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Training guides for self-coached runners, cyclists and triathletes: how to structure intervals, set paces and zones, test your thresholds and get each session onto your watch. Training for a race? Start from a full schedule: the 16-week marathon training plan, the 12-week half marathon training plan or the sub 2 hour half marathon training plan.
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Garmin Triathlon Coach: Setup, Watches and Training Plans
What Garmin Triathlon Coach does, which watches get it, how to set it up, and how to put a swim, bike, run and strength plan on any Garmin watch.
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How to Create a Workout in Garmin Connect (App, Web, Watch)
Create a structured workout in the Garmin Connect app or on the web, send or schedule it to your watch, start it, and fix a workout that doesn't show up.
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Cycling Training Apps: TrainerRoad, Zwift, JOIN, Garmin
Which cycling training app fits you: TrainerRoad, Zwift, JOIN, Garmin Coach, TrainingPeaks or TextFit, by what each does, where workouts go and price.
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What Is Fartlek Training? Speed Play Explained
Fartlek training is continuous running with surges of faster effort. Learn how it differs from intervals and tempo runs, and get three sample sessions.
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Triathlon Interval Training: Bands, Sessions and Bricks
Triathlon interval training explained: sub-threshold, threshold, tempo and VO2max bands, swim, bike and run sessions, brick design, and tapering.
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Running Training Pace: From Race Split to Watch Zones
Set your running training pace from a real race or field test, turn it into custom zones, and load structured workouts onto your GPS watch.
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Lactate Threshold Workouts: Zones, Sessions, Progression
Lactate threshold workouts explained: find your zones without a lab, build cruise intervals and steady-state sessions, and run them cleanly on your device.
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Running Watts Calculator: Estimate Power for Training
Use a running watts calculator to estimate the effort behind your pace. The formula, worked examples, and how to turn power into hill and interval targets.
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Apple Watch Running Intervals: Setup, Alerts and Scheduling
How to run intervals on Apple Watch: build a custom workout on the watch or in the iPhone Fitness app, add pace and heart rate alerts, or have them scheduled.
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Interval Training for Marathon: Key Sessions by Phase
Interval training for marathon runners: the one key session a week for each phase, exact reps and paces, where it sits next to the long run, week by week.
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Interval Training for a Half Marathon: Sessions and Schedule
Interval training half marathon guide: why intervals lift race pace, a weekly schedule, progressions for every level, and getting sessions onto your watch.
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Watt Per Kilo: Calculate, Benchmark, and Improve W/kg
Watt per kilo explained: how to calculate W/kg, what counts as a good number by age and gender, when it matters on the road, and three ways to raise it.
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Interval Training Advantages: Fitter in Less Time
Interval training advantages for runners, cyclists, and triathletes: higher VO2max, broken plateaus, more fitness in less time. Sample sessions included.
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Cycling FTP Test: Protocols, Pacing, and Zones
Cycling FTP test guide: choose between ramp, 20-minute, and 8-minute protocols, pace the effort, calculate FTP, and turn the result into training zones.
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Interval Training for 10k: A Guide to Your Fastest Race
A practical guide to interval training for 10k runners: set your paces, progress the key workouts, taper well, and get sessions onto your GPS watch.
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Interval Training Bike Workouts: VO2max, Threshold, Sprints
Interval training bike workout templates for VO2max, threshold, and anaerobic power, with FTP, HR, and RPE targets you can run on a Garmin or Apple Watch.