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SwimRace-specific

Broken 1500

3 × 500 at 1500 race effort, short rest

Time
≈43 min
Hard
≈26:19
in zones 4–5
Difficulty
Very hardDifficulty 4 of 5 — Very hard

What we typed

25 m pool. Warm up 600 easy. 3 × (500 freestyle hard at 1500 race effort, 25 s rest). Cool down 200 easy.

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The session

4 steps

25 m pool

Warm upFreestyle

600 mEasyZ2
3×500 m

RepFreestyle

1500 race effort

500 mHardZ4

Rest

25 secZ1

Cool downFreestyle

200 mEasyZ2

Targets that fit you. Swims use Garmin's effort levels (easy, moderate, hard, all out…). Send-offs listed as clock times are the original, elite intervals — scale them to leave yourself the rest the set intends.

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3 × 300 at 1500 effort.

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About this session

What it trains

1500 m race pace, broken into thirds so you can hold it.

Who it's for

Distance swimmers, open-water swimmers and triathletes.

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