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Planning the 2011 Race Season
Planning the next season is a lot like Christmas it seems to start earlier every year. I was definitely chatting about plans for mine back in April and May. Those of us targeting Ironman branded events haven’t much choice when most fill in a day. I spent an evening in La Santa waiting for Ironman […]
Ironman Recovery
The final part of a good Ironman race plan is the recovery. I’ll admit that I don’t always practiced what I’m about to preach. Strategies have ranged from weeks of inactivity and heavy eating to daily cycling and careful dieting. I’d recommend finding a middle ground as a far more sensible and reliable approach. Race […]
Immenstadt 2010 ITU Long Distance Triathlon World Championship Race Report
In classic post race fashion I’m writing the full race report at about 4:30 in the morning. I’ve yet to have a good night’s sleep following a major race. Given our journey begins in a couple of hours it doesn’t do much harm. Hopefully I’ll grab some sleep on the bus or the plane. The […]
Immenstadt ITU Long Distance Triathlon World Championship Race Plan
A two hour bus trip from Hamburg airport to the GB Team hotel was the prefect time to put together my weekend’s race plan. Given I’ve recently written about race mentality, strategy and nutrition I think it’s worth showing the planning I go through in full. It started on the bus using what would otherwise […]
Fuelling Ironman Racing: Issues of Nutrition and Pacing
You can find dozens of strategies and approaches to race nutrition with plenty of conflicting advice. Obviously more is needed and having covered diet in the run up to racing it makes sense to discuss race day fuelling. As with previous posts the emphasis here is long distance triathlon, things change a lot for Olympic […]
Strategy and Mentality for Endurance Racing
I think the concept of strategy in an Ironman or other endurance event can be misleading. For the vast majority in long distance events the main challenge is possessing the mental toughness to give the performance their body is capable of. Strategy in an Ironman exists at the very front of the field amongst the […]
Mental Preparation for Endurance Racing
As far as I’m concerned preparation for a race begins the minute you click the Submit button on the entry form. From that point on everything you do is working towards the race for better or worse. When I paid for entry to Ironman Austria 2011 last week I was taking the first step towards […]
Aerodynamic
That lump sticking out in the wind is me on my race bike taken at Ironman Western Australia. Sure I’m about to have a snack (race photographers always seem to catch me eating or sticking my tongue out), but I’m not going to win prizes for aerodynamics. I’ve not let this bother me over the […]
Ironman Lanzarote 2010 – Race Report
Twelve Ironmans down and I’m still learning lessons from them. The two big ones from yesterday being save your doubts for the finish line and you can only go so fast on three weeks of consistent run training! There were some serious cracks in my fitness and there’s a limit to what three weeks of […]
Ironman Lanzarote 2010 – Race Plans
With registration done, bike prepared and bags packed I’m sat in the McDonalds that’s become an unofficial office in Puerto del Carmen. Clientele can be divided into two groups – holiday makers genuinely here to eat and athletes here for wi-fi. Cheap coffee is the menu item of choice for those just needing internet access […]
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