Swim Straight To swim straight can be a little bit of an issue – especially in open water! One of the biggest factors in this is what direction your hands are travelling when they enter the water and extend. Just like in the real world, the shortest distance...
Getting injured sucks. It doesn’t matter if you’re an elite runner logging 120 miles per week or you are training for your first 5k; being sidelined is physically and emotionally hard to deal with. Unfortunately, getting injured also very common. Studies estimate that...
Freestyle Catch Here’s a simple drill to help with the freestyle catch… with the emphasis on simple. Calling the front part of your stroke the “catch” is a bit of a misnomer as you can’t catch water. Instead, I’d prefer to refer to...
All too frequently, when focusing on running technique the main areas addressed are the biomechanics of the legs and feet. But what about the movements and use of the upper body and arm swing? In my coaching experience, there are huge gains to be made by learning to...
Getting your kick in the right is really important to getting a smooth and efficient stroke. Most who read this will be triathletes – so won’t think that kicking is that important… But the kick balances your freestyle stroke and provides power...
Stand beside a road sometime and watch a race instead of running it. You will see in the passing parade what you might not have noticed from the middle of it, focusing only on yourself and the runners within sight. If you wouldn’t have been one of the lead...
