// what is matter? never mind. 
//#pragma GCC optimize("Ofast")
//#pragma GCC optimize("unroll-loops")
//#pragma GCC target("sse,sse2,sse3,sse4,popcnt,abm,mmx,avx,avx2") 
#include<bits/stdc++.h>
#define For(i,a,b) for(int i=(a);i<=(b);++i)
#define Rep(i,a,b) for(int i=(a);i>=(b);--i)
#define ll long long
//#define int long long
#define ull unsigned long long
#define SZ(x) ((int)((x).size()))
#define ALL(x) (x).begin(),(x).end()
using namespace std;
inline int read()
{
    char c=getchar();int x=0;bool f=0;
    for(;!isdigit(c);c=getchar())f^=!(c^45);
    for(;isdigit(c);c=getchar())x=(x<<1)+(x<<3)+(c^48);
    if(f)x=-x;return x;
}

#define mod 1000000007
struct modint{
	int x;
	modint(int o=0){x=o;}
	modint &operator = (int o){return x=o,*this;}
	modint &operator +=(modint o){return x=x+o.x>=mod?x+o.x-mod:x+o.x,*this;}
	modint &operator -=(modint o){return x=x-o.x<0?x-o.x+mod:x-o.x,*this;}
	modint &operator *=(modint o){return x=1ll*x*o.x%mod,*this;}
	modint &operator ^=(int b){
		modint a=*this,c=1;
		for(;b;b>>=1,a*=a)if(b&1)c*=a;
		return x=c.x,*this;
	}
	modint &operator /=(modint o){return *this *=o^=mod-2;}
	friend modint operator +(modint a,modint b){return a+=b;}
	friend modint operator -(modint a,modint b){return a-=b;}
	friend modint operator *(modint a,modint b){return a*=b;}
	friend modint operator /(modint a,modint b){return a/=b;}
	friend modint operator ^(modint a,int b){return a^=b;}
	friend bool operator ==(modint a,modint b){return a.x==b.x;}
	friend bool operator !=(modint a,modint b){return a.x!=b.x;}
	bool operator ! () {return !x;}
	modint operator - () {return x?mod-x:0;}
	bool operator <(const modint&b)const{return x<b.x;}
};
inline modint qpow(modint x,int y){return x^y;}

vector<modint> fac,ifac,iv;
inline void initC(int n)
{
	if(iv.empty())fac=ifac=iv=vector<modint>(2,1);
	int m=iv.size(); ++n;
	if(m>=n)return;
	iv.resize(n),fac.resize(n),ifac.resize(n);
	For(i,m,n-1){
		iv[i]=iv[mod%i]*(mod-mod/i);
		fac[i]=fac[i-1]*i,ifac[i]=ifac[i-1]*iv[i];
	}
}
inline modint C(int n,int m){
	if(m<0||n<m)return 0;
	return initC(n),fac[n]*ifac[m]*ifac[n-m];
}
inline modint sign(int n){return (n&1)?(mod-1):(1);}

#define fi first
#define se second
#define pb push_back
#define mkp make_pair
typedef pair<int,int>pii;
typedef vector<int>vi;
 
#define maxn 2000005
#define inf 0x3f3f3f3f

int n;
int a[maxn][3];
bool vis[maxn];

signed main()
{
	n=read();
	int p=1;
	int k=(n-1)/3;
	int now=n,now2=n-1;
	
	set<int>s;
	For(i,k+2,n) s.insert(i);
	
//	long long cs=0;
	Rep(id,k,1){
		a[id][0]=id+1;
		int now=*s.rbegin();
		int now2=now-1;
//		while(vis[now2] || 1ll*a[id][0]*a[id][0]+1ll*now2*now2>=1ll*now*now) --now2,++cs;
		ll tmp=1ll*now*now-1ll*(id+1)*(id+1);
		tmp=floor(sqrtl(tmp));
		now2=(*(--s.upper_bound(tmp)));
		s.erase(now),s.erase(now2);
		a[id][1]=now2;
		a[id][2]=now;
//		if(id%10000==1) cerr<<"cs "<<cs<<"\n";
	}
	
	cout<<k<<"\n";
	For(i,1,k)For(j,0,2)cout<<a[i][j]<<" \n"[j==2];
	return 0;
}
/*

*/