Tonight we are going to do a 5km and 800m timed run at the athletics track. Since few of us can afford the time or expense involved in scientific testing of our levels of fitness (VO2 max etc) in a …
The self-aware athlete
Introduction A key part of coaching is to help people become aware. Let me give an example. I thought I was a reasonable age group swimmer until I asked someone to video me swimming in a private swimming pool. Suddenly …
Don’t practice struggle
My competitive swimming career ended at age 13 when the allure of orienteering, soccer, rugby and canoeing left little time for study let alone swimming training. This meant more or less starting from scratch when triathlons came into my life. …
Three top tips for new triathletes to make rapid improvement
Some new triathletes may be starting from ground zero, with no experience in swim, bike or run. If this is you welcome to the brilliant sport of triathlon. Others of you may be top competitors in one or more of …
How to be a triathlon beginner!
We all have to start sometime. Well not strictly true. Most people don’t start triathlon at anytime but if you are reading this then there is a good chance you have moved from the ‘not starting’ stage to a point …
10 top tips for getting lean
Many triathletes ask me the same questions about what they would like to achieve in the forthcoming season. They are usually linked to the triathletes holy grail: How to achieve the 3 F’s – Get fitter, faster, and finner. After years of …
10 top tips for getting fat this Christmas
It’s Christmas. My body is telling me to fuel up to prepare for hard times ahead, so who am I to hold it back. Why run against tradition? Tip 1: You need a plan. Consuming 7-8,000 calories on Christmas day …
Festive Season Training Plans
This is probably my favourite time of year. I love the family get together over Christmas and touching base with friends. Those few days off between Christmas and New Year are a great time to do some training of the …
CATs that don’t make me wheeze
As part of my work I did some research to try to account for why some people at conferences were so out of phase with their colleagues. Where large numbers reported that they had enjoyed, learned something and were motivated …
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