Why Your Strength Gains Are KILLING Your Race Pace (It’s Not Weight)
The modern version of strength training is arguably the biggest addition to endurance sports. We know it improves economy and resilience, which is why I schedule it for all my athletes. But there is a hidden cost. As you get stronger, your physiology changes. Your muscle density changes. If you do not update your endurance […]
Training Numbers Do Not Care About Your Happiness
Do You Like Numbers? It is a question I ask every athlete before we work together. Most are obsessed. To be honest, so am I. I spent my childhood looking for a career that combined sport and numbers, two things I was actually good at and enjoyed. Even now, I spend a massive amount of […]
How Jade Went From ‘Ground Zero’ to Superhero
Jade’s Transformation Into An Athlete With Triathlon Coaching From Efficient Endurance Every massive transformation starts with a tiny, critical moment. It is rarely a loud announcement. More often, it is a quiet admission, a moment of raw honesty when wanting to change finally feels better than staying put. For my client, Jade, that moment showed […]
How To Train and Race In Hot and Humid Conditions
That Humidity Percentage is Lying To You. Here’s How to Fight Back. Training in high humidity is brutal. We’ve all been there, it feels like you’re trying to run through soup while breathing through a wet towel. But what if I told you that the humidity percentage you see on your weather app is basically […]
Your Best Triathlon Plan | Why a Personalised Triathlon Training Structure is Key to Your Next Big PB
How I structure training for my coached athletes As a coach, the question I hear most often is, “What’s the secret to getting faster?” Triathletes are always searching for a magic workout, preferably one that’s short, easy, and can be done from the sofa (This is a lie, I know triathletes hate the sofa!). The […]
What Can You Expect From a Triathlon Coach as a Beginner?
Over the few years I’ve been coaching triathletes, over half of the athletes who come to me have never done a triathlon before, but they’re eager for guidance. But what can you expect from a triathlon coach as a beginner? I recently gathered feedback from these athletes, and over 90% said they approached me because […]
Be Specific, Have a Laugh, Enjoy the Process: The Philosophy of a Norfolk Triathlon Coach
I bet you’ve seen them. The triathlete with a pained expression permanently etched onto their face, eyes glued to a watch that costs more than a decent car. The one who looks like they’re calculating their V̇O₂ max while ordering a coffee. It all looks… well, a bit miserable, doesn’t it? For a while, I […]
My World Championship Failure: The Importance of a Triathlon Race Day Plan
As a coach, people don’t just pay me for a training plan; they pay me for the confidence to execute it. But sometimes, that confidence isn’t born from a string of successes, but from the hard-won lessons of a spectacular failure. Your race day plan is the final piece in the puzzle of being a […]
Balancing Triathlon Training: How to Juggle Swim, Bike, Run, and, You Know, Life
It’s Sunday evening. You’ve crammed ten hours of training into two days. Your legs are shot, your family has started referring to you in the past tense, and you’re staring at your Garmin, convinced your “easy” run pace was five seconds too slow. You scroll through Strava, handing out Kudos like they’re going out of […]
Achieve More by Training Smarter
The Efficient Endurance Philosophy Right, let’s have a word. Are you one of those? The ones who think the only path to a PB is to grind yourself into a fine, sweaty powder? We’ve all seen the ‘#NoPainNoGain’ posts from people who look like they’re having precisely zero fun. Inspiring stuff. But what if that […]