As the title says, 1 swim, 1 run, 1 bike is my current training schedule. It can’t change due to work & family life. I can get to the pool Tuesday nights (1 hour), I can get out Thursday mornings for a run (2 hours) and I can get a cycle Saturday mornings (3 hours) with a brick afterwards (30 minutes).
I started triathlon 3 years ago and before that cycled for 5 years so I have a decent level of base fitness.
This training schedule is around 5 and half hours a week but flies in the face of 80/20 rules where in the book it’s called out loud and clear that you have to do each sport twice a week to see improvements.
Unsurprisingly a lot of the work I do falls into ZX, fairly sure I’m your classic moderate intensity rut athlete.
So my question is, should I apply 80/20 training to what I am doing? I’ve had a go at creating workouts that are 80/20 that fit my schedule. Cruise intervals for example:
Swim Cruise Intervals: SCI-2500
200 Z1
800 Z2
100×5@Z3
800 Z2
200 Z1
Run Cruise Intervals: RCI-120
5m Z1
43m Z2
10m Z3, 2m Z1 x2
43m Z2
5m Z1
Cycle Cruise Intervals: CCI-180
5m Z1
67m Z2
7m Z3, 2m Z1 x4
67m Z2
5m Z1
Keen to hear thoughts on this approach.
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alanfeekery.