Whatever finish you are chasing, your plan starts from your three numbers today.
Every week between your three numbers today and the finish you are chasing. Your CSS in the water, your FTP on the bike and your run benchmark each set their own paces, and each is re-measured as you go.
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- Sprint to Ironman, 4 to 7 days a week
- CSS in the pool, FTP on the bike, VDOT on the road
- Week-one tests replace every estimate
- Bricks, open-water prep and a race-week rehearsal
- Lifting alongside if you want it
- Fuelling for training days and race day
- Coach chat and community included
How three sports fit in one week
Every discipline gets paced off its own measurement.
A swim written to a CSS test, a ride to an FTP number and a run to a recent time. One athlete has three different engines and averaging them serves none of them.
The bike is where the race is won and the run is where it is lost.
Ride volume builds the engine, but the run off the bike is the one nobody rehearses enough. Legs that feel fine on a standalone run can refuse to turn over in the first kilometre off the saddle.
The swim is technique before it is fitness.
Structured sets against a target per 100m improve a swim far faster than accumulating unmeasured laps, and the swim costs the least fatigue of the three.
Fuelling is a trained skill, not a race-day decision.
The longer the race, the more it becomes an eating contest. Practising intake at race intensity during long rides is the difference between finishing and unravelling.
In the app
A real week, generated
Beginner across all three disciplines, 5 days a week, 12-week sprint build off a 1:51:30 sprint, chasing 1:45. CSS 2:10/100m, FTP 190W.
Last race1:51:30
Race day1:45:00
Basewk 1–4
Buildwk 5–9
Peakwk 10
Taperwk 11–12
3.6h in week 1 · 6.2h at peak (week 10) · 1.2h in race week
- Wk 1 Swim CSS test: measures your swim pace, and every structured swim is written to it
- Wk 2 5K Time Trial: measured, and every pace after it is rewritten from the result
- Wk 8 Recovery week: 35% lighter than the weeks around it, then the build carries on
Week 1: Base (~3.6h)Aerobic foundation: sweet-spot rides, technique swims, a brick to teach the legs to run off the bike.
Mon
STRENGTH · Durability
short, low-fatigue durability work. Single-leg strength, hips and trunk. Keeps you robust for swim, bike and run without denting the key sessions.
AccessoryHip thrust (light)3 × 12
StrengthStep-up (control the descent)3 × 8 each side
CoreCable Pallof press3 × 10 each side
CoreDead bug3 × 10 each side
Twenty-five minutes of single-leg, hip and trunk work. Keeps you robust across three sports without denting the key sessions.
Tue
SWIM · CSS Test · 400m + 200m
Your swim paces are currently estimated. This test replaces the guess with YOUR number. Warm up 400m easy with drills.
Paced off your measured CSS, not a stroke count. Every interval carries a target you can actually hit.
Wed
BIKE · Sweet-spot ride
Sustained efforts just below threshold (88-93% FTP): the most efficient way to build aerobic base without deep fatigue.
The session that sets up your day. Long and controlled, fuelled the way you will fuel in the race.
Thu
RUN · Long run
Build durability. Mostly easy with a steadier finish as the plan progresses.
Run volume held deliberately below what a pure runner would do. Fresh legs off the bike matter more than mileage.
Fri
SWIM · Threshold swim (CSS)
4 × 100m @ CSS, CSS sets at threshold to lift your sustainable swim pace.
Sat
Rest
Sun
BRICK · Long ride + transition run
Bike straight into a run. Trains the legs to run off the bike: the make-or-break triathlon skill.
Bike into run, back to back. Legs that have never run off the bike do not learn it on race morning.
Week 9: Build2 (~6.1h)The quality escalates: swims paced to your CSS, rides on FTP watt targets, the brick grows.
Mon
STRENGTH · Durability
short, low-fatigue durability work. Single-leg strength, hips and trunk. Keeps you robust for swim, bike and run without denting the key sessions.
AccessoryHip thrust (light)3 × 12
StrengthStep-up (control the descent)3 × 8 each side
CoreCable Pallof press3 × 10 each side
CoreDead bug3 × 10 each side
Twenty-five minutes of single-leg, hip and trunk work. Keeps you robust across three sports without denting the key sessions.
Tue
SWIM · Open-water swim
Open water today: ALWAYS swim with others, in a safe supervised spot, bright cap on, in your wetsuit if you'll race in one.
Paced off your measured CSS, not a stroke count. Every interval carries a target you can actually hit.
Wed
BIKE · Endurance ride
Second session today: split it from the day's other session (morning/evening). Genuinely easy Z2: it adds aerobic volume, not fatigue. Focus: hold a relaxed race position and practise fuelling on the move.
The session that sets up your day. Long and controlled, fuelled the way you will fuel in the race.
Thu
BIKE · Sweet-spot ride
Sustained efforts just below threshold (88-93% FTP): the most efficient way to build aerobic base without deep fatigue.
Fri
RUN · Race-pace blocks run
Long run with race-pace blocks inside an aerobic run: practise holding goal pace on accumulating fatigue, easy running between.
Run volume held deliberately below what a pure runner would do. Fresh legs off the bike matter more than mileage.
Sat
SWIM · Threshold swim (CSS)
6 × 100m broken @ CSS, CSS sets at threshold to lift your sustainable swim pace. Sight every 6-8 strokes (eyes forward) to prep for open water.
Sun
BRICK · Brick: long ride into run
Bike straight into a run. Trains the legs to run off the bike: the make-or-break triathlon skill.
Bike into run, back to back. Legs that have never run off the bike do not learn it on race morning.
Week 12: Taper / race (~1.2h)Volume falls away and the whole day is rehearsed: swim, bike, run, per-leg split targets.
Mon
SWIM · Technique swim
Drills and smooth aerobic swimming. Efficiency is free speed in the water.
Paced off your measured CSS, not a stroke count. Every interval carries a target you can actually hit.
Tue
RUN · Long run
Build durability. Mostly easy with a steadier finish as the plan progresses.
Run volume held deliberately below what a pure runner would do. Fresh legs off the bike matter more than mileage.
Wed
SWIM · Race primer swim
4 × 100m broken @ CSS, CSS sets at threshold to lift your sustainable swim pace.
Short and sharp. Banking freshness, not fitness.
Thu
Rest
Fri
Rest
Sat
Rest
Sun
RACE · Race Day · Sprint
This is what you've trained for. 750m swim → 20km bike → 5km run. Arrive at transition set up and ready. Trust your preparation, execute your race plan, and enjoy every moment of it.
Race day.
Intermediate across all three disciplines, 5 days a week, 14-week olympic build off a 2:55:30, chasing 2:45. CSS 1:58/100m, FTP 225W.
Last race2:55:30
Race day2:45:00
Basewk 1–5
Buildwk 6–11
Peakwk 12
Taperwk 13–14
4.9h in week 1 · 9.2h at peak (week 12) · 1.5h in race week
- Wk 1 & 7 Swim CSS test: measures your swim pace, and every structured swim is written to it
- Wk 2 5K Time Trial: measured, and every pace after it is rewritten from the result
- Wk 8 Recovery week: 38% lighter than the weeks around it, then the build carries on
Week 1: Base (~4.9h)Aerobic foundation: sweet-spot rides, technique swims, a brick to teach the legs to run off the bike.
Mon
STRENGTH · Durability
short, low-fatigue durability work. Single-leg strength, hips and trunk. Keeps you robust for swim, bike and run without denting the key sessions.
AccessoryHip thrust (light)3 × 12
StrengthStep-up (control the descent)3 × 8 each side
CoreCable Pallof press3 × 10 each side
CoreDead bug3 × 10 each side
Twenty-five minutes of single-leg, hip and trunk work. Keeps you robust across three sports without denting the key sessions.
Tue
SWIM · CSS Test · 400m + 200m
Your swim paces are currently estimated. This test replaces the guess with YOUR number. Warm up 400m easy with drills.
Paced off your measured CSS, not a stroke count. Every interval carries a target you can actually hit.
Wed
BIKE · Sweet-spot ride
Sustained efforts just below threshold (88-93% FTP): the most efficient way to build aerobic base without deep fatigue.
The session that sets up your day. Long and controlled, fuelled the way you will fuel in the race.
Thu
RUN · Long run
Build durability. Mostly easy with a steadier finish as the plan progresses.
Run volume held deliberately below what a pure runner would do. Fresh legs off the bike matter more than mileage.
Fri
SWIM · Threshold swim (CSS)
5 × 100m @ CSS, CSS sets at threshold to lift your sustainable swim pace.
Sat
Rest
Sun
BRICK · Long ride + transition run
Bike straight into a run. Trains the legs to run off the bike: the make-or-break triathlon skill.
Bike into run, back to back. Legs that have never run off the bike do not learn it on race morning.
Week 9: Build2 (~8.5h)The quality escalates: swims paced to your CSS, rides on FTP watt targets, the brick grows.
Mon
STRENGTH · Durability
short, low-fatigue durability work. Single-leg strength, hips and trunk. Keeps you robust for swim, bike and run without denting the key sessions.
AccessoryHip thrust (light)3 × 12
StrengthStep-up (control the descent)3 × 8 each side
CoreCable Pallof press3 × 10 each side
CoreDead bug3 × 10 each side
Twenty-five minutes of single-leg, hip and trunk work. Keeps you robust across three sports without denting the key sessions.
Tue
SWIM · Open-water swim
Open water today: ALWAYS swim with others, in a safe supervised spot, bright cap on, in your wetsuit if you'll race in one.
Paced off your measured CSS, not a stroke count. Every interval carries a target you can actually hit.
Wed
BIKE · Endurance ride
Second session today: split it from the day's other session (morning/evening). Genuinely easy Z2: it adds aerobic volume, not fatigue. Focus: hold a relaxed race position and practise fuelling on the move.
The session that sets up your day. Long and controlled, fuelled the way you will fuel in the race.
Thu
BIKE · Sweet-spot ride
Sustained efforts just below threshold (88-93% FTP): the most efficient way to build aerobic base without deep fatigue.
Fri
RUN · Race-pace blocks run
Long run with race-pace blocks inside an aerobic run: practise holding goal pace on accumulating fatigue, easy running between.
Run volume held deliberately below what a pure runner would do. Fresh legs off the bike matter more than mileage.
Sat
SWIM · Threshold swim (CSS)
10 × 100m broken @ CSS, CSS sets at threshold to lift your sustainable swim pace. Sight every 6-8 strokes (eyes forward) to prep for open water.
Sun
BRICK · Brick: long ride into run
Bike straight into a run. Trains the legs to run off the bike: the make-or-break triathlon skill.
Bike into run, back to back. Legs that have never run off the bike do not learn it on race morning.
Week 14: Taper / race (~1.5h)Volume falls away and the whole day is rehearsed: swim, bike, run, per-leg split targets.
Mon
SWIM · Technique swim
Drills and smooth aerobic swimming. Efficiency is free speed in the water.
Paced off your measured CSS, not a stroke count. Every interval carries a target you can actually hit.
Tue
RUN · Long run
Build durability. Mostly easy with a steadier finish as the plan progresses.
Run volume held deliberately below what a pure runner would do. Fresh legs off the bike matter more than mileage.
Wed
SWIM · Race primer swim
4 × 100m @ CSS, descending, CSS sets at threshold to lift your sustainable swim pace.
Short and sharp. Banking freshness, not fitness.
Thu
Rest
Fri
Rest
Sat
Rest
Sun
RACE · Race Day · Olympic
This is what you've trained for. 1500m swim → 40km bike → 10km run. Arrive at transition set up and ready. Trust your preparation, execute your race plan, and enjoy every moment of it.
Race day.
Intermediate across all three disciplines, 6 days a week, 16-week 70.3 build off a 6:07, chasing 5:45. CSS 1:52/100m, FTP 245W.
Last race6:07:00
Race day5:45:00
Basewk 1–5
Buildwk 6–12
Peakwk 13
Taperwk 14–16
7.1h in week 1 · 13.6h at peak (week 13) · 2.3h in race week
- Wk 1 & 8 Swim CSS test: measures your swim pace, and every structured swim is written to it
- Wk 2 5K Time Trial: measured, and every pace after it is rewritten from the result
- Wk 8 Recovery week: 35% lighter than the weeks around it, then the build carries on
Week 1: Base (~7.1h)Aerobic foundation: sweet-spot rides, technique swims, a brick to teach the legs to run off the bike.
Mon
STRENGTH · Durability
short, low-fatigue durability work. Single-leg strength, hips and trunk. Keeps you robust for swim, bike and run without denting the key sessions.
AccessoryHip thrust (light)3 × 12
StrengthStep-up (control the descent)3 × 8 each side
CoreCable Pallof press3 × 10 each side
CoreDead bug3 × 10 each side
Twenty-five minutes of single-leg, hip and trunk work. Keeps you robust across three sports without denting the key sessions.
Tue
SWIM · CSS Test · 400m + 200m
Your swim paces are currently estimated. This test replaces the guess with YOUR number. Warm up 400m easy with drills.
Paced off your measured CSS, not a stroke count. Every interval carries a target you can actually hit.
Wed
BIKE · Sweet-spot ride
Sustained efforts just below threshold (88-93% FTP): the most efficient way to build aerobic base without deep fatigue.
The session that sets up your day. Long and controlled, fuelled the way you will fuel in the race.
Thu
RUN · Intervals run
3 × 800m @ interval, faster running to sharpen speed and raise threshold.
Run volume held deliberately below what a pure runner would do. Fresh legs off the bike matter more than mileage.
Fri
SWIM · Threshold swim (CSS)
5 × 100m @ CSS, CSS sets at threshold to lift your sustainable swim pace.
Sat
RUN · Long run
Build durability. Mostly easy with a steadier finish as the plan progresses.
Sun
BRICK · Long ride + transition run
Bike straight into a run. Trains the legs to run off the bike: the make-or-break triathlon skill. Rehearse race fuelling on the bike (~60-90g carbs/hour) and drink on the move.
Bike into run, back to back. Legs that have never run off the bike do not learn it on race morning.
Week 10: Build2 (~11.9h)The quality escalates: swims paced to your CSS, rides on FTP watt targets, the brick grows.
Mon
SWIM · Technique swim
Drills and smooth aerobic swimming. Efficiency is free speed in the water.
STRENGTH · Durability
short, low-fatigue durability work. Single-leg strength, hips and trunk. Keeps you robust for swim, bike and run without denting the key sessions.
StrengthBulgarian split squat3 × 8 each side
StrengthSingle-leg glute bridge3 × 10 each side
CoreSide plank3 × 30s each side
AccessorySingle-leg calf raise3 × 12 each side
Paced off your measured CSS, not a stroke count. Every interval carries a target you can actually hit.
Tue
BIKE · Endurance ride
Second session today: split it from the day's other session (morning/evening). Genuinely easy Z2: it adds aerobic volume, not fatigue. Focus: hold a relaxed race position and practise fuelling on the move.
The session that sets up your day. Long and controlled, fuelled the way you will fuel in the race.
Wed
BIKE · Threshold ride
Threshold intervals at FTP: race-specific sustained power and lactate clearance. Hold steady watts, even splits.
Thu
RUN · Cruise intervals run
3 × 1km cruise @ threshold, faster running to sharpen speed and raise threshold.
Run volume held deliberately below what a pure runner would do. Fresh legs off the bike matter more than mileage.
Fri
SWIM · Threshold swim (CSS)
11 × 100m @ CSS, CSS sets at threshold to lift your sustainable swim pace. Sight every 6-8 strokes (eyes forward) to prep for open water.
Sat
RUN · Progressive run
Build durability. Mostly easy with a steadier finish as the plan progresses.
Sun
BRICK · Brick: long ride into run
Bike straight into a run. Trains the legs to run off the bike: the make-or-break triathlon skill. Rehearse race fuelling on the bike (~60-90g carbs/hour) and drink on the move.
Bike into run, back to back. Legs that have never run off the bike do not learn it on race morning.
Week 16: Taper / race (~2.3h)Volume falls away and the whole day is rehearsed: swim, bike, run, per-leg split targets.
Mon
SWIM · Technique swim
Drills and smooth aerobic swimming. Efficiency is free speed in the water.
Paced off your measured CSS, not a stroke count. Every interval carries a target you can actually hit.
Tue
BIKE · Tempo ride
Tempo efforts (76-85% FTP) for sustained aerobic-strength development. Controlled and rhythmic, builds your diesel engine.
The session that sets up your day. Long and controlled, fuelled the way you will fuel in the race.
Wed
SWIM · Race primer swim
5 × 100m @ CSS, CSS sets at threshold to lift your sustainable swim pace.
Short and sharp. Banking freshness, not fitness.
Thu
Rest
Fri
BRICK · Race-week primer brick
A short, sharp brick to prime the systems. Stay easy. You are banking freshness, not fitness.
Bike into run, back to back. Legs that have never run off the bike do not learn it on race morning.
Sat
Rest
Sun
RACE · Race Day · 70.3 (Half)
This is what you've trained for. 1900m swim → 90km bike → 21.1km run. Arrive at transition set up and ready. Trust your preparation, execute your race plan, and enjoy every moment of it.
Race day.
Advanced across all three disciplines, 6 days a week, 20-week full-distance build off a 12:46, chasing 12:00. CSS 1:45/100m, FTP 265W.
Last race12:46:00
Race day12:00:00
Basewk 1–8
Buildwk 9–16
Peakwk 17
Taperwk 18–20
9.5h in week 1 · 17.8h at peak (week 17) · 2.8h in race week
- Wk 1 & 10 Swim CSS test: measures your swim pace, and every structured swim is written to it
- Wk 2 5K Time Trial: measured, and every pace after it is rewritten from the result
- Wk 8 & 16 Recovery week: 31% lighter than the weeks around it, then the build carries on
Week 1: Base (~9.5h)Aerobic foundation: sweet-spot rides, technique swims, a brick to teach the legs to run off the bike.
Mon
STRENGTH · Durability
short, low-fatigue durability work. Single-leg strength, hips and trunk. Keeps you robust for swim, bike and run without denting the key sessions.
AccessoryHip thrust (light)3 × 12
StrengthStep-up (control the descent)3 × 8 each side
CoreCable Pallof press3 × 10 each side
CoreDead bug3 × 10 each side
Twenty-five minutes of single-leg, hip and trunk work. Keeps you robust across three sports without denting the key sessions.
Tue
SWIM · Endurance swim
Your race-distance swim: build toward covering the full 3800m continuously so the distance holds no surprises on race day. Steady aerobic effort, fuel/sip if it runs long.
Paced off your measured CSS, not a stroke count. Every interval carries a target you can actually hit.
Wed
BIKE · Sweet-spot ride
Sustained efforts just below threshold (88-93% FTP): the most efficient way to build aerobic base without deep fatigue.
The session that sets up your day. Long and controlled, fuelled the way you will fuel in the race.
Thu
RUN · Intervals run
3 × 800m @ interval, faster running to sharpen speed and raise threshold.
Run volume held deliberately below what a pure runner would do. Fresh legs off the bike matter more than mileage.
Fri
SWIM · CSS Test · 400m + 200m
Your swim paces are currently estimated. This test replaces the guess with YOUR number. Warm up 400m easy with drills.
Sat
RUN · Long run
Build durability. Mostly easy with a steadier finish as the plan progresses.
Sun
BRICK · Long ride + transition run
Bike straight into a run. Trains the legs to run off the bike: the make-or-break triathlon skill. Rehearse race fuelling on the bike (~60-90g carbs/hour) and drink on the move.
Bike into run, back to back. Legs that have never run off the bike do not learn it on race morning.
Week 13: Build2 (~15.9h)The quality escalates: swims paced to your CSS, rides on FTP watt targets, the brick grows.
Mon
SWIM · Open-water swim
Open water today: ALWAYS swim with others, in a safe supervised spot, bright cap on, in your wetsuit if you'll race in one.
STRENGTH · Durability
short, low-fatigue durability work. Single-leg strength, hips and trunk. Keeps you robust for swim, bike and run without denting the key sessions.
AccessoryHip thrust (light)3 × 12
StrengthStep-up (control the descent)3 × 8 each side
CoreCable Pallof press3 × 10 each side
CoreDead bug3 × 10 each side
Paced off your measured CSS, not a stroke count. Every interval carries a target you can actually hit.
Tue
BIKE · Endurance ride
Second session today: split it from the day's other session (morning/evening). Genuinely easy Z2: it adds aerobic volume, not fatigue. Focus: hold a relaxed race position and practise fuelling on the move.
The session that sets up your day. Long and controlled, fuelled the way you will fuel in the race.
Wed
BIKE · Sweet-spot ride
Sustained efforts just below threshold (88-93% FTP): the most efficient way to build aerobic base without deep fatigue.
Thu
RUN · Intervals run
6 × 800m @ interval, faster running to sharpen speed and raise threshold.
Run volume held deliberately below what a pure runner would do. Fresh legs off the bike matter more than mileage.
Fri
SWIM · Threshold swim (CSS)
8 × 200m @ CSS, CSS sets at threshold to lift your sustainable swim pace. Sight every 6-8 strokes (eyes forward) to prep for open water.
Sat
RUN · Progressive run
Build durability. Mostly easy with a steadier finish as the plan progresses.
Sun
BRICK · Brick: long ride into run
Bike straight into a run. Trains the legs to run off the bike: the make-or-break triathlon skill. Rehearse race fuelling on the bike (~60-90g carbs/hour) and drink on the move.
Bike into run, back to back. Legs that have never run off the bike do not learn it on race morning.
Week 20: Taper / race (~2.8h)Volume falls away and the whole day is rehearsed: swim, bike, run, per-leg split targets.
Mon
SWIM · Technique swim
Drills and smooth aerobic swimming. Efficiency is free speed in the water.
Paced off your measured CSS, not a stroke count. Every interval carries a target you can actually hit.
Tue
BIKE · Tempo ride
Tempo efforts (76-85% FTP) for sustained aerobic-strength development. Controlled and rhythmic, builds your diesel engine.
The session that sets up your day. Long and controlled, fuelled the way you will fuel in the race.
Wed
SWIM · Race primer swim
8 × 100m @ CSS, descending, CSS sets at threshold to lift your sustainable swim pace.
Short and sharp. Banking freshness, not fitness.
Thu
Rest
Fri
BRICK · Race-week primer brick
A short, sharp brick to prime the systems. Stay easy. You are banking freshness, not fitness.
Bike into run, back to back. Legs that have never run off the bike do not learn it on race morning.
Sat
Rest
Sun
RACE · Race Day · Ironman
This is what you've trained for. 3800m swim → 180km bike → 42.2km run. Arrive at transition set up and ready. Trust your preparation, execute your race plan, and enjoy every moment of it.
Race day.
Every one of these is real output from the generator, frozen on the page. Yours is built from your numbers, and unlike a page it moves every week.
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PB your distance or your money back.
Founding-member price. It will be £29.99 for new members later; join now and yours stays where it is.
The programme is most of this page. It is not most of the membership.
Build your own programme
Pick your goal in the app and your first week is generated in about a minute, free for 7 days. Every week after it is written too.
Before you decide
I do not have a power meter or a pool test.
It will start from estimates and schedule the tests that replace them in the first block. Every session after that is written to the numbers you produced rather than the ones you were given.
What happens if my race moves, or I miss a week?
The block is rebuilt from where you actually are. Change the date and the phases and paces re-plan around the new runway. Miss a week and the following weeks adjust rather than carrying on as though it happened.
I am not fit enough to start yet.
The plan starts from your current numbers, not from a level you are supposed to have reached. Week one is anchored to the volume you are already doing, and if the goal you have picked is not reachable in the time available the plan says so in plain words instead of quietly failing.
Can I see what I would actually be doing before I pay?
You already can. Everything above this is real output from the same engine you would be using, and the picker on the home page will build any goal you like, week by week, without an account.
I do not have five or six days a week.
Pick the number you have. The plan is designed for that commitment from the start, and two days is a complete programme.
What do I need in the gym?
You tell it what you have and it selects from that. A full gym, a home rack, or dumbbells and a bench all produce a real programme rather than a reduced one.
Is there a real person, or just the app?
Rob Hartley built Talos and trains with it every day: he races HYROX and marathons on the same plans you would be given. You can message him any time from the coaching screen and he replies within 24 hours. That is included, not an upgrade.
How does the money-back guarantee work?
Finish the block, log your sessions, and test or race at the end. If you have not set a PB, email us within two weeks of the block ending and we refund your membership for it. No forms, no argument.
How do I cancel?
In the app, under Settings. If you subscribed through the App Store, cancel in your App Store subscription settings instead, the same as any other subscription. The first seven days are free and nothing is taken until they are up.
Build my programme
7-day free trial, then £19.99/month. Cancel anytime.
PB your distance or your money back.
Founding-member price. It will be £29.99 for new members later; join now and yours stays where it is.