Travel Tips for Triathletes
Don’t Let Travel Stress Ruin Your Race From crowded airports to sitting on planes for hours, we all know that traveling is stressful and...
Women are the better endurance athlete
Women are the better endurance athlete… In 2015, Helene Whitaker told the gathering at the start of the Dragon’s Back Race “If you’re...
10 of the best exercises to treat IT Band Syndrome
Illiotibial band syndrome (ITBS) is one of the most common running injuries today–and also one of the least understood. While most...
Performance Assessment Tests for Multi-sport Athletes
Swimming Performance Assessment Finally, here are two swimming field tests. Note that these tests do not involve functional threshold...
When to quit or tough it out
No one wants to DNF (Did Not finish) I’ve had my fair share, whether it was because I was advised to by the medical team on the day or if...
Embrace the pain
Imagine two runners, Janet and Jill or Bob and Bill, who have identical physical running ability, that is, equal VO2 max values, lactate...
Qualifying for an IRONMAN World Championship
The IRONMAN and IRONMAN 70.3 World Championships have come and gone and you may be thinking about how to make it to either the Big Island...
Visualisation is the secret to letting out your speed
Understanding and mastering mental fitness can be the key to unlocking your hard-earned physical fitness. Leaving mental fitness by the...
An in depth look at Muscle Fibres
Understanding the why of training and the science behind your workouts is important, even if you’re not writing your own training. First,...
The Triathlete's Guide to Carbohydrates
Bagels, gels, fruit, pasta—here's everything you need to know about this important fuel source. Put simply, carbohydrates are starches...
6 Things you need to know - What is Lactate Acid
What is lactate? Lactate threshold is a term that coaches and riders often use, however it’s often unclear it means. We’ll use this...
6 Things you need to know - Training Zones.
What are training zones? We’ve all heard people referring to which ‘zones’ they are training or racing in – but what does this actually...
6 Things you need to know - The Sweet Spot
What is the Sweetspot in training? After my article on base training a number of people got in touch to ask if it would simply be more...
6 Things you need to know - Base Training
What is base training? Between the end of your race season and the start of the next one is the time to review what you have done, what...
Enduro Riding, How to train for your best race
ENDURO is the same as Trail Riding, right? The short answer is we sort of Well sort of…. except with more structure, urgency, clock...
