Chef Ray: Quinoa Salad with Cranberries and Kale

This recipe is the perfect dish to serve up for someone who thinks kale or quinoa are bland. It is full of flavour and brings…

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Tri Swim Coach

Saturday Swim Session: Pyramid Session for Speed

By combining sets of sprints of varying distances with minimal rest you can develop your swimming efficiency and also your top-end swim speed. This session…

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Fartlek Session

Friday Fartlek Run: Andrew Simmons’ Pyramid

This session is great to improve speed for runners over 5-10km as well as half and full marathon distances. It is perfect for both runners and…

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Windtrainer Session

Wednesday Windtrainer Workout: Preparing for Fast Starts

This ride will develop both your VO2 max and threshold intensities to enable you to start fast and then maintain the effort as you get…

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UltraHumps Competes In The Erin Baker Kinloch Triathlon

UltraHumps journey to the Cameron Brown Award includes the Kinloch Triathlon with the Erin Baker Category. Hello blog followers and welcome to this edition of my journey to the Cameron Brown Award which is event # 3 of 5, having also completed the 3 events of the Iron Maori / Port of Tauranga Legend Series (all in the same season). So how did the Erin Baker Kinloch Triathlon go…

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Lisa’s Journey, Week 37: This weeks been a stiff one…

I tried, and I managed to stay in the correct zone, and over 80% for two subsequent bikes so I think I finally ‘get it’! My HR can drop or rise so many beats just like that, so I’m up and down like a jack-in-a-box. But I think now I get it, I don’t have to go out and blow a fufu to gain. – Yes much like my running at the start. I felt I should’ve been running faster, but couldn’t keep it up the whole run, but when I listened (to the coach who doesn’t just say it, for the sake of it) I found I could actually keep on running… Yeah, I know I need to listen.

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Mikes Middle Distance Magic: Is It Test Week Already?

Its been a bit up and down this week! After spotting at the weekend Ray had put a couple of test sessions in I was like, “wow really” as I’ve been doing a lot of base building sessions in zone 2, so was a bit apprehensive how I’d do on these sessions. Well I had a mixed bag but I’m looking at the positives!

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Healthy Recipe

Chef Ray: Low-Carb “Swedish” Meatballs in Gravy

This recipe is Keto approved bringing together a more traditional meal of meat and vege. If you want extra-thick gravy, feel free to add 2…

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