and cycle the next day. Follow this pattern and you'll become faster at individual events that include recovery between disciplines. To excel in triathlon and duathlon, you need to train more specifically and simulate swim-to-bike, bike-to-run or run
. To become a better swimmer you need to swim consistently and that very regularity can make it hard to maintain focus. By breaking up the sessions into warm-ups, drills, pre-main sets, main sets and recoveries (or warm-downs) the swims become more fun