Long Intervals Optimised for Time Near VO2max and a Classic Norwegian Threshold Session
That Triathlon Show
Mikael Eriksson
4.9 • 596 Ratings
🗓️ 27 January 2026
⏱️ 15 minutes
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| 0:00.0 | Hey listeners, welcome back to that triathlon show for another minisode, where I'll bring you some highlights from the full episode that will be released this coming Thursday. |
| 0:10.3 | It will be another power rankings episode, and this time Jack and I will each rank our top five bike sessions for triathletes. |
| 0:17.6 | In this clip, you'll hear my number three and jacks number two on the list. And after you |
| 0:22.7 | hear the clip, I'll also give you some additional comments that are not from the main episode. |
| 0:27.3 | You'll only hear it here. And these are essentially some comments and some context from the |
| 0:31.8 | science perspective of each of these sessions. So stick around until the end to hear those additional comments. |
| 0:39.1 | And yeah, now enjoy this clip from the upcoming episode. |
| 0:44.4 | Okay, my number three then is kind of a micro interval. I would classify it basically as a |
| 0:51.3 | micro interval session. Also from the, yeah, the Dennis dotestot group, but it's not the 30-15s. |
| 0:57.2 | This is the 40-60s, where you do the 40s. |
| 1:01.2 | So you do four intervals that are five minutes each, but each five-minute consists of three |
| 1:06.3 | times 40 seconds on, 60 seconds off, where the ons are around 120%, 115, 120%. |
| 1:14.7 | And the offs are just at or just above FTP or critical power, so 100 to 105%. |
| 1:22.2 | So you're basically, it's not rest, obviously, but you're not continuing to accumulate lactate and |
| 1:31.8 | and you're you're kind of just just barely stopping stopping the yeah the rapid fatigue accumulation |
| 1:39.3 | there so are you sure you are at that when it's still of 100%? |
| 1:45.4 | Well, yes, you're able to finish this session. |
| 1:50.0 | But it's definitely a hard one. |
| 1:52.1 | I think to me it depends on the day, |
| 1:55.4 | whether it's harder or easier than the 3015s. |
| 1:58.3 | Because the 3015s, when you do the 13 reps, |
| 2:02.9 | that's 9 minutes, 45 seconds that you're on off. |
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