Ironman Cairns – Race Report – John Dickson

*ATHLETE RACE REPORT* (grab a cup of tea and enjoy!)

Athlete race reviews / reports can be quite personal… but they are a good way to reflect and learn from a race, the preparation and the outcome in a ‘holistic manner’ – ie. not just whether one PB’d or podiu ...

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Nutrition and Fuelling – Four Part Blog

Nutrition and Fuelling

This a four part blog on both day-to-day nutrition and fuelling for the age group triathlete

Part 1

Firstly, understand there are two parts to this – day-to-day nutrition and fuelling for training, performance and recovery.

Day to day nutr ...

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Swim Session

”4, 3, 2, 1”

This is one of my favourite sessions because of its simple, yet diverse nature.

4, 3, 2, 1 is 400m, 300m, 200m, 100m swimming intervals.

It can be used as a warm up, a progressive main session or repeated several times to make up a full swim. It can ...

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(avoiding) Post Ironman Blues

(avoiding) Post Ironman Blues…

Ironman blues is a term used to describe the lull that often occurs post Ironman… It can be applied to any race or major event in ones life

There are a few things that can be done to help prepare you for this period, and avoid it altogether ...

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Frequency…

Frequency

Consider your frequency of training sessions… Try to keep a regular and consistent gap between sessions in each sport, i.e. swim, bike and run.

Ideally we don’t go more than 2 days without training in each specific discipline (so if you run on Sunday it is pref ...

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Coaching Quote

I can relate to this.

I love training but I love Coaching more.

Art and Science. Knowledge and application.

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