Power Rankings - Our top-5 run sessions to improve triathlon running performance

If you want to improve your running performance as a triathlete, these are the tried and true sessions that we rely on as triathlon coaches and athletes. HIGHLIGHTS AND KEY TOPICS: Fartlek workouts to improve your running speed and VO2max How we use hills in run sessions for triathletes The value of progressive sets and pace alterations within a workout How we prescribe threshold work for running We upvote and downvote each others sessions A discussion on using percentage based run sessions and the difference between pace vs. speed based percentages DETAILED EPISODE SHOWNOTES: We have detailed shownotes for all of our episodes. The shownotes are basically the podcast episode in written form, that you can read in 5-10 minutes. They are not transcriptions, but they are also not just surface-level overviews. They provide detailed insights and timestamps for each episode, and are great especially for later review, after you've already listened to an episode. The shownotes for today's episode can be found at LINKS AND RESOURCES: All running related episodes on That Triathlon Show John Davis – Coaching, physiology, and running calculators | EP#464 Running Writings Pace Percentage Calculator WHAT SHOULD I LISTEN TO NEXT? If you enjoyed this episode, I think you'll love the following related episodes: Power Rankings – Our top-5 bike sessions to improve triathlon cycling performance Power Rankings – Our top five sessions to improve your triathlon swimming Triathlon Base Training Series 4 – Running Modern marathon training principles and preparation with running coach John Davis Run training with Hugo van den Broek | EP#242 Training methods of Ethiopian runners with Michael Crawley | EP#275 You can find our full episode archives here , where you can filter for categories such as Training, Racing, Science & Physiology, Swimming, Cycling, Running etc. You can also find separate archives for specific series of episodes I've done, specifically Q&A episodes , TTS Thursday episodes , and Beginner Tips episodes . LEARN MORE ABOUT SCIENTIFIC TRIATHLON: The Scientific Triathlon website is the home of That Triathlon Show and everything else that we do Contact us through our contact form or email me directly (note - email/contact form messages get responded to much more quickly than Instagram DMs)

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Power Rankings - Our top-5 run sessions to improve triathlon running performance is an episode from That Triathlon Show by Mikael Eriksson.

This episode is 01:04:25 long.

This episode was published on Feb 5, 2026.

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