Indoor Bike Workouts For Ironman

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.

Indoor bike workouts for ironman.

These workouts aren t for the faint hearted but then neither is the challenge of an ironman. Wow i can t wrap my head around 6 hours on an indoor trainer. I guess that s exactly it. Although i m still thinking back and wondering how i did it.

An indoor bike trainer works well for this session. The solo century ride. 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. But it was the necessity at the time.

Add this workout in the last 12 weeks prior to your a race. To ride the tonne is a mainstay of ironman success. If your goal race is a 70 3 or shorter then this signals higher intensity work. The total time at race intensity is proportional to your event distance.

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. When you re training for an ironman it s still important to include some speed work. Maybe 5 10 nice rides outside over the course of a year will do it. The 26 year old is currently sitting second in the world in the gruelling discipline which involves a 2 4 mile.

This keeps your thresholds nice and high which raises the ceiling on your ironman race pace. From the company that is synonymous with triathlons you d expect their bike to be good. This brick workout involves some efforts at your 1 hour race pace or slightly below. Ironman triathlon x class 510 indoor training cycle.

There is a small trend of predominantly indoor bike training at the top levels of triathlon these days. My secret to a sub 5 hour ironman bike split initially cycling indoors wasn t a deliberate tactic. It will make you mentally tough no two ways about. The truth about indoor ironman bike training.

Time needed 5 hrs extra equipment nutrition coaching tip complete a 100 mile ride. Lucy charles barclay knows a thing or two about training for an ironman triathlon. This affordable indoor exercise bike has all the essentials for a satisfying home workout. Just try to get more outdoor rides as you get closer to.

Andy potts the 2007 ironman 70 3 world champion typically rides outdoors only once a week. The bike features a 36 pound flywheel and a belt drive system for a more accurate and quiet ride. The top spin bikes for triathletes are. If your goal is an ironman then this means longer blocks of time in high zone 2 low zone 3.

Keep the pace hot throughout with our swim and run training drills. Getting comfortable on the bike outdoors doesn t take long.