Build your Patriot Half plan
Your coach opens with the Patriot Half set for June 12, 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 33 weeks to go.
Start your Patriot Half plan- Formats
- Half
- Terrain
- Rolling
- Taper starts
- June 3, 2027
Patriot Half distances
- Half 1.2 mi swim, 54 mi bike, 13.1 mi run
Course
The Patriot Half course
Everything is based at Cathedral Camp in East Freetown, on the shore of Long Pond, the largest freshwater body in Massachusetts, with racing from 7:00 AM. The 1.2-mile swim is one counterclockwise rectangle in the pond.
Read the full course notes
The 54-mile bike heads through Lakeville and over the Pocksha Pond Causeway, then rides a Middleborough and Rochester loop twice, for about 1,430 feet of climbing on mostly flat roads with some rolling hills. The 13.1-mile run is a single loop past farms and lakes, generally flat with one short, steep hill near mile 12.5, and the last quarter mile is on the camp grounds. 2027 is the race's 21st year, and it has won Best Small Race three times in the Triathlete's Choice Awards.
- Terrain
- Rolling
- Formats
- Half
- Race-day conditions
- June in nearby New Bedford averages a high of 75 °F and a low of 58 °F, so the swim start is cool and the run can warm up. Recent race-day water temperatures in Long Pond have ranged from 68 °F to 76 °F, and wetsuits have been allowed every year so far. Expect about 8 days with rain in June and around 5 muggy days, so drink steadily on the bike and wear sunscreen for the open run.
What to train for
The bike is mostly flat, so practise holding an aero position at steady half-distance effort for 2 to 3 hours.
Build a weekly brick that runs straight off the bike, and finish some long runs with a short, hard hill to rehearse the climb near mile 12.5.
Do several open-water swims, sighting on buoys around a rectangular loop. Know the cutoffs: swim done by 9:00 AM, bike and T2 by 12:45 PM, and 8 hours 30 minutes to finish.
Sample week
A sample Patriot Half 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 Patriot Half
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. The course rolls, so keep one short session on undulating ground in the first taper week. With the race on June 12, 2027, your taper starts around June 3, 2027.
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Add AthleteSpace to Claude once, then paste this prompt and put in your own numbers.
Build me a triathlon season for the Patriot Half on June 12, 2027. I train about [hours] hours a week, [days] days a week.
Patriot Half training questions
How long should I train for the Patriot Half?
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 Patriot Half course like?
Rolling. Everything is based at Cathedral Camp in East Freetown, on the shore of Long Pond, the largest freshwater body in Massachusetts, with racing from 7:00 AM.
How cold is the water at the Patriot Half?
June in nearby New Bedford averages a high of 75 °F and a low of 58 °F, so the swim start is cool and the run can warm up. Recent race-day water temperatures in Long Pond have ranged from 68 °F to 76 °F, and wetsuits have been allowed every year so far. Expect about 8 days with rain in June and around 5 muggy days, so drink steadily on the bike and wear sunscreen for the open run.
When should I start tapering for the Patriot Half?
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. The course rolls, so keep one short session on undulating ground in the first taper week. With the race on June 12, 2027, your taper starts around June 3, 2027.
Do I need an account to get a Patriot Half 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.