Build your Lake Hodges Trail Duathlon plan
Your coach opens with the Lake Hodges Trail Duathlon set for October 17, 2027, asks about your week and your fitness, then writes every session of your triathlon plan. Free, and you can start as a guest. About 51 weeks to go.
Start your Lake Hodges Trail Duathlon plan- Formats
- Trail Duathlon
- Sport
- Triathlon
- Taper starts
- October 8, 2027
Lake Hodges Trail Duathlon distances
- Trail Duathlon 23 mi
Course
The Lake Hodges Trail Duathlon course
The Trail Duathlon runs on Sunday morning, the day after the Lake Hodges trail runs, starting and finishing at the Piedras Pintadas Trailhead on the shore of Lake Hodges in northern San Diego. You run 10K (about 6.2 miles), ride 22K (about 13.7 miles) and finish with a 5K run (about 3.1 miles), roughly 23 miles in all on the trails around the lake.
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Road, mountain, gravel, hybrid and e-bikes are all allowed, and you can race solo or as a team of two or three, with each teammate taking one leg. The start is at 7:00 a.m. and the course closes at 11:00 a.m., so you have four hours to finish. Like the rest of the Elevation Culture Race Series it is cupless, so you carry your own hydration.
- Formats
- Trail Duathlon
- Race-day conditions
- October near Lake Hodges is usually dry and sunny, with normal lows in the upper 50s °F and afternoon highs around 80 °F at nearby Escondido. The 7:00 a.m. start keeps most of the race in the cooler morning hours, but carry enough fluid for the ride and the final run as the sun climbs.
What to train for
The key skill is running well off the bike: do a weekly brick, riding 45 to 60 minutes and then running 15 to 20 minutes straight away, on trail if you can.
Train on the bike you will race and ride it on dirt and gravel, practicing steady climbing in an easy gear and smooth descending.
Keep the opening 10K relaxed, around your half marathon effort, so you still have legs for the closing 5K. Rehearse both transitions with your bottle mounted and your kit laid out the way you will set it on race day.
Sample week
A sample Lake Hodges Trail Duathlon training week
A week from the middle of the build, about six weeks out. Your plan sets the real distances and paces from your own fitness and adjusts them every week as you train.
- Monday
- Swim, 45 min: drills and technique
- Tuesday Key session
- Bike, 1 h with threshold intervals
- Wednesday
- Swim, 45 min: steady intervals at race effort
- Easy run, 40 min
- Thursday Key session
- Run, 40 min with tempo segments
- Friday
- Rest, or 20 minutes of mobility
- Saturday Key session
- Long ride, 1 h 30 min, then a 20 min run off the bike
- Sunday
- Long run, 1 h easy
Your build to race day
Taper
Tapering for the Lake Hodges Trail Duathlon
Start the taper seven to ten days before race day. Trim the volume in all three sports, keep short race-pace efforts in each, and do one last short brick so running off the bike still feels familiar. With the race on October 17, 2027, your taper starts around October 8, 2027.
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Lake Hodges Trail Duathlon training questions
How long should I train for the Lake Hodges Trail Duathlon?
Most athletes give a triathlon sixteen to twenty weeks of focused training on top of an existing base. The coach counts back from your actual race date, so if you have less time than that it builds the best plan the remaining weeks allow rather than pretending you have longer.
What is the Lake Hodges Trail Duathlon course like?
The Trail Duathlon runs on Sunday morning, the day after the Lake Hodges trail runs, starting and finishing at the Piedras Pintadas Trailhead on the shore of Lake Hodges in northern San Diego.
How cold is the water at the Lake Hodges Trail Duathlon?
October near Lake Hodges is usually dry and sunny, with normal lows in the upper 50s °F and afternoon highs around 80 °F at nearby Escondido. The 7:00 a.m. start keeps most of the race in the cooler morning hours, but carry enough fluid for the ride and the final run as the sun climbs.
When should I start tapering for the Lake Hodges Trail Duathlon?
Start the taper seven to ten days before race day. Trim the volume in all three sports, keep short race-pace efforts in each, and do one last short brick so running off the bike still feels familiar. With the race on October 17, 2027, your taper starts around October 8, 2027.
Do I need an account to get a Lake Hodges Trail Duathlon training plan?
Start as a guest and save a free account later. Your coach writes your triathlon plan and adapts it every week as you log your training. No card.