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 […]
The Dreaded Heel Strike
The Dreaded Heel Strike Today we discuss heel striking, is it as bad as some make out or is it ok? Most of us who have been involved in triathlon for even a few years will have heard heel striking being talked about as if its some form of dangerous practice and should be avoided […]
Building Resilience
Building Resilience This week’s ‘Gospel according to,’ is all about how sport and exercise can help us to build our resilience. Exercise and sport in general provides us with an outlet, an outlet to forget about the daily grind, to clear our minds of negative thoughts, to relax and enjoy time to ourselves or with […]
Athletic Success
Athletic Success This article looks at the top 10 things an athlete needs to have to become resilient Here at Team TCC we are fortunate to be working with a wide range of athletes. One category of athlete we work a great deal with is elite youth and junior triathletes, and one thing parents and […]
Rest, the dirtiest word in triathlon
Rest, the dirtiest word in triathlon Resting, as important as training? Rest, such a simple word, yet it is probably most difficult to implement when you are so focussed on performing at your selected race. The harder and the longer you train, the better you’ll be on race day, right? WRONG! the body will only […]
Just how important is kicking?
Just how important is kicking? Today we discuss the horror of kicking when swimming and how triathletes are cheating themselves if they don’t kick. If there is one thing that strikes more fear in a triathlete than a partner finding that ‘real’ receipt for their last bike purchase, it is looking up at the whiteboard […]