I had an amazing experience at my first international race: the European youth championships in Panevezys. After an anxious wait, I raced the semi final on Thursday. Having had a strong swim and bike I was onto the run in contention for qualification – I had to come in the top 9
James was formerly in the Army and, as well as being a boxer, he developed a passion for triathlon; setting up his own club in 2000 in order to give his athletes the kind of personal coaching he believed would really make a difference.
Done in an Hour: Swim This is the start of a series which is intended for all of us who are constrained in the amount of time that we can devote to our training. The series title, “Done in an Hour…” formed the basis of the brief — come up with a selection of workouts for the swim, bik
Done in an hour: Bike You know, and I know, there is no substitute for putting in the miles when it comes to cycling, the more revolutions done in training the easier the racing! However, some of us work upwards of 40 hours per week and therefore can’t afford to just jump on our bikes
The third in our series of “Done in an hour” articles is looking to give you three run sessions specifically targeting skills and technique, technique and aerobic capacity and finally lactate tolerance and strength. Running is by far the predominant area in which triathletes pick up m
You constantly hear coaches, parents and athletes talk about the ‘winning mentality’ or ‘winning at all costs’. However you put it, it’s setting the athlete up, if they are not always first, to become a loser. If you are not first or a winner then, by definition, you are a loser. Don’
No Two Ways… JD Beckinsale M.Sc There are no two ways about it; there’s only one true way to run for performance, but like you I have read lots of conflicting pieces on why this is good or that is good etc. However, the “experts” don’t mention the real secret to performance running. I
Carrying a couple of extra kilograms of bodyweight a few weeks out from your first major race leaves no time to reduce the deficit in a healthy and performance enhancing way. The fat or obese person can probably just increase their exercise level and hey, the fat count will drop off.
You may be thinking about your first ultra endurance event*, ironman triathlon, adventure race, Etape du tour or ultra marathon. Amazing, that just off the top of my head I came up with quite a solid list of events, which are designed to test the limits of human endurance! What’s even
