Wednesday, April 29th
EVENT DESCRIPTION
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
This week’s session will involve intervals extended ‘under/over’ intervals, below and above Functional Threshold Power (FTP) level. The structure of the session is:
10 minutes progressive warm/up
Prep Set – 3x 1 minute effort, 1 minute recovery
Main Set – 5x 7 minutes as 5 minutes above/below FTP, 2minutes recover. Note the final 5minute block is a a continuous effort. Feel free to increase / decrease power target through the Companion app to find a level which you can hold for the full 5 minutes
5 minutes warm/down
WORKOUT LEADER
This week’s session will be lead by Marc Jenkins (aka ‘Jinx’), one of the UK’s top professional triathletes for more than two decades, representing Great Britain at the 2004 Olympic Games in Athens.
Marc was a British Champion, twice represented Wales at the Commonwealth Games (2002 and 2006) and represented Great Britain at multiple European and World Championships, ITU World Cup events and more. In 2015 he was presented with British Triathlon’s Gold Pin Award in recognition of his contribution to the sport.
Since 2007, Marc has been the coach to his wife, Helen Jenkins, a 2-time World Champion and 3-time Olympian. He brings that wealth of experience and knowledge to the ’60 Minutes with Jinx’ he has set this week
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.
The workouts are about 60 minutes long and designed to add variety and interest to your weekly training schedule.
THE SESSION
This week’s session will involve intervals extended ‘under/over’ intervals, below and above Functional Threshold Power (FTP) level. The structure of the session is:
10 minutes progressive warm/up
Prep Set – 3x 1 minute effort, 1 minute recovery
Main Set – 5x 7 minutes as 5 minutes above/below FTP, 2minutes recover. Note the final 5minute block is a a continuous effort. Feel free to increase / decrease power target through the Companion app to find a level which you can hold for the full 5 minutes
5 minutes warm/down
WORKOUT LEADER
This week’s session will be lead by Marc Jenkins (aka ‘Jinx’), one of the UK’s top professional triathletes for more than two decades, representing Great Britain at the 2004 Olympic Games in Athens.
Marc was a British Champion, twice represented Wales at the Commonwealth Games (2002 and 2006) and represented Great Britain at multiple European and World Championships, ITU World Cup events and more. In 2015 he was presented with British Triathlon’s Gold Pin Award in recognition of his contribution to the sport.
Since 2007, Marc has been the coach to his wife, Helen Jenkins, a 2-time World Champion and 3-time Olympian. He brings that wealth of experience and knowledge to the ’60 Minutes with Jinx’ he has set this week
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.
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.