How To Lock In On Your Training For Spring Races

About this episode

The episode discusses effective training strategies for upcoming spring races, including volume and intensity balance, swim sessions, and fueling needs.

In this episode of The Real Triathlon Podcast, the original trio is back—Jackson, Nicholas, and Garrick—catching up on sick weeks, conference travel in Nashville, and nagging injuries before diving into how to actually train smart in February and March. They break down: How hard you should be training now if your key races are months away The right mix of volume vs. intensity for age-groupers and pros Using swim sessions for “safe” suffering and open-water prep in the pool Brick training: how much you really need and when to do it Why zone 2 alone won’t make you fast (and where hard VO2/threshold work fits in) Fueling like a pro: eating enough to actually support 25–30 hour weeks They wrap up with “Pass or Smash” (protein shakes, wired headphones, leftovers, jet skis, and more) and “What Spins My Crank,” including Valtteri Bottas’ YouTube, Ironman’s move to YouTube coverage, and the mental boost of finally hitting good workouts after a rough patch. Head to pillarperformance.shop or TheFeed.com/pillar and enter code REALTRI15 for 15% off first-time purchases. If you want to go above and beyond consider supporting us over on Patreon by clicking here! Follow us on Instagram at…

People in this episode

Hosts: Jackson Laundry, Nicholas Chase, Garrick Loewen

Topics covered

• training for spring races
• volume vs. intensity
• swim sessions
• brick training
• fueling for endurance
• mental boost in training

Keywords

• training
• spring races
• volume
• intensity
• swim sessions
• brick training
• fueling
• VO2 work
• endurance

Sponsors

Pillar Performance, TheFeed.com

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Ironman, Patreon

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