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We're now on weeks 29-32 of our Lakeland Training Plan and there's 15 weeks to go. If you're joining us late, don't worry, you can just jump right in, but read the previous articles / blogs linked below. With 15 weeks of training left, you're entering the prime time for burnout and injury prior to the event. Let's be 100% clear, if you do an extra 25% training but have a 'niggle' entering the event, it'll stop you at some point. If you've done 25% less but feel fully healthy, you'll be just fine.  STRENGTH WORK is key. We've posted videos /...

Open water season is about to comments and shortness of breath, potentially leading to panic attacks are one of the most common issues among novices. In this week's blog, we talk about the physiology behind the problem. It's all about the CO2 Your breathing and heart rate are largely controlled by CO2 levels in your blood stream. In simple terms, when you start to exercise, you create CO2, which accumulates in your blood. You have receptors in your bloody system which detect the rise in CO2 and they send a message to your heart and lungs to 'speed up'. When...

We're now on weeks 9-12 of our Lakeland Training Plan. Without sounding like a broken record.... the general basis of the sessions are the same as the last 8 weeks as it'll take 3-6 months to see significant changes from running below aerobic threshold. This approach takes time, but leads to real progress. High intensity training gives you a return much sooner, but you also plateau and stop improving very quickly, with no real long term progress. Just ask yourself whether you get better year on year, if the answer is no, there's nothing to lose. We have time on our...

We're now on weeks 5-8 of our Lakeland Training Plan. The general basis of the sessions are the same as the last 4 weeks as it'll take 3-6 months to see significant changes from running below aerobic threshold. This approach takes time, but leads to real progress. High intensity training gives you a return much sooner, but you also plateau and stop improving very quickly, with no real long term progress. Just ask yourself whether you get better year on year, if the answer is no, there's nothing to lose. We have time on our hands, so we can follow a...

There are many theories of how to best train for endurance sports. Some people prefer low intensity and greater volume, others prefer high intensity intervals and each has their own merits and arguments. What’s interesting about triathlon is the fact that we have 3 different endurance sports and people can take a completely different approach to each of them. This isn’t a topic widely discussed, but it is worth some consideration and thought. If you’re training for triathlon events, then your training will largely be geared towards aerobic endurance for swimming, cycling and running, this is more the case as...