“I hated it, I’m never doing another one”   Is not uncommon to hear when the three letters F.T.P are mentioned. It has this reputation of being: Brutally hard Unrewarding (unless you have a really good day) Really hard Unproductive as you have to rest beforehand and take time to recover afterwards And did I mention hard? But first… What is FTP? In a nutshell, ride your bike for as hard as you can for […]

Normally a triathlon update starts with the swim.   But this one goes back a step to lining up for the swim, something usually pretty boring, but in Tenby, it was a full blown hint on what to expect later on in the day.   We lined up through the town in our wetsuits, looking like a bizarre and oversized fancy dress party at 6:30am. We would line ourselves up depending on our estimated time […]

A large majority of my job as a coach is to “motivate” people into doing the things they said they wanted to do.   Think about that for one moment.   Lets say at the start of the year, were you one of those people who said they were going to cycle more this year? Maybe you said you would get a bit faster over certain distances? Maybe you said you’d enter that crazy event? […]

After working hard for a number of months to build up your fitness levels, many people are split as to what they should do once they have finished a key event or race in their calendar. Option A) Usually entails stopping training entirely, which is a good strategy for the mind. You get that break to let your head get back into the zone and you also let the body recover. BUT – With this, […]