The fourth (or fifth if you include nutrition) discipline is the conditioning work we can do in the gym. As most triathletes have access to a pool already, but do they take advantage of the gym bolted onto the side of the pool? Read on to work out why this should be underpinning your other three sports.
Read MoreHere Coach Diogo discusses the ways to ensure you are more visible at winter and how you can subsequently still take advantage of a time when most people are hiding in the warmth of their home. Feel smug as you come back inside from the cold.
Read MoreTraining is not a linear process, so why is the athlete mindset around training linear? Read on to find out how Coach Alan explains that green is not always good in a training plan.
Read MoreWhy you do something is more important than what you are doing. By being truly honest about why you are racing, may mean you unlock some hidden potential.
Read MoreTim Ansell gives us his immediate insight to his reflections on the Endurance Coaching Summit in Boulder as well as his time on a few CPD courses and workshops too.
Read MoreA new client asked for help her buy her first bike to use in her first triathlon. Her goal is to eventually complete a half IRONMAN, but she is currently inexperienced at cycling and feels overwhelmed with all the options out there. Whilst we cannot make the final decision for her (ultimately it's her money, and her decision), We can help her make sense of the information she sees. Perhaps this could help you too…?
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For someone new to racing, everything goes into planning for your big day but very little consideration is given to the hours or days after the event (except perhaps which food or drink you want to ‘smash’ on the finish line...!). Without introducing too strict a regime, some small considerations can be really helpful to get you back moving in good time to make the Monday morning coffee conversation about how well you are doing after such a big endurance feat!
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Completing your first IRONMAN or indeed any long course race is always an amazingly humbling experience. There are so many sensations: happiness, pride, disappointment, relief, chaffage, pain and hunger to name but a few! However, here are a few important considerations for recovering optimally.
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Finally! Race week is here. Along with the chance to race, you also have all the extra energy from the taper, the nerves, the extra eating, the hydrating, the mood swings, and maybe even some tears! You get to travel to the race location, where suddenly everything becomes very real when you’re looking at the course, the commentators and the red carpet. You can easily get intimidated by the distance, the climate, the competitors and everything else which adds up to racing a long course triathlon event!
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With about a month to go until your IRONMAN race day, now is the time to start discussing how you are going to taper into the event. An effective taper will leave you sufficiently rested and trained on the start line and also give you the time to consider all other necessary preparations ahead of race day.
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With about two months to go, you only have a a few weeks to go before you begin the taper. This is when everything becomes really rather critical. Now is the time to settle in to your own thoughts and build your self-belief by avoiding common pitfalls as you enter the ‘last push’.
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Keeping training on plan and IRONMAN specific as well as conquering the open water are two big considerations for IRONMAN athletes in their final block of training. Maintaining focus in training and overcoming a huge barrier to IRONMAN events (the open water swim) can prove problematic for some athletes. In this blog we' will try to guide you through these two areas of your preparation.
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Training for an IRONMAN can be a gruelling and tough task. Your body literally takes a pounding through the training you are doing and can sometimes break down. Carrying some sort of injury while training is very common among triathletes, almost so common that athletes think it is expected that they will end up carrying an injury through training. Well, we disagree!
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Training with other athletes can be a performance enhancer and a performance inhibiter. Here we discuss the best ways of getting the most out of your training buddies while staying on track for your IRONMAN plan?
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As you get your teeth stuck into training for an IRONMAN, you start raising questions about how to plan your season and what races to enter aside from your IRONMAN. This then leads naturally onto how you will fuel for your training and racing. Here we cover some of these points and the great thing is that by thinking about this early in your season there will be plenty of time to make changes, adapt and improve.
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For many people, doing an IRONMAN is an effort in itself. Putting in a fast time is one step too far! However, for the rest, they want to nail a time as well as get round. The six hour bike split is a very worthy goal to have and for many people on their way to breaking 11 or 12 hours, breaking 6 hours on the bike is an important milestone. Here we discuss how to get below six hours and still run off the bike!
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Many of us look to try and improve our performance by breaking 1:30 at a sprint distance triathlon. This is something that a lot of people want to try and do and is by no means an easy feat. This is a wonderful milestone to achieve and there are many different ways you could approach this depending on your strengths and weaknesses. Here, we outline a way of breaking the race that you could use.
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Using our wealth of experience competing in, organising and coaching at triathlons, we have put together a comprehensive kit list of what you need to bring with you when you’re racing in a triathlon. You may find it useful to download, print and use this check list for your next race.
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In this blog, sponsored athlete Elaine Garvican gives her thoughts on life as a pregnant athlete and how she has managed training through her pregnancy.
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Taking a mid-season break feels like the worst possible thing to do. However, given the length of most people’s season and for those competitive athletes looking to peak in both qualifiers as well as championship events, a mid season break may be just what is required to avoid a burnout, injury or illness.
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