Train Smarter, Not Harder

The Houston All-Women Tri Team uses the science and research associated with heart rate training and HeartZones to "Train Smarter, Not Harder".  The first 3 workouts in our training are dedicated to finding YOUR Threshold Heart Rate (TH HR) in each of the three sports - swim, bike, run.  Once your TH HR is identified, the goal is to train 80% of the time UNDER this TH HR and 20% of the time OVER this TH HR. 

Our training philosophy is not about "sweating buckets" or "pushing yourself to your limit".  Training with HeartZones Coaching, you will find your performance will get better, all while being less likely to be injured, become burned out, or give up because it is just too hard and not fun.

This is a pretty good article from Mark Allen, 6 Time Ironman World Champion, about his experience in using heart rate training to get to his triathlon goal.  My only caution in this article is his "formula" to get to Maximum Aerobic Heart Rate.  The "age" formula (220 - age) or the formula that Mark Allen uses, 180 - age with some corrections, is not consistent with the HeartZones research... but that's a long and different story :-)
Mark Allen on Heart Rate Training http://www.duathlon.com/articles/1460

Hope you "Give it a Tri" and "Train with Heart"!
Coach Bev