Saturday Swim Session: Sprints and other Strokes
These sessions will help develop your speed and feel for the water.
Friday Fartlek Run: 4x 1 Mile (200m Hard, 1,000m Solid, 400m Easy)
This session is a great way to develop race speed and a strong finishing kick. It is best done on an athletics track.
Wednesday Windtrainer Workout: Tabata
This session is a great way to develop your anaerobic capacity. It is perfect for road cyclists and mountain bikers.
Transforming Tash: Self-Respect
If I had the power to install one attribute 100% into my children and know that it would never falter it would be self-respect. Who are we if we do not have regard for our own respect? We like to…
Blog # 17 – Gaining Sponsorship And Giving Sponsorship Plus ANZAC Day
Hi blog followers, We are definitely getting closer now, which has meant some late nights during the week after training to finalise requirements as we approach the final countdown for my 515 km 3 day endurance event of swimming, cycling…
Best of the Internet for Endurance Athletes: 24 April 2016
Each Sunday I’ll post my ‘best of’ list in a number of categories from the inter-webs. Other weeks can be found here. Technology/Equipment Blogs http://www.dcrainmaker.com/2016/04/sea-otter-2016-power-meter-tidbits-stages-verve-infocrank.html There was plenty of technology being announced at the Sea Otter Mountain Bike Classic this…
Saturday Swim Session: Time Trials
Time Trials are a great tool to measure your performance and then compare to your previous (or future) performances. But the biggest benefit comes from the training stimulus your body receives as a result of doing them.
Friday Fartlek Run: Half Marathon Pyramids
This session is a great way to enhance your speed endurance and is great for half marathon events.
Qwik-View: Naomi & Ash Whitehead (Team SwordFox)
QK: Congratulations to you both and the rest of team Swordfox, for your inspirational performance in the GODZone. Ash, I know you have come from a strong cycling back ground. Have you always been involved with the outdoors or is…
Wednesday Windtainer Workout: 90sec Hill Reps
This session is a great way to develop your anaerobic capacity. It is perfect for road cyclists and mountain bikers but also for Olympic distance and Half Ironman/70.3 triathletes.
- 1 week ago
Man I've been in a slump. It's that gray time of the year & with still little structure to my day (little work to do from my "home office and no days this week in my work office), I have felt no spark of inspiration to do much whatsoever. 🏃♀️ Last night one of my daughter's invited me to "run" with her (at the same time) at 7.15pm tonight. I kinda knew that that was unlikely to happen. However it planted a seed & seeing that my other daughter had been out for a run early this morning inspired me - 3 weeks ago
Stunning clouds looking towards the Eastern hills when I was nearing the 2.5km point of the Greytown Woodside Park Run course today. I did my last run on this course in late February. It was really wonderful to be there today. I ran 4 minutes, walked 1 minute. My legs were still sore from the PT gym session last Friday. My right ankle & calf got tight. I have my first massage since February tomorrow and I also need to get back to regular stretching & mobility exercises. #run #runner #running #athlete former #triathlete #duathlete #keepinghealthy #keepingfit #fitover60 #oldandfit #maturerunner - 2 weeks ago
As the saying goes there are two sorts of cyclists......🚵♂️ #qwikkiwi #coachray #chchadventurepark #christchurchadventurepark
Ironman Swim PB
I’ve taken my most popular training plan and given it a make over for 2020. I’ve taken the 12 Weeks to an Ironman Swim PB – Swim Faster with Smarter Training and I’ve modified to to expand the programme from 12 weeks and include an option for more than 3 swims per week.
Now the programme has created some great times for athletes competing at Ironman events around the world, but it was overly set in stone. Now if you have got between 8 & 24 weeks to an Ironman and are consistently swimming 3x, 4x or 5x per week, I’ve created an option for you. This is regardless of the length of pool 25m, 33⅓yd or 50m pool.