Jules: It is late here, but I very much want to write about today’s high points. They were huge.
View More Invictus Games: One Day To Go, TV Interviews and Media All AroundMonth: September 2017
Saturday Swim Session – 200’s For Speed
200m reps are a great way to build and develop speed that you can maintain, (as opposed to pure speed developed over 25s and 50s).…
View More Saturday Swim Session – 200’s For SpeedThe Other Invictus Games Teams Have Now Arrived
Nicki: Well the other teams have started to arrive and we have been inundated with Aussies – great to ‘catch up’ with them. I…
View More The Other Invictus Games Teams Have Now ArrivedThe Taper: Saving Energy and Getting Faster In The Last Few Day’s Prior To A Major Event
As I write this I’m currently at the Invictus Games supporting the New Zealand Team. The Invictus Games are a paralympics style event for wounded,…
View More The Taper: Saving Energy and Getting Faster In The Last Few Day’s Prior To A Major EventFriday Fartlek Run – Don Bosco Mountain Fartlek
This is a great session that will develop speed, lifting your pace at VO2 Max. Speed work is an important training session for all runners, as…
View More Friday Fartlek Run – Don Bosco Mountain FartlekInvictus Games: Settling Into A New City
Jules: We all met yesterday morning for a team photo. It will most likely be my favourite with us all as we are decked out…
View More Invictus Games: Settling Into A New CityInvictus Games: 1st Full Day In Canada
Jules: Well we finally landed in Toronto and even though I was so incredibly tired, I was as grateful and excited as I thought…
View More Invictus Games: 1st Full Day In CanadaWednesday Windtrainer Workout: 70.3 Taper Session
This workout is a great session for triathletes in the final phase of their build-up for a 70.3 event. Despite it being specific to this…
View More Wednesday Windtrainer Workout: 70.3 Taper SessionInvictus Games: From Whenuapai to Toronto Only 30 Hours of Travelling
Nicki: Somehow I managed to lose my wallet between getting off the Air New Zealand plane and trying to get through passport control. Yeah-nah,…
View More Invictus Games: From Whenuapai to Toronto Only 30 Hours of TravellingNZ Invictus Games Team go through their final preparation
Nicki: The day started with a meeting explaining the day’s outline then I was then off to Indoor Rowing training – just a ‘little’…
View More NZ Invictus Games Team go through their final preparation