Nutrition and Fueling – Part 3

Nutrition and Fuelling Part 3

This a four part blog on both day-to-day nutrition and fuelling for the age group triathlete

Over the last couple of weeks we have looked at daily nutrition as well as fuelling around exercise and training habits.

Fuelling for recovery!

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Ironman Cairns – Race Report – John Dickson

*ATHLETE RACE REPORT* (grab a cup of tea and enjoy!)

Athlete race reviews / reports can be quite personal… but they are a good way to reflect and learn from a race, the preparation and the outcome in a ‘holistic manner’ – ie. not just whether one PB’d or podiu ...

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Nutrition and Fuelling – Four Part Blog

Nutrition and Fuelling

This a four part blog on both day-to-day nutrition and fuelling for the age group triathlete

Part 1

Firstly, understand there are two parts to this – day-to-day nutrition and fuelling for training, performance and recovery.

Day to day nutr ...

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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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Coaching Quote

I can relate to this.

I love training but I love Coaching more.

Art and Science. Knowledge and application.

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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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Swim Tips for Triathletes

Most adult triathletes are non swimmers and did not grow up swimming… Even if they did, there is often a large gap (many years) between swimming as a child / adolescent and then swimming again as an adult triathlete.   In any case, don’t chase perfection in the water if you are a t ...

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Quote!

I agree!

I think the general population miss this fact altogether and often endurance athletes miss the value of simple movement and exercise because we chase fitness and ‘performance’…

Exercise is the best drug and has amazing, far reaching flow on benefits!

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