triathlon

Having prepared yourself in each of the individual disciplines of swim, bike and run it’s important to remember that triathlon is all three sports one after the other and this means you need to do a bit of training in that way before he race. Put...

I mentioned in the monthly update on my website that an athlete I coach, Grace France had races on consecutive weekends. The two races in question were The London Triathlon (standard distance) and Liverpool (sprint distance) and the aim was to get ...

So we're nearly into the last month of 2012 and with that most Endurance Sports Coaching athletes have wrapped up their seasons, taken a break and are looking forward to an exciting year to come. Over the year we have coached and consulted many ath...

In the last of my series of lessons from the Olympics I'd like to look back to an interview that took place between Phil Jones, the BBC track side interviewer, and Mo Farah after winning the 5000m, his second gold medal of the Olympics. In response...

Watching the amazing performances in the Olympics this year I really start to wonder what goes on in the heads of some of these athletes before, during and after competition. This means I am often as interested in their media interviews around the ...

Wow! What a fortnight that was. The Olympics have now completed their temporary stay in London and will move onto Rio in four years time. Over the last couple of weeks there have been some truly outstanding performances from both TeamGB athletes a...

Learning about training for improvement in triathlon fitness and performance can be a minefield. There is plenty of information available but knowing what to do when and how to piece it all together can be confusing. Following these three simple i...