Session of the week – Staple Long Ride

Session of the week – Staple Long Ride

This is not a sexy, dynamic session but it should be part of your staple diet leading into an event… The idea is to accumulate time on your bike, preferably in your ‘race position’ i.e. TT position and a steady and consistent heart rate and ca ...

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Physiological Adaptations To Training

Physiological adaptations to training

The notion of training is about adequately preparing ones body (and mind) for the rigours and demands of racing

It generally takes 3 months / 12 weeks of consistent training stimulus for physiological adaptations to occur in our body. As such th ...

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Pace vs Heart Rate for measuring intensity

Pace vs Heart Rate for measuring intensity

There are many ways to measure the intensity of your training and racing… triathletes often get caught up in time and pace. My preference as a Coach is to guide people to use heart rate as their measure of intensity.

Why?

Using hea ...

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Improving the run leg…

Tips for improving your triathlon run leg:

– Run as cool down for your bike sessions. An extra 10mins after your 2-3 bike sessions a week is specific, plus it allows an extra 20-30mins of running a week

– Keep swimming – being a more efficient swimmer will mean you hav ...

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Session of the week – Negative split long run

Session of the week – Negative split long run

The negative split is a very commonly used term – simply it means running the second half of the run faster than the first.

See below on how to use the run for maximum benefit leading into your next race. The numbers used below a ...

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Session of week – Five Eights!

Session of the week – Five Eights

Great session for triathletes as it allows you to get the necessary swim volume in, whilst mixing it up and focussing on different aspects of your stroke through the use of tools.

The session is designed off 800m intervals but 600m and 400m interv ...

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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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Run Session – Hill Repeats

Run hill repeats

This is a great session for building strength in the legs and making you a stronger runner!

Find a hill that takes at least 90sec – 2mins for you to crest and is approximately 2-6% gradient (this is a big variation I know, but logistics can often be our lim ...

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