Monday Memes: Easy Is Easy

Yes we created a meme but we aren’t changing careers… yet! The message is a serious one. The majority of your training can and should be done at a sustainable intensity. This is true if you’re training for a PB or world champs qualification, or, for your health and fitness. There is g ...

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Be Like Ryan – Success Story

This is Ryan. Ryan is an amateur triathlete in his first full season. Ryan is consistent and patient with his training. He has spent 18months working on creating good training habits. This includes being diligent with low HR/MAF/LT1 running. His pace at his ‘MAF’ HR cap has impro ...

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Ditch the hacks…

This one from Steve Magness simply entitled; ‘Ditch The Hacks. Nail The Basics’

As Jan Frodeno once said ‘There are no hacks. The only hack is to hack away every day’

 

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IF IT IS TO BE, IT IS UP TO ME

You are not owed anything. You need to make it happen. Want to swim better. Swim more. Want to ride faster. Get on your bike. Want to run more efficiently. Practice. Want less injuries. Get strong and build resilience. The simple solutions are the best. If in doubt, keep it simple. S ...

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Technique

Working on your technique is great but it is irrelevant if you are not strong enough or fit enough to hold that technique for extended periods of time… With that in mind we need to consider building strength/resilience as well as fitness/conditioning. They are critical if we want to refin ...

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Results! #JETDIYRUNCHALLENGE – 10th October 2021

#JETDIYRUNCHALLENGE

As we have come to expect our latest JET Challenge – The JET DIY Run Challenge – was a great success. It was great to see so many get involved and embrace the purpose of the challenge: to come together and have some fun! Some went long ...

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Intensity Distribution

Do your easy sessions appropriately easy so that your hard sessions can be appropriately hard Ultimately – your training intensity prescription is important! There is value in Z1 or Z2 work but there is also value in Z5 work. That value is lost if the distinction between these intensiti ...

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Walking as a performance tool…

When To Integrate Walk Breaks Into Running… Walking is often seen as the enemy but the reality is it can be a powerful performance tool. Let’s look at some situations where we believe you should be regularly integrating walk breaks into your training and racing. – If you are returni ...

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Walking As A Performance Tool…

Walking is often seen as the enemy but the reality is it can be a powerful performance tool. Let’s look at some situations where we believe you should be regularly integrating walk breaks into your training and racing.

If you are returning to running / following a return to run ...

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Improving Your Running…

Here is a great podcast / resource for all of us.

It summarises (and adds to!) the JET approach to running… for both runners and triathletes.

You will notice some common themes and references to:

– value of multisport for run performance – building overall r ...

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