San Diego Pre-Season Interval Program

Beginning in the first week of January, paddlers (SUP and prone) gather weekly on Thursday mornings for our group interval training program. These training sessions are open to the public but geared toward competitive paddle athletes of all experience levels. Newcomers and visitors from out of town are encouraged to participate.  Drama will not be tolerated. Please contact us if you have any questions.

Time : Intervals start at 7:05AM on Thursday mornings.  Most paddlers arrive at about 6:45 The extra time allows for a warmup loop and  time to paddle to the interval start line on the West end of the lagoon.

Location : Carlsbad lagoon, San Diego. We meet at the small beach at the end of  Bayshore drive. This is a beach entry with no surf. Click for map of start location NOTE: the entry location is very close to residential homes. Please do your best to be a good neighbor and keep noise levels down when parking and unloading.

Ability level: Competitive paddle athletes of all ability levels are encouraged to participate.

The program : Training sessions run approximately 60 minutes. Over the course of 12 weeks a priodized, progressive, approach to interval training targeting different energy systems is used to help prepare athletes for the 2013 race season. Interval training sessions (as well as cancellations due to weather) are posted each week on Facebook and Twitter .  Current workouts are available for download below:
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  • Week 1 – January 3, 2013:
  • Week 2 – January 10, 2013:
  • Week 3 – January 17, 2013:
  • Week 4 – January 24, 2013:
  • Week 5 – January 31, 2013:
  • Week 6 – February 7, 2013:
  • Week 7 – February 14, 2013:
  • Week 8 – February 21, 2013:
  • Week 9 – February 28, 2013:
  • Week 10 -March 7, 2013:
  • Week 11 – March 14, 2013:
  • Week 12 – March 21, 2013:
  • Week 13 – March 28, 2013:
  • Week 14 – April 4, 2013:
  • Week 15 – April 11, 2013:
  • Week 16: April 18, 2013:
  • Week 17: April 25, 2013: Click to download workout
  • Week 18: May 2, 2013: Click to download workout

The preseason ends May 2 and it is time to start racing. If you missed any of the workouts, the entire pre-season training program is available for purchase here