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London Tri, 53rd 2:04:03. Slow progress (0)

8/09/10 •

Well it was great to get out yesterday and race an olympic distance race after almost 2 months since the last one at Windsor. It also put a big smile on my face lining up against 6 Olympians which gave it the distinct whiff of charlatanry. Nevertheless in the individual events I know I have some [...]

Some serious admin to catch up on… (0)

7/19/10 •

So I bought my Trek 1.7 back at the start of 2008. Since then, the only things that I have changed are both tyres and both inner tubes after they burst simultaneously in Mexico.
What am I left with now? Well in the Windsor race I did around 1h07 minutes on the bike, that’s just 2 minutes faster [...]

Team Outrageous: Back on the straight and narrow, 1st, 49:47. (0)

7/10/10 •

Much better result here, unfortunately still waiting for the picture off my brother’s phone… that’s now been rectified…
Swim felt great and my acclimatisation to cooler UK waters has obviously worked a treat as I broke the course record for the swim and T1 in 7:36, doing the 550m swim in around 6:30.
The bike was harder [...]

Windsor Tri: Not the result I expected. 31st, 2:07 (0)

6/20/10 •

So in short, coming back a few days before the Windsor race from Mexico didn’t go how I had planned it.
The preparation went well, I’d gotten rid of the jet lag, I’d been eating well and slotted back in to the training regime here in sunny Maidstone.
The day of the race I made sure I [...]

I’m a triathlete. How often should I swim? (0)

5/28/10 •

 Quite simply put, the swim is where the real difference lies between the amateurs and elite triathletes.
Is that really true? Does it really matter? What can I learn from competitive swimmers to improve my swim? Below is an attempt to answer these three questions.
Evidence that Age Groupers (AGers) need to focus more on the swim leg
Take [...]

First Race of the Season: ITU PanAm Elite Cup, Ixtapa. 16th (1)

5/28/10 •

So I’ve had a few days now to recover from a terrible stomach bug garnered from some post-race chillied huachinango in Maruata on the Michoacán coast – lovely place if you ever fancy £8-a-night beachside cabin, unspoilt coastline and more  - and thought I’d put finger to keyboard.
I arrived on the Wednesday to nearing 40-degree-C heat and [...]

Training Diary: Build 2 Week 1, 2, rest, 19 April – 9 May (0)

5/14/10 •

So moving on to Build 2 and things are starting to become more intense. Also, as my first competition is on the 22nd May, I need to start trimming down to race weight. It’s not an easy thing to do as you of course still need to maintain enough energy to train, and also not [...]

Training Diary: Build 1 Rest Week, 5 – 11 April (0)

4/20/10 •

As much as my adrenaline-junkie internal demon would like to train all day every day, I must say that my body kindly accepted the offer of a rest week after the past 3 weeks; they certainly weren’t the most intense weeks of training I have ever done, but that’s what I’m building towards.
On the Monday I [...]

Triathletes aren’t all slow-twitch you (should) know: Plyometric training (0)

4/18/10 •

Plyometric Exercise Examples

In the recent article I wrote regarding Cycling Strength, some feedback I received was skeptical on the utility of the use of the deep squat. It has since interested me to find the reason behind why the deep squat is used, which means highlighting Plyometric training as a the wider methodology.
To start with, deep squats and [...]