Wednesday, April 10th
6:00PM GMT
TRI247 Workout Series: Matt Bottrill's Pace Variation Intervals
Group Workout
EVENT DESCRIPTION
TRI247 WORKOUT SERIES
Every Wednesday at 7pm UK time, Tri247 present a triathlon focused workout brought to you by a guest 'coach.' This will include sessions by pro triathletes, coaches and notable characters associated with the sport.
The workouts are about 60 minutes long and designed to add variety and interest to your weekly training schedule.
THE SESSION
While maximising top end power might not be key to success in triathlon and time trial riding, there is more to it than simply holding a constant effort for the duration of your race. Wind direction and terrain will have a significant impact on how to ride for optimal performance, and so it is important that you train to be able to handle changes in power in training. There are times when going above threshold is the ‘right’ thing to do – and then recovering – and that is the centre piece of this challenging set.
The main part of the session includes, two sets of the following:
Six, three-minute blocks (back-to-back), comprising of:
1-min at Zone 3
1-min at Sweetspot
1-min at Zone 5 / VO2 Max effort
WORKOUT DESIGNER
This week’s session has been set and will be lead by UK Time Trial legend and now highly regarded coach, Matt Bottrill (https://www.mattbottrillperformancecoaching.com/Opens a new window)
Matt has amassed a huge collection of National Championship titles, TT competition records and much more, making him one of the most successful British riders of all time. In 2016 and 2017, Matt raced in several triathlons with age group successes and more recently he is gaining an impressive reputation as a successful cycle coach to several top name pros including Lucy Charles, Tim Don, Matt Hanson, Will Clarke and Susie Cheetham. He is also currently an advisor to Victor Campenaerts (Lotto-Soudal), ahead of his upcoming Hour Record attempt.
To download the ZWO file for this and previous workouts go to http://www.tri247.comOpens a new window
ABOUT GROUP WORKOUTS
Zwifters line up in the starting area just like a normal event and once the event starts, workout mode begins. Everyone stays together regardless of power output. That's right, if you're outputting 100W and another Zwifter is outputting 400W you will stay in exactly the same position relative to each other. Only if you stop pedaling and fall 6 meters behind the group will the rubber-banding stop.
HELPFUL HINT
We highly recommend doing one of the FTP tests as the estimated FTP can be inaccurate and make the difficulty level of the workouts too high for your current fitness level.
For more info on FTP go to: https://support.zwift.com/en_us/what-is-ftp-and-how-is-it-used-in-zwift-SyeLlRkbBmOpens a new window
Every Wednesday at 7pm UK time, Tri247 present a triathlon focused workout brought to you by a guest 'coach.' This will include sessions by pro triathletes, coaches and notable characters associated with the sport.
The workouts are about 60 minutes long and designed to add variety and interest to your weekly training schedule.
THE SESSION
While maximising top end power might not be key to success in triathlon and time trial riding, there is more to it than simply holding a constant effort for the duration of your race. Wind direction and terrain will have a significant impact on how to ride for optimal performance, and so it is important that you train to be able to handle changes in power in training. There are times when going above threshold is the ‘right’ thing to do – and then recovering – and that is the centre piece of this challenging set.
The main part of the session includes, two sets of the following:
Six, three-minute blocks (back-to-back), comprising of:
1-min at Zone 3
1-min at Sweetspot
1-min at Zone 5 / VO2 Max effort
WORKOUT DESIGNER
This week’s session has been set and will be lead by UK Time Trial legend and now highly regarded coach, Matt Bottrill (https://www.mattbottrillperformancecoaching.com/Opens a new window)
Matt has amassed a huge collection of National Championship titles, TT competition records and much more, making him one of the most successful British riders of all time. In 2016 and 2017, Matt raced in several triathlons with age group successes and more recently he is gaining an impressive reputation as a successful cycle coach to several top name pros including Lucy Charles, Tim Don, Matt Hanson, Will Clarke and Susie Cheetham. He is also currently an advisor to Victor Campenaerts (Lotto-Soudal), ahead of his upcoming Hour Record attempt.
To download the ZWO file for this and previous workouts go to http://www.tri247.comOpens a new window
ABOUT GROUP WORKOUTS
Zwifters line up in the starting area just like a normal event and once the event starts, workout mode begins. Everyone stays together regardless of power output. That's right, if you're outputting 100W and another Zwifter is outputting 400W you will stay in exactly the same position relative to each other. Only if you stop pedaling and fall 6 meters behind the group will the rubber-banding stop.
HELPFUL HINT
We highly recommend doing one of the FTP tests as the estimated FTP can be inaccurate and make the difficulty level of the workouts too high for your current fitness level.
For more info on FTP go to: https://support.zwift.com/en_us/what-is-ftp-and-how-is-it-used-in-zwift-SyeLlRkbBmOpens a new window
Getting started with scored races
You'll need to finish a few rides before you can join your first scored race. With more data we'll be able to recommend the best group for you to compete against.