How Kestivo builds a training week
A transparent look at Roadmap context, completed training, physiology, weekly generation and athlete review.
Kestivo Guides
Training decisions, explained without pretending triathlon is simple.
I started writing these guides because the interesting questions are rarely "what is Zone 2?" They are things like: what do I do after missing Thursday, how much of the plan should survive a chaotic week, and why does every app seem to know only half of my training story?
Published
Start with the questions I kept running into myself.
These are not generic training articles written to fill a content calendar. They come from the same planning problems I am trying to solve in Kestivo.
Planning guide
Adaptive triathlon training
What should happen when you miss a session, race unexpectedly, or simply have a week that refuses to follow the plan?
Read the guide Product guideChoosing a triathlon training app
Why tracking, calendars and planning are different jobs, and why I got tired of using four tools to answer one training question.
Read the guide Training guideBuilding a triathlon training plan
How to build direction toward a race without assuming work, family, fatigue and pool opening hours will politely cooperate.
Read the guide Coaching guideAdaptive triathlon coaching
How an adaptive coach should respond to evidence without constantly rewriting the calendar.
Read the guide App comparisonBest triathlon training apps
Compare TrainingPeaks, TriDot, Athletica, Garmin, Runna and Kestivo by their real job.
Read the comparison Training decisionsWhat to do after missed workouts
When to skip, shorten or move a workout, and when the safest adaptation is doing nothing.
Read the guide 70.3 trainingA 70.3 plan for busy athletes
An illustrative week and training priorities for middle-distance preparation around work and family.
Read the guideComing next
More topics, when there is something useful to say.
I would rather publish three useful guides than thirty versions of '10 tips for better training'. The next ones are already on the list.
TrainingPeaks alternatives for triathletes
How to compare planning calendars, guided coaching and evolving athlete-controlled workflows without hype.
How Kestivo decides what comes next
Where Roadmap direction, completed training, physiology, availability and athlete approval meet.
Editorial principle
Explain the decision, not just the workout.
A training article should leave you understanding why a choice makes sense. If the entire conclusion is 'listen to your body', it probably did not need 1,500 words.
1. Athlete context before generic recommendations.
2. Race direction before isolated workouts.
3. Real training before assumed compliance.
4. Athlete approval before generated training becomes authoritative.
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