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Schroon Lake,NY 
Today
Light drizzle High 65FLow 54F
  • Temp: 57F
  • Hum: 94%
  • W: 8mph SSE
MONDAY
Moderate or heavy rain shower
High 71F
Low 58F
TUESDAY
Light rain shower
High 72F
Low 53F
WEDNESDAY
Light rain shower
High 71F
Low 61F
THURSDAY
Moderate rain
High 62F
Low 37F

May 14

Swim
  • 1h 00m
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Long swim
wu: 4 x 150 swim, kick, pull, swim
main: 1650 ladder: start with 275, then 250, 225,...until 25.
Cd: 200 easy

Here in Base 2 we will have "theme" weeks where a single sport will be focused on. Now in Week 21 we're focusing on the swim with reduced time spend on the roads. Tip: If you find yourself travelling, check out the Swimmer's Guide Online at: www.swimmersguide.com to find a pool almost anywhere in the civilized world.

May 15

Bike
  • 1h 30m
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90min. RPE 3-4 on the flats and allow yourself some out of the saddle work of RPE 7-8 on the hills.

Swim
  • 30m
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Speed day
wu: 400 continuous. last 50 in each 100 is kick
main: 9 x 100 EBEH (each 100 = 25Easy, 25Build, 25Easy, 25 Hard)
cd: 6 x 25, each slower than last

May 16

Run
  • 30m
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30min aerobic test. For those of you using heart monitors, here's a way to roughly determine your lactate threshold for running.

Do a 30min time trial and record your average HR over the last 20minutes. For future runs, this heart rate should match about your perceived effort of RPE7. This pace will also change depending on your fitness level.

Swim
  • 30m
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Speed day
wu: 200 swim, 200kick, 200pull
main: 16 x 50, descend 1-4, 5-8, 9-12, 13-16
cd: 200 easy

May 17

Run
  • 30m
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30min easy run.

Swim
  • 1h 00m
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Long day
wu: 300 swim, 300 kick
main: 1 x 2300, RPE 4 (alternate 1 x 1500)
cd: 4 x 50, each slower than last

May 18

Off.

May 19

Bike
  • 1h 00m
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60 minutes easy alternating every 10 minutes from big ring to small.

Run
  • 45m
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45 minutes easy running.

Swim
  • 30m
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30 minutes nonstop at RPE 5. This should be a hard effort but only hard enough where you can maintain the pace for the whole 30 minutes.

Reverse tri order, back to back if you can schedule it...

May 20

Swim
  • 1h 15m
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Race-specific
wu: 4 x 75, last 25 in each is backstroke.
main: 4 x 750, all at RPE 4-5
cd: 3 x 50 easy (swim, kick, swim)

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