May 15, 2014
Team Z Adult Group Triathlon Training Program: Abreviations (Cue Sheets, Track, Swim, Bike)
To help out our new folks! To remind our vets who have fallen asleep….
WEEKEND RIDE CUE SHEET ABBREVIATIONS
- BL – BEAR LEFT
- BR ”“ BEAR RIGHT
- L ”“ LEFT
- L/R ”“ LEFT THEN QUICK RIGHT
- QL OR QKL ”“ QUICK LEFT
- QR OR QKR ”“ QUICK RIGHT
- R ”“ RIGHT
- R/L ”“ RIGHT THEN QUICK LEFT
- S ”“ STRAIGHT
- SS ”“ STOP SIGN
- T- T INSTERSECTION
- TI ”“ TURNS INTO
- TL ”“ TRAFFIC LIGHT
- TRO ”“ TO REMAIN ON
- X ”“ CROSS
SWIM WORKOUT ABBREVIATIONS
- W/U ”“ WARM UP
- Z1 ”“ ZONE 1
- Z2 ”“ ZONE 2
- Z3 ”“ ZONE 3
- Z4 ”“ ZONE 4
- LAP AND LENGTH ”“ UP AND BACK = ONE LAP
- CHOICE ”“ YOU CHOOSE WHAT STROKE TO SWIM
- 25’s, 50’s, 100’s, 200’s, etc. ”“DISTANCE
- DESCEND ”“ VERY EASY TO LITTLE HARDER TO LITTLE HARDER TO ALL OUT EACH LAP
- BUILD ”“ EASY AND GRADUALLY BUILD OVER THE COURSE OF THE DISTANCE THEN ALL OUT LAST 5 YARDS
- RACE PACE – SPEED YOU CAN MAINTAIN FOR THE DISTANCE OF THE SWIM
- CRUISE ”“ NICE EASY AEROBIC PACE
- RECOVERY ”“ AS SLOW AS YOU LIKE
- SET ”“ DESCRIBES A PORTION OF THE WORKOUT
- INTERVAL ”“ TIME ALLOWED FOR EACH REPITION IN A GIVEN SET
- ODDS ”“ 1,3,5, etc LAPS
- EVENS ”“ 2,4,6, etc LAPS
TRACK WORKOUT ABBREVIATIONS – Read More About understanding our track workouts here
- W/U ”“ WARM UP
- Z1 ”“ ZONE 1
- Z2 ”“ ZONE 2
- Z3 ”“ ZONE 3
- Z4 ”“ ZONE 4
- LRP MP ”“
- LRP + 30
- STRIDES ”“
- TP
- W/D ”“ WARM DOWN
- PICKUPS ”“
- IP –
- R/2 ”“
- TP ”“ TEMPO RUN
- EXAMPLE: 10′ W/U, 3 strides, 2 x 1600 low to mid Z4 or TP R/2′, 1 x 800 Z4 or TP, W/D. (TEN MINUTE WARM UP, DO THREE STRIDES, THEN DO TWO 1600 METERS IN LOW TO MIDDLE ZONE 4 OR INSTEAD OF TWO SETS OF 1600 METERS DO A TEMPO RUN FOR TWO MINUTES, ONE SET OF 800 METERS IN ZONE 4 OR TEMPO RUN THEN WARM DOWN.
BIKE WORKOUT ABBREVIATIONS Read more here about how to understand our bike workouts
- W/U ”“ WARM UP
- W/D ”“ WARM DOWN
- Z1 ”“ ZONE 1
- Z2 ”“ ZONE 2
- Z3 ”“ ZONE 3
- Z4 ”“ ZONE 4
- SLD ”“ SINGLE LEG DRILL, PEDAL WITH ONLY ONE LEG, BIG GEAR ”“Z5 a/b ”“SD ”“ SPEED DRILL (Please read THIS for an explanation of each)
- EXAMPLE: 10′ w/u, 5′ 1/3rd SD, 2 x 12′ Z4 R/5′ Z2 (w/ 1 x 5′ Big Gear). (A TEN MINUTE WARM UP, RIDE FIVE MINUTES WITH 1/3 OF IT SPEED DRILL, TWO TWELVE MINUTES SETS IN ZONE 4, RIDE FIVE MINUTES IN ZONE 2 WITH ONE OF THE FIVE MINUTES IN BIG GEAR)