Why a Support Crew Matters Over Long Course A 70.3 or full-distance Ironman lasts long enough that having someone who knows the course, your race plan and your usual mid-race mood genuinely changes the day — both practically (spare kit, special needs handoffs, moving between viewing points) and mentally (a familiar face at the right…
However you feel about the end of race season, your wetsuit and bike will feel worse about it if you just shove them in the garage until spring. Neoprene cracks, drivetrains seize, and electronic groupset batteries drain to nothing over a few unattended months — none of which is expensive to prevent, but all of…
Don’t Panic About One Missed Week Work, illness, travel and family life all get in the way of training plans occasionally, and a single missed week is far less costly to your fitness than it feels in the moment. Aerobic fitness built up over months doesn’t disappear in seven days — most of what you’re…
What Is Cadence and Why It Matters for Triathletes Cadence is simply how many times your pedals go round per minute (RPM). It matters more for triathletes than for standalone cyclists because of what comes after the bike leg: the muscular fatigue you carry off the bike directly affects how your run feels. A cadence…
Why Post-Race Care Matters It’s tempting to rack your bike in the garage straight after a race and not look at it again until the next one. But race conditions — energy drink spray, road grit, sometimes rain — are harder on a bike than most training rides, and a quick post-race routine catches small…
Why Sweat Rate Matters Generic hydration advice — “drink 500-750ml an hour” — is a reasonable starting point, but sweat rate varies hugely between athletes, and even for the same athlete between a cool morning swim-bike-run brick and a 30°C race afternoon. Getting your own number turns vague guidance into an actual plan you can…
Why Triathletes Get Blisters More Than Other Athletes Triathlon has a unique combination of blister risk factors: a swim exit leaves feet wet, transition means pulling socks and shoes on over damp skin, race-day adrenaline masks early hot-spot pain until it’s already a problem, and plenty of athletes end up racing in shoes or socks…
Why Ironman Pacing Is Different From Shorter Races Over 8–17 hours, small pacing mistakes compound massively in a way they simply don’t over a sprint or Olympic-distance race. Going out too hard on the swim or bike routinely wrecks the run several hours later — the classic “Ironman shuffle” is usually the result of a…
Why GI Distress Happens on Long-Course Race Day During sustained hard effort, blood flow shifts away from your gut and toward the muscles doing the work — especially at the bike-to-run transition, when your gut is already under stress and now has to keep digesting while your legs take over. Many modern Ironman fuelling plans…
Stepping up from 70.3 to a full-distance Ironman isn’t just “the same again but longer” — it changes how you train, how you fuel, and how much of your week the sport takes up. Here’s what’s genuinely different about training for your first full-distance race, and how to build towards it without breaking yourself along…
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