15 years ago it was running marathons and half marathons. Now its doing all manner of triathlons, from super sprint introductory races all the way through to Ironman. What is it that drives us to take on these events, these challenges of superhuman efforts? Why Do We...
Front crawl is the stroke that all triathletes aim to master, but many Masters, swimmers, swim coaches and triathlon coaches support the idea of swimming the other main strokes too. Conversely many triathletes and triathlon coaches feel that you shouldn’t do...
Track Sessions – Why? Lots of athletes get out and do track sessions – for various reasons. Some do it for speed, some do it for technique, some for power; some just for the ability to run with others! All of the above are certainly applicable, but some...
The objective of all training is to achieve the greatest level of adaptation, not to become the most tired. Lots of athletes train to get tired or to burn calories. Go ahead and burn calories if you want to work out and lose weight. That’s all well and good, but...
Swim Smooth, Swim Consistent While there are many examples of great swimmers loping, or falling, into the water after a breath; for most of us normal swimmers, it’s a much better idea to maintain a direct and stable body position while swimming freestyle –...
