Just watched a training day in the life of Jan Frodeno (Olympic triathlon champ) - WOW!!!

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9 years ago 01/23/2015 1:45pm EST

* 5:30 AM swim workout - 4 x 400m on 5' + 4 x 200m on 2'30" + 4 x 100m on 1'15" - he swims 25-30 km, sometimes 40 km a week

* Followed by a 10 km run to the track, put the spikes on, did some sprint work - he runs 130-160 km a week

* 3:30 pm 2 hour bike ride (easy 60 km) - he bikes anywhere up to 750 km a week

* Second running workout run - 2 x 2 km uphill, jog back down... then back to the track (it's now 7 pm) for 20 x 400m in 69-70 with 200m jog recovery!

I am exhausted just watching that. I didn't know one could handle all that aerobic training at once. Somehow I pictured triathletes just half-assed all three sports.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hz9MdgdrOJQ

9 years ago 01/23/2015 1:50pm EST

re: Triathletes r awesome

Yeah, you should check out Matt McElroy's WOW on Flotrack. He spends a day with a bunch of triathletes and does their workouts.

9 years ago 01/23/2015 2:23pm EST

re: Triathletes r awesome

Great video, but obviously not a typical day. More like highlights from a 2-week cycle of training. Anyway, thanks for posting, so much beautiful scenery and color.

9 years ago 01/23/2015 6:03pm EST

re: Triathletes r awesome

Ever since the Brownlees ran a 28:30 at stanford people shoul be aware that elite triathletes can keep up with any runner outside of the true elite and destroy them in the other two disciplines.

6 years ago 06/14/2017 3:15pm EDT

re: rocknheim

bump. would love to get others' thoughts on this video

6 years ago 06/14/2017 3:40pm EDT

re: rocknheim

Isn't the Stanford track short?

6 years ago 06/14/2017 5:06pm EDT

re: rocknheim

rocknheim wrote:
Ever since the Brownlees ran a 28:30 at stanford people shoul be aware that elite triathletes can keep up with any runner outside of the true elite and destroy them in the other two disciplines.

Is this like saying "cribbage players can beat most bridge players, and the good ones, whom they can't beat, they can destroy at cribbage" ?

Because that sounds dumb, like a low-IQ brag failure.

6 years ago 06/15/2017 6:02am EDT

re: observational9

Missing from the video: 8:00 am HGH injection. 4:00 pm EPO infusion.

6 years ago 06/15/2017 6:54am EDT

re: Triathletes r awesome

Triathletes r awesome wrote:
* 5:30 AM swim workout - 4 x 400m on 5' + 4 x 200m on 2'30" + 4 x 100m on 1'15" - he swims 25-30 km, sometimes 40 km a week
* Followed by a 10 km run to the track, put the spikes on, did some sprint work - he runs 130-160 km a week
* 3:30 pm 2 hour bike ride (easy 60 km) - he bikes anywhere up to 750 km a week
* Second running workout run - 2 x 2 km uphill, jog back down... then back to the track (it's now 7 pm) for 20 x 400m in 69-70 with 200m jog recovery!
I am exhausted just watching that. I didn't know one could handle all that aerobic training at once. Somehow I pictured triathletes just half-assed all three sports.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hz9MdgdrOJQ

I just cannot figure out anyone can do that day arfter day. I know that they are amazing athletes but what he is doing here just crushes what someone like Bekele does in terms of the daily workload achieved.

6 years ago 06/15/2017 7:14am EDT

re: steroidz

steroidz wrote:
I just cannot figure out anyone can do that day arfter day. I know that they are amazing athletes but what he is doing here just crushes what someone like Bekele does in terms of the daily workload achieved.

Can't swimmers and cyclists hammer like 5 times a week or something? That's why Michael Phelps could win 5 individual events and 3 relays in the same week. That's 5 events worth of rounds!

I mean think about it - in your running career, what he derailed your training more - fatigue or injury? I can usually adapt over time to an increased workload so I don't feel overly fatigued. But eventually I do too much and get some sort of injury.

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