You have downloaded a training plan, opened it up and immediately been confronted with zone numbers, acronyms and percentages you do not fully understand. You are not alone. Triathlon training plans use a specific language that can be confusing at first — but once you know the key terms, every session makes sense and you…
Signing up for a triathlon race is the easy part. Building a season that actually delivers on your potential — without burning you out, breaking you down, or leaving you undertrained — takes a little more thought. The athletes who get the most out of a triathlon season aren’t necessarily the fittest; they’re often just…
If you’ve ever raced in the heat, you know the feeling: your pace drops, your heart rate climbs, and what should be a comfortable effort feels impossibly hard. Heat is one of the biggest performance limiters in triathlon — but it’s also one of the most trainable. Deliberate heat acclimation through sauna training can transform…
Cold water therapy is one of the most effective — and most accessible — recovery tools available to triathletes. Whether you’re managing fatigue during a heavy training block or accelerating recovery after a race, deliberate cold exposure can make a measurable difference to how you feel and perform. Here’s everything you need to know to…
Not everyone wants to swim, bike and run a triathlon solo. Relay racing lets you do your strongest discipline, share the experience with friends, and often produces a faster finishing time than any member of the team could manage alone. Here is everything you need to know to enter your first triathlon relay. How Triathlon…
Racing abroad is one of the most rewarding experiences in triathlon — but it requires significantly more planning than a local event. Whether you’re heading to Lanzarote, Challenge Roth or IRONMAN Mallorca, this guide covers everything you need to arrive calm, prepared and ready to race your best. Getting Your Bike There Your bike is…
What Is Gravel Triathlon? Gravel triathlon is a rapidly growing format that replaces the standard road bike leg with a gravel bike section on unsurfaced or mixed-terrain routes. Think classic triathlon swim-bike-run structure, but with the bike taking you through country estates, farm tracks, forest paths and scenic rural terrain rather than closed-road circuits or…
A triathlon race season in the UK runs from March through to October — eight months of training, racing, and recovery. For athletes who love the sport and have ambitious race schedules, burnout is a genuine risk that can derail your season, damage your relationship with triathlon, and in serious cases lead to overtraining syndrome…
The vast majority of triathletes are age groupers with full-time jobs, families, and lives to manage. Training 12–15 hours a week for an Ironman or even 6–8 hours for an Olympic distance is genuinely challenging when 40-plus hours each week go to work. But thousands of athletes finish full-distance triathlons every year while holding down…
Ironman UK at Bolton is one of Europe’s most beloved full-distance triathlons — a notoriously tough course, a spectacular crowd, and a town that genuinely embraces race day like few others. If you’re targeting a Bolton finish line in 2026, here’s everything you need to know to prepare and race it well. Race Overview Ironman…
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