Organisation For Success – Triathlon and Life

I am an advocate for morning training… especially for age groupers and especially for age groupers with busy lives. Why? Well, first thing in the morning provides the most certainty regarding allocation of time to train, which facilitates consistency, and importantly; sets up the body and m ...

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Patience and Process

Play The Long Game.

Do Not Rush.

Athletic Development Can And Will Take Time.

Focus On Self Improvement, Enjoyment And Education.

Be Your Best.

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Age Group Tips: AM Training

One of my biggest tips for age group triathletes: train first thing in the morning…

Going a step further; if possible schedule your key sessions for the week in your available morning time slots

Why?

– we are (generally) well rested – exercise is a great sta ...

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Make the hours count…#agegrouperlife

It is not about accumulating mindless hours…

It is about finding the hours available each week to train and using them to prepare to the best of your ability.

Some tips for doing this:

– commit to your over-arching goal, whatever that may be (ie. know your why!) ...

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Sustainability

The most effective training programs are SUSTAINABLE.

They are built from a foundation of basic principles and they fit around life and hence, allow for consistency.

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The Triathlon Lifestyle

Endurance Sport and Endurance Training can be brutal, but it can be a great lifestyle too…

This is why it is important to have a holistic view… it is not all about training and racing – integrate it into your life and be all in! Being all in doesn’t mean you sacrifi ...

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Age Grouper Life…

I love this for a few reasons…

1. It highlights the goal of #agegrouperlife… which so many of us forget (success in sport AND life)

2. It is about being YOUR best… whatever that may be

3. It preaches being process driven, not the destination / winning

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Age Group Motivation…

Some motivation in the form of accepting the reality for everyone!

JD knocked out a half distance PB up at Sunshine Coast 70.3 with a 4.48. Not bad at 56 years of age and >10 years in the sport.

On face value it would seem he wasn’t at his best as he has had a few ups and downs ...

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Something is better than nothing

Sometimes something is better than nothing for age group triathletes…

It is easy to fall into the trap of not starting a session if we are not going to be able to fulfill the session exactly as prescribed, or making it shorter than the original plan.

But, consistency is key. S ...

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Intent

Train with intent…

What do I mean?

Age groupers must learn to maximise the training time they have available… This means understanding the purpose of every session and the details of the session and perform them with intent and purpose.

Train with purpose and inte ...

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