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Age is just a number: How does getting older impact an endurance athlete?

How do you get faster at endurance races without any training?

Should Goals be Time-bound?

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Are Coaches Sacrificing Health for Performance?

How to deal with decisions that go against you in endurance sport

How fit do I need to be to do a triathlon?

Do all triathletes need strength and conditioning?

Do female athletes need female coaches?

Should coaches coach female athletes differently?

TTH Coached Athletes Christmas Points Race 2020

How to train like a ‘Pro’ on an Age-grouper’s timetable

How To Fit Endurance Training Around A Career And Family

How to pick the right Tri coach for you

Why investing in a coach goes beyond triathlon performance

How the best Age-Group athletes train for an IRONMAN

Celebrating TTH Female Athlete Success

My first COVID-safe race

10 Years of Tri Training Harder – an athlete's perspective

Racing on Zwift

Coping with the COVID-19 Social Media World - An athlete’s observations

Why coaches are having to protect triathlon

Isolation – kitchen station!

Evolving through Coronavirus – Coached Athlete Rebecca's Insights

How to Zwift with Tri Training Harder. A beginners user guide.

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Gianfranco – 10 Lessons from his first ever IRONMAN

How to Balance Training with a Busy Schedule. Athlete Profile: Hagai and Tevfik

Help! I've Entered A Triathlon And I Don't Know Where To Start.....

Takin' on the jellies

Your First Step on Your IRONMAN Training Plan

What is the Measurable Difference of Coaching?

Podcast

Episode 50: Training as or alongside a Female Athlete: Panel – Coached Athlete Workshop

Episode 49: The beauty of Training Camps

Episode 48: Nick Hart - The Altitude Centre

Episode 47: Swimming in ice: turning every challenge into an opportunity.

Episode 46: Finding your Podium after your Physiotherapy

Episode 45: Carmen Somerset - Beating Nessie

Episode 44: Lesley Walker - Challenging, Achieving, Helping!

Episode 43: Should you adjust your training if you are stressed

Episode 42: Mark Harvey – 10 times the charm

Episode 41: Coaches on the Couch - The Off Season

Episode 40: Coaches on the Couch - Race Selection vs Training Desire

Episode 39: Coaches on the Couch - Most valuable coaching moment

Episode 38: Coaches on the Couch - Norwegian Stuff

Episode 37: Edward Sharpe - Swim Improvement

Episode 36: David Maia - Small Steps

Episode 35: Simon Roche - Marathon Des Sables: Planning for Success

Episode 34: Coaches on the Couch - Six pillars of Triathlon

Episode 33 - Milly Pelmore - Endurance Training with Endometriosis

Episode 32: Coaches on the couch - Foot Strike isn't important

Episode 31: Coaches on the couch - How can you spend 5-hours on the turbo and why would you want to?

Episode 30: Coaches on the couch - The Off-Season

Episode 29: Coaches on the couch - Last race of the season

Episode 28: Coaches on the Couch - How to manage anxiety and nerves before a race

Episode 27: Kevin Smith - Riding up the hills

Episode 26: Sorrel Williams - You can change your life

Episode 25: Coaches on the Couch - Reflecting on a Race

Episode 24: Soraya Merrylees

Episode 23: Coaches on the Couch – How can I run faster off the bike?

Episode 22: Isabel Tew - Breathe in, breathe out

Epsiode 21: Coaches on the Couch - What have we learned from the return to swimming?

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Ageing is a natural process which, we hope, we will all get to experience. As we age our bodies change, some more dramatically than others. In this article Coach Denise looks at what changes we can expect and how we can accommodate them, to enable us all to keep training, and racing, for as long as we want to.

How to pick the best Race Buddies

Are you planning on racing with a bunch of clubmates or friends? Do you know how you will cope? Will you be the easygoing traveller, or will you be the one who carries their nerves quite obviously? Coach Philip addresses some key points of self-reflection that athletes should go through before travelling to a race with others.

Endurance Athletes – Training Through the Menopause

Training through the menopause is often a confusing and difficult time. In this article, which was first published for the Castle Race Series, Coach Philip looks at the changes and how athletes can navigate them.

Are Training Plans Dead?

In this latest article, coach Philip explores whether a training plan is now dead. He also looks into the rise of artificial intelligence and its impact on the sports industry.

In this article, Coach Philip explores how athletes are often distracted by the enormity of the task and get excited about the headline sessions instead of ensuring that all the fundamentals are in place to improve their chances of success or, more importantly, reduce the probability of failure.

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How to be an endurance athlete post menopause?

In a recent series of blogs Coach Denise has looked at the impact of the menstrual cycle, contraception and perimenopause on the female athlete. In this article she looks at what athletes and coaches should consider in the postmenopausal phase of life.

Should we dial down our FTP after the off-season?

In this latest article, coach Philip Hatzis explores how much we should dial back our FTP after an off-season break, or even if we should!? Read on to learn how to adapt your training after taking some time off.

Perimenopause and the athlete

In earlier articles Coach Denise has looked at the impact of the menstrual cycle on the female athlete, and how to train effectively within the body’s natural rhythm. In this article, Coach Denise looks at the impact that perimenopause can have on the athlete, and how to continue to train effectively through this phase of your life.

How can I do better at test sessions?

As we look to the new season, testing is one of the first things many athletes will do. This will be the form of benchmarking to understand initial fitness levels, biomechanics or other areas. Various aspects of training and performance will be measured and improved upon in the coming months. Yet, often, athletes dislike “test week” and miss out on brilliant opportunities to improve. Coach Philip Hatzis explores the topic of improving your testing sessions in this article.

How do I know if I should train if I am not feeling 100%?

At some point in their athletic career, every athlete has a point when they’re unsure if they should or should not train. This is often a result of illness or fatigue or something similar. They are feeling a bit “yuck” but do not necessarily understand why, which makes deciding whether they should train a tough challenge. In this article, coach Philip Hatzis explores how athletes can decide whether to train or not.

In this article, Coach Philip explores goal setting and the commonly accepted approach to goal-setting that may actually inhibit performance by forcing a time constraint on athletes where no time may be the best option.

In this article, Coach Philip explores some trends we are starting to see with new athletes who have been previously coached by others. Though athletes often start working with coaches for performance, we are also responsible for ensuring that athletes are healthy and safe. This article looks at some examples and highlights some things that athletes and coaches can do to enable a better approach to athlete welfare.

How to plan for a triathlon season

Love it or loathe it, the topic of planning is central to all sports, none more so than multi discipline endurance sports. Helping to focus time, effort and energy, great plans can produce the best results on race day. In this blog Coach Denise looks at the topic of planning, why it helps within the sport of triathlon and how a coach can help you to help yourself.

How to become effective in swimming in the waves

Being able to swim in a pool is not quite the same as being able to swim in open water. In this latest article, Coach Rita explores her learning experience when she took an open water swim session with some British athletes and her surprise at the skills gap between their swimming ability and open water experience.

How simple mistakes in reflection can you stifle your athletic development?

In this latest article, Coach Philip looks at some common ways that athletes fail to reflect appropriately and lose an excellent opportunity to learn, grow and evolve between seasons. Have a read at how you can ensure you don’t make the same mistakes and build on each season.

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