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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Sleep!

Number one recovery tool: Sleep!

Try to get more hours at night, nap when you can, create a routine where you can get to bed earlier… especially in heavier training periods.

Sleep will improve performance in sport and in life…

#recovery

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Session Of The Week – Twenty One Ones

Session of the week…

Try this one, anytime from 2-6 weeks out from a Half distance or olympic distance event.

It is good for pacing and building strength endurance over distance similar to race day.

As always, focus on good form to ensure your effort in the second half ...

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The GREY Zone

The ‘grey zone’… my take.

You are supposed to train easy or cap the session at a set HR but you don’t take note or you let it drift a little higher than it should…

This means you are training harder than you should and your effort and the effect on yo ...

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PAIN

I think he could do a lot of things differently / better but am a fan of Lionel and his transparent approach none-the-less…

This is a good little nugget from a pre-Kona interview though.

Remove the negative connotations associated with what we feel when training and racing and ...

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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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Kona 2018

I love this sport!

Kona in the books for another year.

Congratulations JD, two time Kona finisher and Kona PB of 10.43!

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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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Sugar!

A simple image that shows how addiction works…

Are you addicted to sugar? What harm is it doing to your health?

Break the cycle by making BETTER CHOICES each and every time you’re hungry or need to eat…

A few things to consider:

– are you hungr ...

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Triathletes… Use the pace clock!

Triathletes… Use the pace clock!

The pace clock is a simple and very effective swim tool that has been in use for many years.

The best swimmers and the best triathletes in the world use this tool with great effect… and so should you.

It can measure pace, rest and ...

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