What is Heart Rate Training
What is heart rate training This article discusses the benefits and limitations of heart rate training to help you train better and smarter. Heart Rate Training, why is it important? What is heart rate? – Your heart rate is the speed at which your heart is pumping the blood around the body, measured in beats per […]
The Bike – Kit Essentials
The Bike – Kit Essentials It goes without saying that to complete the bike leg of a triathlon, you require a bike. Particularly a bike without any sort of motor apart from yourself. In this article, we will look at what equipment is required to train and race for the bike section. Taking into consideration […]
5 Tips For A Faster Transition
5 Tips for a faster transition Race Day Tips We spend hours per week training hard for our races, making every little gain we can in being fitter, better swim technique, more aero bike, yet we then spend 5 minutes in transition fighting with our wetsuit or forget to take our energy gels with us […]
Training for an Ironman – Swimming
Training for an Ironman Swimming In this article, we discuss some of the basics of swim training for a beginner Ironman. We look at how you can structure your sessions, how many a week and for how long to help you on your way to your first Ironman 226 Training for Ironman can be a […]
Life on the rebound, How to bounce back!
Life on the rebound, How to bounce back! In this article, we are looking at some tips on coping with a DNF or other bad race results. So, it’s coming to the end of the season, and you’ve done all your races. Your A races didn’t go as planned; you struggled towards the end, you […]
Having a plan, and how important it can be
Having a plan, and how important it can be 5 tips to planning your race day and making sure you have a stress free race! It can’t be said enough that having a plan when training is vital to getting the best performance you can give. But why do so many people then throw that […]
The Swim – Kit essentials
The Swim – Kit essentials This article will guide you through what kit you need for swimming and what it would be good to have if you have the spare cash. If triathletes like anything, it is kit! We, after all, have 3 sports to do, which means three times the amount of kit we get […]
SMART Goals
SMART Goals Its time to get SMART with your goal setting and really smash that PB! Take a look at how being effective in your goal setting can help you develop your training and racing! Most of us do some form of planning during our lives, but how often do you really sit down and […]
The Dreaded Pace Clock!
The Dreaded Pace Clock! This article covers the pace clock’s use and how it can help you be a better athlete and more confident in your swim sessions. Understanding Pace Clocks We’ve all seen the magical pace clock sitting spinning around to itself in pools across the land. You may have even looked at it […]
Where do I begin?
Where Do I Begin? This week we will be looking at what 3 things we at Team TCC wished we knew before we started training. We’ve been competing, completing and coaching for quite a long time now and we are seeing a lot more people jumping straight in to triathlon with both feet, which is […]