Learn how to pace an Ironman 70.3 with Coach Ray’s complete race-day strategy. Discover how to swim efficiently, control your bike effort, manage hills and headwinds, and run strongly. Avoid common pacing mistakes, optimise your fuelling and hydration, and maximise your performance across all three disciplines on race day.
View More How to Pace an Ironman 70.3: Swim Smart, Ride Controlled & Run Strong
Prepare for the triathlon course you’re actually racing. Learn how terrain, weather, open water, hills, road surfaces and race conditions should influence your training. By making key sessions increasingly race-specific, you can improve your pacing, skills, fuelling and confidence while reducing unnecessary surprises when race day finally arrives.
View More Train for the Triathlon Course You’re Actually Racing
Your finishing time is only part of your race story. Using Harrison Shaw’s Cambridge Half Marathon as an example, Coach Ray explores how pacing, weather, recovery, fuelling and mindset influence performance — and why a structured race debrief can reveal valuable lessons to help you race smarter next time.
View More Did You Actually Have a Bad Race? Why Your Finish Time Doesn’t Tell the Whole Story
Chasing other athletes can quickly derail your Ironman race strategy. Learn why sticking to your own pacing, effort and fuelling plan matters more than reacting to competitors around you. Stay patient, control what you can, and save your competitive energy for when it can make the biggest difference later.
View More Ironman Race Strategy: Don’t Chase Other Athletes
Walking aid stations during an Ironman marathon isn’t a sign your race has gone wrong—it can be a smart, planned strategy. Learn how short, purposeful walking breaks can improve fuelling, hydration, pacing, and mental focus, helping you run more consistently and potentially achieve a faster overall marathon.
View More Ironman Marathon Strategy: Walk the Aid Stations Strategically
Training for your first marathon? Avoid the most common mistakes that catch new runners out, from running too fast and skipping long runs to neglecting recovery and race nutrition. Learn how to train smarter, stay injury-free, and arrive at the start line confident, prepared, and ready to enjoy your marathon.
View More The Biggest Mistakes First-Time Marathon Runners Make
Fitness alone does not guarantee your best race. Smart pacing is often the difference between fading badly and finishing strong. Learn how to pace correctly from 5K to Ironman to ultra, avoid common mistakes, and turn your training into better race-day performances with practical strategies that actually work.
View More The Art of Pacing: How to Race Smarter From 5K to Ironman to Ultra