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    • Training Planner

    I’ve put together a little spreadsheet to help me plan my triathlon training for the year. I just enter my annual training hours target, and put my “A” races into the relevant week of the year, and . . . . Hey Presto! it puts together a full, periodized training schedule for me. Just like magic.All I then need to do is to plan each week, so that I spend my planned hours wisely.

    I’d like to get your feedback on this Triathlon Training Planner, so please feel free to download it, tinker around, play with it, modify, add to it, whatever . . . and let me know how you get on.

    Download the Triathlon Training Planner here.


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    5 Responses to “Training Planner”

    1. Joe Flynn, on January 8th, 2008 at 3:53 am Said:

      Thank you, that saved considerable time having to do a lot of calculations using Joe Friel’s Triathlon Bible. Would have been nice if I could have added color to some of the blocks, but alas, most of the page is write protected. Thanks again.

    2. Karl McCracken, on January 8th, 2008 at 7:24 am Said:

      Hi Joe -
      Thanks for the feedback. What kind of colour would you like to add? Automatic highlighting of recovery / peak weeks, that sort of thing?

    3. Nathan Goss, on January 16th, 2008 at 4:07 pm Said:

      G’Day Champ,

      It would be great if we could add extra workouts to the drop-down lists withing Week’s Plan - eg: Swim Technique, Yoga, etc.

      Sensational.

      Nath :-)

    4. Ian Gould, on January 18th, 2008 at 11:14 pm Said:

      Hi Karl,

      This is a great piece of work and it has really motivated me to plan my season properly. I have loads of questions, comments and requests, is there an address I can mail you at?

    5. Karl McCracken, on January 20th, 2008 at 7:19 am Said:

      Hi Nathan -
      Thanks for the suggestion. Great suggestion. I’ll make the location of the list that drives the workouts a non-protected area of the sheet, so that you can add extra things.

      Hi Ian -
      I’ve sent you a separate email.
      Karl.

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