Ironman Overtraining

Ironman Overtraining

Are YOu Ironman Overtraining? Part of our Coaches Questions Series ; Question: I am 8 weeks into the 21 weeks full IM plan and feeling tired and a bit burned out. I think it’s because I overdid what I should be doing during weekends, and also moved the...
Ironman Long Training Run

Ironman Long Training Run

Ironman long training run When and why. ; Ironman Long Training Run Scheduling I think there is a common feeling that your body somehow ‘understands’ what it is you are doing; like it has a learning ability and adapts according to what it understands...
Why Discipline is King

Why Discipline is King

Discipline is King Meet Consistency’s bigger brother. ; Discipline Trumps Consistency  Consistency. Traditionally hailed as the holy grail of triathlon training.  The theory is (and it is a great theory) that consistent training; that drip-drip-drip effect...
Whistler’s Ironman Canada Bike Course in 2018

Whistler’s Ironman Canada Bike Course in 2018

Ironman Canada Bike Course It’s not harder. It’s just different. ; EDIT: 2022 Update Different Course – Same Deal From 2020 / 2021 / 2022 (Delete as applicable thanks to COVID) Ironman Canada moved back to Pencticton. Whilst this article...
Feel for Your Run Zones

Feel for Your Run Zones

Feel for Zones How to find Zones by feel. ; Feel Your Run Zones I think the coaching world is pretty much all on board with the idea of training at different intensities for different reasons. You probably have a set of Zones based on some kind of threshold...
Training Zones

Training Zones

Training Zones Your key to effective Endurance Training. ; Adding ‘Feel’ to your Training Zones By utilizing varying levels of effort we are able to train more efficiently and gadgets are a great way of providing feedback of those effort levels. Power...