Train Hard For Your Next Sprint Triathlon
- By Triathlete.com
- Published Sep 6, 2011
Just because it’s a short race doesn’t mean you have to take it easy when it comes to training for a sprint triathlon. In this tri coach profile, we meet Lynne Fonda, who believes you can train hard, no matter the race distance.
Written by: Lauren Ventura
Go into your next sprint triathlon with the goal of winning your age group. Photo: John Segesta
Who: Lynne Fonda is a USAT-certified coach, a 24-year veteran triathlete and duathlete and holds numerous podium finishes under her belt with the 1997 and 1998 Ironman World Championships, Wildflower Triathlon and Nautica Malibu Triathlon rounding the list. Since 1998, Fonda has focused much of her energy on being a full-time coach for her own private company (Mytriathloncoaching.com) bringing others to the podium with her intensive weekly training plans.
Where: Colorado Springs, Colo.
What: Fonda provided us with a sample week of one her “Heavy Sprint Triathlon Training Programs.”
“My philosophy is train high and race low. So, all of our training is done between 7,000 and 7,500 feet elevation. My general training plans are based on three workouts of each discipline per week: long and steady; tempo; interval/speedwork, and then a brick ride/run. The bricks always involve heavy climbing, with a time trial every three weeks,” Fonda explains.
The goal: Kick butt at a sprint-distance triathlon—place in your age group or possibly make the podium, increase strength and, most importantly, remain injury-free. After three podium finishes, Fonda believes at that point an athlete is ready to really tackle the Olympic-distance with a goal of making another podium finish.
Click on the tabs to the left of the page to see a sample week of Fonda’s training program.
FILED UNDER: Training TAGS: Sprint Triathlon