The off-season is your greatest opportunity
By Chantal Cummings For most of us triathletes, the race season may be coming to an end or, you might have already...
TRAINING GUIDES
Hunting for a Personal Best
In most cases, an endurance athlete's carefully planned training cycle is aimed at achieving a particular goal at a single target distance....
Head to the hills Winter; hill work equals summer speed!
Winter hill work equals summer speed, which contributes to strength, endurance and structural stability and prepares you for faster running as you...
Sit or Stand?
Trust and train your body to tell you whether a seated or standing position is the best way to get up a...
How to start preparing for a 2022 marathon
By Sean Fontana Racing season is finally back in full flow! After a period of no racing, some racing, to now, where...
Spice up your winter running
3 workouts to keep your off-season run training on track Winter running does not have to mean slow running. Winter running can...
How to Nail the Ironman Marathon
The marathon is where Ironman dreams die. It is very difficult to run a strong marathon after riding 112 hard miles. In...
Top 5 tips before running a marathon
By Sean Fontana It’s almost here, the race we’ve been spending quite a few months training our body and mind to be...
Fight ageing and oxidative stress with these 7 tips
The ageing process affects us all. Whether we like it or not, as time goes on, our bodies will deteriorate, and this...
VO2 Max: what is it and why is it so important?
What exactly is this elusive VO2 Max, why is it important to know, how is it measured, and how can you improve...
Fuelling for IMUK
By Kelsie Johnson and TEN (Total Endurance Nutrition) Fuelling for long distance racing With Ironman UK fast approaching, how you fuel...
A beginner's guide to triathlon prep - Part 2
Transition Have some spare trainers or flip flops to wear in transition and before the swim as your run shoes will need...
A beginner's guide to triathlon prep - Part 1
Choosing an event / Where to start When starting off in triathlon, it’s the beginning of a fun journey into multisport, but...
Trackstaa looks at the best running shoes in 2021
When it comes to selecting the perfect running shoes, personal preference and comfort is the primary consideration. The scores of running enthusiasts...
Crank it up
Inject some intensity to avoid the one-speed blues There’s a funny phenomenon in endurance sports that I like to call “becoming a...
Running off the bike
With some races on the horizon here are some tips for running well off the bike. • Complete brick workouts. It may...
A fresh look at threshold runs
From Triathlete Europe Runners and triathletes have been doing anaerobic threshold runs—also known as lactate threshold runs, threshold runs and tempo runs—for...
Training for real-world conditions
There’s more to a fast bike split than a high sustainable power output and optimised aero position. On race day, you're not riding in...