The things you are doing now will have direct correlation to how your body will respond and adapt during the race specific phase of training and your racing next season…
Train smart and think big picture:
– create good habits – work on your limiters – thin ...
In the triathlon world 10hrs a week isn’t considered to be a lot of hours. But think about this:
10hrs a week for 10 weeks is 100hrs of training…
100hrs for a 4-6.5hr (HIM) or 9-17hr (IM) SINGLE DAY event.
That IS a lot of hours.
Now, if someone devoted 100hrs ...
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 ...
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 ...
Paul Moore… Off To KONA! 🌴
Congratulations and well done to Paul Moore on qualifying for Kona at Cairns last weekend 🚀
After racing for 10h 18m and putting together his best Ironman performance to date (Note: NOT fastest time) Paul ended ‘in the mix’ in his AGR ...
’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 ...
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 ...
Great image from Endure IQ.
This is the way to look at your triathlon / endurance sport in the context of your life…
First of all you should ENJOY the sport – that is why we start and that is how it should stay… if it is starting to affect your enjoyment, something ...
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 ...
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 ...