Ironman 70.3 World Championships – Taupo 2020

Do you want to race in Taupo in November next year?

Have you considered your options for qualification?

Conventional wisdom would suggest you need to be prepared to go and have a top 10 or higher finish in your age group to give yourself a chance… but there are other ways to a ...

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Running Resilience

Building running resilience… with frequency?

Want to improve your running but not ready for / don’t have the time or inclination for long, heavy run kilometers?

Try increasing the frequency of running… Run short and run often whilst still completing 2-3 key run session ...

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This Ain’t No Tour Bus!

’This ain’t no tour bus’…

Love this quote from Coach John Hellmans.

Translation: fitness and performance take hard work and perseverance.

The best results, you will work for. Progression wont be linear, and that is ok!

Don’t like it: jump on the tour bus ...

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JUNK Miles

Say no to JUNK miles… the proof is in the name.

Each and every session should have a purpose and this will guide your execution of it. Some easy sessions aren’t necessarily junk miles. Easy can take on many forms. Recovery, prepatory, adaptation or technical development.

If ...

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Self Discipline

For those struggling with motivation and commitment a lovely little quote from the one and only Eliud Kipchoge:

“Self-discipline starts with you. It’s no other person. It starts with you. Start to examine yourself…Self discipline is doing what’s right instead of doing what you feel ...

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Create Sustainability…

Boring, ‘mediocre’ sessions…

The best training blocks are built on ‘medicocre’ sessions!

We don’t hear of the basics much… because they arent so ‘sexy’

But your mediocre, basic, simple sessions and daily habits that bridge to, fill and allow adaption ...

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Post Season Planning: Reflect, Reset, Reload. Make Next Season Your Best Yet!

Post Season: Reflect, Reset, Reload…

Your season is done. Next season seems so far away. Do you keep training? Do you take a ‘break’? The period of post season / off season, and then the prepatory and build phases (often loosely labeled ‘winter training’) can be tricky to nav ...

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Hacks…

One being that hacks and gimmicks don’t work!

If it claims to be a quick fix or someone claims they have all the answers; walk away.

Pragmatic, sustainable application of the basics over time will yield the most success. And remember that success is the progression in athletic dev ...

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NOISE

Noise…

There’s a lot of noise in the world… and it seems so many want to pretend they’re an expert, or know what’s best

Some tips for navigating: – Nail the basics – Keep it simple – Know your intrinsic motivators and stay true to them – Sta ...

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Basics…

All the 1%ers mean nothing if you don’t have the initial 99%!

Same as ‘icing the cake’ means nothing unless you’ve baked a very good base for said cake

Nail the basics… consistently over time. That’s your way to improved health, fitness, performance and longevity in ...

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