About this episode

Sam Long discusses his training regimen and shares insights from his recent races.

Sam Long is back to give you all the latest details on how he is training. He gives us full breakdown of how he structures his training blocks, how he uses a base block, a VO2 max block and a threshold block, how long he does each block for and in what order. He then takes us through day by day what he does in each of those blocks and we go deep on some of the big key/important sessions he does. He gives us a look into some secrets/hacks he uses in training that make him so good on the bike and we also get to hear him recount stories from Ironman 70.3 Oceanside and Ironman Texas which are the two races he's done this year. Try NOMIO for yourself. Discount code - TTH15 (for 15% off). In Europe - https://drinknomio.comIn America - go to thefeed.com and search “Nomio”In Australia - go to aidstation.com.au and search “Nomio” Nerd BeltsDiscount code - TTH26 (for 15% off)Click here to buy yourself a Nerd Belt

People in this episode

Host: Jack Kelly

Guest: Sam Long

Topics covered

• training blocks
• VO2 max
• threshold training
• Ironman races
• cycling performance
• athlete insights

Keywords

• training blocks
• VO2 max
• threshold block
• Ironman 70.3
• cycling secrets
• athlete training

Sponsors

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Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: The Feed, Aid Station

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