One of the biggest challenges I have found as a participant of various sports is following the end of the road before I turn down the side streets. What do I mean?
There are as the old saying goes many routes to the same destination. If you point north and keep driving everyone ends up somewhere [...]
I’ve come across a lot of press releases,pro interviews and anecdotes on this topic
Story goes likes this………..hey you multisport athletes- combined time wins not who’s the fastest at each discipline- if you want to win at multisport you’ve got to train for it right so stop focusing on one sport at a time and then [...]
In response to some recent questions we thought it apt to pen a couple of basic things to keep in mind while running:
What f$%cking part of my foot am I supposed to use?
I am not sure why this topic has to be so complex. There are whole shoe companies preaching the virtues of running on [...]
When a large glassy set of swells roll into a point break surfers suddenly down tools, scramble to the beach and make the most of it when its around.
When sentiment towards a company improves they scramble to secure cheaper equity funds on the back of a rising share price
When the fish are around the trawler [...]
Think about this for a moment……….the vast majority of age group endurance athletes go through the last 2 hours of an event toward the bottom of their aerobic range
why? why does someone who has an aerobic range of 120-160 bpm chug around an IM marathon at 130bpm
answer- the legs have given out well before an [...]
This is a subject that has occupied my mind a lot of late. Triathletes spend a LOT of time trying to analyse the techniques of the best, the equipment of the best, the training of the best. Why?
Its one of the things that sometimes bothers me most about some of the coaching faternity as well
Lets [...]
One of the better interviews I have listened to for a long time was an series of interviews with the old dog coach Brett Sutton
Here’s the link to the two podcasts on IMTalk (if you can handle the raspy kiwi voice of Bevan James Eyles)
http://www.imtalk.me/home/2010/12/13/imtalk-episode-240-brett-sutton-part-1.html
http://www.imtalk.me/home/2010/12/20/imtalk-episode-241-brett-sutton-part-2.html
Our key take outs/draft notes as follows:
-Training around the world is [...]
I was recently sent a pair of these things to try out- they are a pretty straightforward lace/lock system. Seem simple enough and they do a good job- they are elastic laces with a speed lock- not too much more I can go into- they do the job well for $5 a set!
Cleancarve have a [...]
Endurance sport is an extensive aerobic pace workout right ? Speed doesn’t really come into to it right? Speed work means going “lactic” right? Speed work means going to a track or veledrome donning spikes and smashing yourself right?
There will always be a debate about nomenclature and frankly I’ve got better things to waste my [...]
We all deal with time restraints. We all have to deal with boredom in our training at times. Many of us travel for work or live in “sub optimal” training environments.
I often get asked what are the “bang for buck” sessions, the ones I would do if I only had 30 mins to an hour
Interestingly [...]
We all remember that classic scene of Rocky Balboa on the come back trail…repeated multiple times. But the most memorable was the first transformation from the guy down on his luck and using frozen beef to punch his way back to sporting glory. Rocky symbolises the resurrection of the down trodden and frail former alpha [...]
Are you the guy who goes to the supermarket and stocks up with a weeks food or are you someone that does a little trip to the grocer every night on the way home? Do you like to read 10 chapters of a book in a sitting or the whole lot?
Do you try to run [...]
You’ll find as many theories on where to put your long run in the program as the number of stars in a galaxy.
Some basics to consider
-When you race a triathlon you do it on tired legs right?
Certainly there is merit in putting the long run the day after the long bike. Especially more experienced athletes [...]
This is an excellent piece by Campbell Maffett explaining why monitoring heart rate shouldnt be used as the only measure of training.
Copyright (c), Campbell Maffett
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“My heart is a muscle and it pumps blood
Like a big old black steam train
My veins are the tracks
And the city is my brain”
Cruel Sea – “Black Stick”
It’s obvious to say [...]
G’day guys,
There are lots and lots of different ways to taper for a race and I’ve tried my share of a few and tried a few out on the people I coach. I’ve used a 5 week taper, 3 week taper and 10 day taper and even a reverse taper.
I’ve also had what I thought was the perfect [...]
I recently, bought the latest issue of Inside Triathlon, it’s the first tri-magazine I have bought in a long time. What caught my attention was the article on Lance Armstrong and how Chris Carmichael will prepare Lance for Kona. The article also asks some other coaches to give their personal insights as though they were [...]
Recently I watched the Evolution Running Video. This is a method developed by Ken Mierke. (http://www.evolutionrunning.com He’s part of Joe Friel’s outfit)
Its well laid out and pretty consistent with what I’ve read on good fundamentals from other sources. Some really good analysis models and video work to help people visualise what makes quick efficient running. [...]
We worry about a lot of things in triathlon. Triathletes are guilty of more analysis paralysis than a team of space shuttle engineers. We study technique, food intake and heart rate on a daily basis spending thousands in search of perfection. Why? All in the hope that the cocktail of our prodding, primping, sculpting and [...]
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