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The importance of a Recovery week

  Triathletes are certainly a different breed. We love to swim, bike, run and could happily fill day after day pushing our bodies to the limit to s...

The Long Ride

    The long ride. It has to be one of the best weekly sessions on anyone’s training plan. There is a sense of calm knowing that for one morning a ...

Trail Running

    There is no denying that we love hitting the trails for our running training. There is something about the trails that keep us going back time ...

Keeping up swim fitness during isolation

Eating and Endurance Sports by Luke Jones

    Some people take part in endurance sports for the ability it provides to consume enormous amounts of food. Although, it is easy to get carried ...

Tips on training in our current environment.

  This year has taken an unprecedented turn. While most of us were in a heavy training load for the upcoming season, last month everything came to ...

Life as a multisport athlete in Wanaka by Dougal Allan

About 10 years ago I sat down with my coach Val and explained I wanted to move to Nelson, at the top of NZ’s South Island. When she asked why I exp...

Stay Healthy - Immune Function in Athletes by Zac Tuner

  In spite of recent events with the COVID-19 pandemic, athletes are paying more attention to what they can do to makes sure their immune function ...

Injury Prevention by Liam Ryan

  Every athlete has had ‘niggles’ in the past. A tight hamstring here, sore Achilles there, and the majority of the time we ignore it and hope that...

Indoor Bike Training by Luke Jones

    A smart bike trainer is probably the best investment I made for improving my bike speed. I used other trainers (fluid & resistance style) b...

Fuelling For Training by Zac Turner

Low Energy Availability & RED-S   The appetite of those in endurance sports is well renowned for being that of large quantities, and this comes...

Improving your swimming for Triathlons

Swimming. It has to be the one thing that every Triathlete likes least about the sport, if you can find a Triathlete that loves to swim, they are p...