Hit The Threshold, Smash The Run
220 Triathlon|March 2017

If you want to improve your form this season, then you’re going to need the threshold run in your tri training arsenal. Spencer Smith has the deets and the session to boost your endurance...

Spencer Smith
Hit The Threshold, Smash The Run

Running is hard!’ That’s what I hear time and time again when speaking to the athletes I coach about their training in the third discipline of triathlon. Love him or hate him, on his return to triathlon a few years back Lance Armstrong hit it bang on the head when he described the need to run well in a triathlon: ‘You bike for show and run for dough’. And there’s one type of run that I believe gives you the most bang for your buck – the threshold run… and yes, it’s hard!

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