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Don't need or can't afford personalized coaching? Over 230 athletes in 2005 used a Crucible Fitness Training Plan to prepare for their goal race. From Sprint to Iron Distance, 11 to 26 weeks, Beginner to Advanced, for heart rate or power, hilly course or flat...we have you covered!

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Rich has recently re-written his already successful Ironman training plans, drawing on the experience of another season of Ironman training, racing, and coaching.

The major change has been a decreased emphasis on cycling volume and increased focus on quality cycling, to ensure you see the greatest performance return on every training hour invested. Many of Rich's power-training athletes have improved their Functional Threshold Power (FTP) by 10-20% with only 4-5hrs/wk on the trainer through the winter. Lifting your FTP lifts your power/speed at ALL intensities. When you raise your speed at tempo pace to 23mph, it also becomes much easier to ride 20mph. Rich has applied these lessons to both heart rate and power-based training plans.

Each training plan includes:

• The Uber Doc: originally written to accompany our Ironman training plans, the doc has grown to include everything you need to know to train and race triathlon. Race day execution, nutrition, stretching, strength training, annual scheduling, running form, cycling technique, cycling cadence, etc. At 60 pages, and growing, it is an incredible resource.

• Exclusive access to the Training Plan Support Forum, for continued guidance with customizing your training plan.

• Team discounts on Ergomo, SRM, Powermeter and Computrainer products, as well as Team Crucible training and racing apparel.

• The Swim Clinic e-Book: a comprehensive swim clinic in your hard drive, complete with 14 streaming underwater videos of Rich demonstrating swim drills and other concepts.

• The Power Training e-Book, available only to purchasers of the PowerTraining plans. We've captured the experience of four Ironmans, numerous halfs, countless sprints and Olympics and thousands of training miles. Your powermeter is only a hammer. We show you how to use that hammer to build your fitness and apply it to the race.

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