six hard race-intensity intervals of 200m each, building the speed, sighting discipline, and mental toughness you need to race hard in uncontrolled conditions. It’s aimed at experienced open water swimmers who can already navigate and sight confidently. What You’ll Need Safe open water location with buoy markers…
Run45minAdvancedSession Overview Ninety-second VO2max intervals sit at the short end of the high-intensity spectrum — long enough to stress your aerobic ceiling, short enough to repeat 8–10 times before form degrades. This advanced track session builds the raw aerobic power and speed endurance that directly converts to a faster run split off the bike in…
Bike60minAdvancedSession Overview This session targets your VO2max — the ceiling of your aerobic engine — with five hard five-minute efforts above FTP. It’s a demanding but time-efficient session for advanced cyclists who want to push their top-end power and improve race-pace capacity. Expect to work at RPE 8-9 throughout the main set. What You’ll Need…
Bike90min+AdvancedSession Overview This is the ultimate Olympic distance race rehearsal — a full 1500m swim, 40km bike, and 10km run performed at race pace with practised transitions. If your A-race is an Olympic triathlon, this session should appear in your build phase 4–6 weeks before race day. Everything you experience here, you’ll face on the…
Canyon has launched one of the most talked-about triathlon bikes of 2026: the Speedmax CF SLX Road to Roth Edition. Limited to just 100 units worldwide and priced at €10,000, each bike comes with something no amount of money can normally buy — a guaranteed Challenge Roth entry slot valid through 2030. Here’s our full…
Bike90min+AdvancedSession Overview This three-hour indoor bike simulation mirrors the demands of an IRONMAN 70.3 bike leg. Structured around race-specific power zones, it builds the aerobic base, muscular endurance and mental resilience required to hold pace for 90km — then run well off the back of it. Advanced triathletes should complete this session 6–12 weeks out…
What to Look For Carbon-plated race shoes have transformed triathlon running. The best ones combine a super-responsive foam with a stiff carbon plate that returns energy efficiently with every footstrike — allowing fatigued legs to run faster for longer. For the run leg of a triathlon specifically, you need a shoe that remains stable and…
Bike30minAdvancedSession Overview Ten-second all-out sprints on the turbo are one of the most underrated sessions in triathlon training. These brief explosions recruit your fast-twitch muscle fibres, improve neuromuscular firing patterns, and teach your legs to produce peak power quickly — giving you the ability to surge past competitors or respond to climbs mid-race without blowing…
What to Look For The Wahoo KICKR Move is the brand’s flagship indoor trainer, adding built-in dual-axis movement to the KICKR’s class-leading flywheel and power accuracy. Whether the movement matters to you depends on how much time you spend on the trainer — for athletes doing sub-60-minute sessions, a standard KICKR V6 is excellent. For…
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