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What Do The Best Triathletes In The World Do Differently

Jan

2016

I love setting big targets. Whether it’s wanting to finish an Ironman, a marathon or even your first sprint triathlon. Anything that stretches you, gets you out of your comfort zone or even just up off the couch. Alternately setting a big target can often seem overwhelming especially when life interferes and disrupts training plans. Alan Ryan has set himself a target of not only qualifying for Kona but actually winning his age group there. How does one of the best age group athletes go about achieving such big targets?

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Ironman Training: 20 Things I Did To Improve My Swim

Jan

2016

A number of years ago I read about an idea that the Sky Pro Cycling team working under Dave Brailsford used as part of their strategy to become the best cycling team in the world. They called it marginal gains.

In a follow up to my post We Might As Well Win I look at Sky Pro Cycling Teams marginal gains Program.

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Kona Training Secrets You’ll Wish You Didn’t Know

Jan

2016

Did you ever wonder what it takes to get to the Ironman World Champs in Kona? It’s easy to think it’s just talent. You either have it or you don’t. Alan Ryan shows us that it’s more about doing the work than being born with the correct genes. He also shows us that maybe it was a touch of craziness that took him onto the podium in Kona not once but twice. God help his kids…

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How To Do An Ironman: Talk

Jan

2016

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Are you planning on doing an Ironman this year and don’t know where to start with your training, how much you should do and how could you possibly fit it all in?

We are having a free talk in store on Saturday 16th January at 12:00 where myself and Ais will talk about lessons learnt from our experiences racing, training and coaching Ironman over the last 8 years. Read on for details…

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How To Start Ironman Training

Jan

2016

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How to make your fitness and Ironman New Years resolutions sustainable and successful.

It’s that time of year when we all rush headlong into our New Years goals. We set targets and make big, exciting new plans. I’m no different and January usually signals the start of structured training for me. One of the most important things I’ve learned over the last number of seasons is to start slow.

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Kona Qualification: 10 Things Needed To Qualify

Dec

2015

It’s why I love Ironman, There aren’t many sports that an average athlete can work hard and improve enough to get to the World Championships without having a massive Vo2 or some other physiological difference that makes them the best. Regardless of how many hours I trained I could never go from being a 2:57 marathoner to 2:15. I have neither the 10,000 hours done that might enable me to run at that level but more importantly I don’t have the required engine. Read on for more

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Hitting the f**k it switch

Dec

2015

When Bryan Mc Crystal was coaching me on the bike last year he warned me going into Christmas not to hit the f**k it switch. You know that moment of teetering between temptation of eating all the cake and sweets and crisps or not. It’s Christmas, you’re constantly faced with the dilemma of should you just go ahead and have one or twelve. You argue for and against before caving in and hitting the f**k it switch and sometime I hit it several times…

Read on for more

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Triathlon & Cycling Nutrition

Dec

2015

I had a chat with Irish Road race champion Damien Shaw this week and was delighted to discover that we were very similar. Well to be honest it was just that we had a very similar view on nutrition. It’s just a pity there is such a difference in engine size. I’m like a 1 litre Nissan Micra, Shaw is like the 3.8 litre Porsche 911. Despite the difference in capacity the most important take away for me was that we both strongly agreed that if we were going to fall of the wagon and eat sugar or rubbish that it should be cake and not energy bars. Read on for more cake wisdom..

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Stretching The Limits Of Ironman Training

Dec

2015

A number of years ago I read a book by Lance Armstrongs team manager Johan Bruneel called We Might As Well Win. While it’s since become obvious that they took the concept way past the point at which they should have stopped I still think there’s a very good lesson in it. Read on for more…

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Ironman Training: Volume

Dec

2015

One of the keys to my progress as an athlete was increasing training volume. Sounds obvious but I’m amazed how many people myself included overlook this simplest of ideas.

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