UltraHumps: 3rd Consecutive Challenge – Body For Life Challenge
Hello Blog Followers and welcome to my weekly blog where I have found another challenge to test myself. You will be aware from previous blogs, that at present I am conducting two challenges, all in the name of a free…
UltraHumps: Desert Rider
As the readers of the fabulous Qwik Kiwi blogs will know, I am in a location where you have to train with making do with what you have. So apart from sticking to a gym with aircon due to the…
UltraHumps: 1000 Km Challenge
A recent article (blog) I wrote on 23 April 2019 was called ‘UltraHumps – Jacobs Ladder 7 Peaks Challenge‘. This challenge, which I came across in the gym whilst overseas for a number of months, was to simply climb the…
UltraHumps – Jacobs Ladder 7 Peaks Challenge
With being overseas for a number of months, one often finds themselves wondering what training can be done when events are generally off the cards. You can always bet the Physical Training Instructor (PTI), which Coach Ray is also highly…
UltraHumps: Finding Ultraman with Qwik Kiwi’s Coach Ray
My previous two articles are a preparation for this one, with the first article indicating my journey to my first Ironman, showing ‘you’ can do it; and the second article telling how I ‘fell off the wagon’ in life, but…
UltraHumps: Tackling Insomnia with Qwik Kiwi Assistance
Hello blog followers and welcome to my article with a difference, where I tackle insomnia with the assistance of a Qwik Kiwi athlete by the name of Janne Falkner…
Coach Ray’s Suffering: Dilemmas & Wairua Warrior Training
I’ve still got no idea what I’ll do next. I’m keen to get up to Rotorua and offer to pace the marathon as I have done many times. I want to do the Christchurch marathon and/or the Wellington or Nelson…
Coach Ray’s Suffering: All Good Things Must Come To An End
Follow me on my Half Ironman Buller Marathon training and #100DaysOfTri journey’s concurrently. Here is how my week unfolded. This week started off really well, but then things started going downhill. After some nights of poor sleep and the accumulation of training fatigue,…
Coach Ray’s Suffering: Big Week Prior to Taper
Follow me on my Half Ironman Buller Marathon training and #100DaysOfTri journey’s concurrently. Here is how my week unfolded. This week is my biggest training week before cutting back a bit next week and a full taper the following week. Also with…
Coach Ray’s Suffering: A Week with the Kids
Follow me on my Half Ironman marathon training and #100DaysOfTri journey’s concurrently. Here is how my week unfolded. Now that I’ve committed to running the Buller Marathon, that is where my training is focused. This week my partner and I took a…
16 hours ago Time to get warmed up for the @kaiteriteri2mapua #letsdothis #coachray #qwikkiwi
7 days ago The Great Wall of China half marathon is done and dusted. I was an hour quicker over the wall section than the recce we did the other day. My legs felt better and I was a bit more confident, even running down some of the more shallow steps. It was an amazing event. Feels quite surreal to have done it. . . . #halfmarathon #21km #event #athlete #triathlete #duathlete #runner #running #greatwallofchina #greatwall #qwikkiwi #qwikkiwicoaching #maturerunner #womenrunners #mizuno #medal #bling #oldandfit #fitover60 #keepinghealthy #keepingfit #coachray #coachraynz
1 week ago It’s been a while but off for a ride in #hanmersprings . #coachray #qwikkiwi
6 days ago Red ribbon for half marathon finishers, black ribbon for marathon finishers and green for the 8.5km. Feels very surreal that I even did it. Definitely recommend it. . . #run #runner #running #athlete #triathlete #duathlete #keepinghealthy #keepingfit #fitover60 #oldandfit #coachray #coachraynz #qwikkiwi #greatwallofchina #greatwall #bling
3 days ago Who else gets a song stuck in their head whilst running? @bradley .gaga #alwaysrememberusthisway was stuck in my head as I did #hillreps preparing for @kaiteriteri2mapua this weekend #qwikkiwi #coachray ♂️
2 weeks ago Got our scheduled short run in this morning. Fly out this afternoon. . . . #shortrun #athlete #triathlete #duathlete #runner #running #run #runtraining #qwikkiwi #qwikkiwiendurancetraining #dedication #consistencyisthekey #consistency #fitover60women #maturerunner #womenrunners #fitover50 #oldandfit #coachray #coachraynz #athleteonholiday
2 weeks ago DB chest press at my favourite gym. Gradually building up my overall strength. It certainly has improved. Last year I was only able to shuffle a 30kg bag of cement around on the garage floor to move it. Now I can actually lift it to take it to where I need it. . . . #smallgains #chestpress #gym #gymtime #muscles #muscle #workout #gymopenallhours #waiweight #patience #athlete #triathlete #duathlete #runner #running #keepinghealthy #keepingfit #fitover60 #oldandfit #maturerunner #fitness #muscleworkout #qwikkiwi #qwikkiwicoaching #consistency #consistencyisthekey #fitover50 #fitover60women
2 days ago Great wee run this morning to turn the legs over before the @kaiteriteri2mapua tomorrow. #coachray #qwikkiwi ♂️
1 week ago Yesterday our tour group of 15 were dropped at the start of the section of Wall which is part of the course for the half marathon on Saturday. 3.3km later we arrived back at what will be the start & finish line area. Climbing up & down steps is a challenge as I train on the flat! It took me a while to get "warmed up". The smog was quite evident. Not all the wall is steps. Some parts were slippery. It is amazing to think how old the Wall is and how it was built. It took me 2
6 hours ago Pretty stokes with my second place at the @kaiteriteri2mapua half marathon today. Tough, honest run. #qwikkiwi #coachray
4 Weeks To A Faster 1500m With Only Two 2km Per Week
As you follow the programme you will find yourself swimming your 1,500m faster. Now whether that is a PB or not will depend on how fast you have swum in the past, but it will definitely be faster at the end of the 4 weeks than it is now. With this programme people improve on average nearly 2 minutes, with some people improving by over 10%.
Designed for triathletes who have limited time to train but can squeeze two short 2km sessions in each week. The primary goal of this training plan is to prepare you to swim 1,500m faster than you did at the start of the programme.