Athlete Advice

How to do heat training? Unless you're lucky enough to have a sauna or live in a very hot climate all year round then heat training is something you can easily miss out on and all the benefits it has. Read below on why heat training is good and some ways that anyone can do it well. Firstly, what are the benefits? The benefits of more extreme temperatures at both ends, cold and hot, force physical adaptations that can benefit endurance performance. There are recent studies tha

THE most frustrating place to lose time. You've put hours and hours into swimming, cycling and running. You hit your times and pace your race really well but then take minutes longer than competitors because you panic in transition without thinking about exactly what you will do. Here are some tips of the first things to get right that even complete beginners can do with some more advanced techniques or equipment to be shared in another post. #1: Transition 1 (T1) Swim to Bik

Goal setting correctly can not only help you achieve goals better but having a clear understanding of yourself, your energy and how you feel at differnet times can really make a difference to your enjoyment of your sport. How to run faster? How to run better? Triathlon and running advice for training and racing from things I have learned over 15 years of trial and error, lots of reading, talking and getting to a place I never thought possible when I started. Here are four ti

Time pressured? Struggling to improve? Trying to balance multiple sports goals at the same time? Triathlon advice for training and racing from things I have learned over 15 years of trial and error, lots of reading, talking and getting to a place I never thought possible when I started. It's regularly shown in studies that triathlon requires the most amount of time training than any other sport in the world. That building on endurance takes dedication and patience. This is on

How to run faster? How to run better? Triathlon and running advice for training and racing from things I have learned over 15 years of trial and error, lots of reading, talking and getting to a place I never thought possible when I started. At the start of a plan or shortly after signing up for a challenge we have high motivation and training starts easy. However, as you continue it can be increasingly difficult to stay disciplined with that golden virtue that is key to achi

How to run faster? How to run better? Running advice for training and racing from things I have learned over 15 years of trial and error, lots of reading, talking and getting to a place I never thought possible when I started. For any distance above 1500m I recommend 4 types of runs, ideally within a week but if not to spread these throughout a run plan. They are Intervals, Easy, Tempo, Long (see article here on this fundamental approach and another on how to position this in

How to run faster? How to run better? Running advice for training and racing from things I have learned over 15 years of trial and error, lots of reading, talking and getting to a place I never thought possible when I started. For any distance above 1500m I recommend 4 types of runs, ideally within a week but if not to spread these throughout a run plan. They are Intervals, Easy, Tempo, Long (see article here on this fundamental approach and another on how to position this in

Running advice #2 This is how I approach creating a training plan and nailing down a structure that is both manageable and best to achieve your goals. How to run faster? How to run better? Running advice for training and racing from things I have learned over 15 years of trial and error, reading and getting to a place I never thought possible when I started. Block mentality How do you eat an elephant? One bite at a time. Committing to an event, race or challenging goal can be

How to run faster? How to run better? Running advice for training and racing from things I have learned over 15 years of trial and error, lots of reading, talking and getting to a place I never thought possible when I started. For any distance above 1500m I recommend 4 types of runs, ideally within a week but if not to spread these throughout a run plan. They are Intervals, Easy, Tempo, Long (see article here on this fundamental approach and another on how to position this in

Running advice #1 These are the first things I tell athletes when asking me for running advice, coaching and plans. How to run faster? How to run better? Running advice for training and racing from things I have learned over 15 years of trial and error, reading and getting to a place I never thought possible when I started. #1: Be tall - physical benefit Run like you have a straight line through the centre of your upper body coming out through the centre of the top of your