Recover Better: Tips for Recovery After Hard Training Sessions

During a hard training block or training session, your body experiences physiological stress, which stimulates adaptation  (increased strength and endurance) by the body to the stress assuming adequate rest and recovery are taken. Both sides of the fitness equation – training stimuli and resulting adaptation through adequate recovery – are critical. By using better  recovery techniques […]

Athlete Questions: Riding Comfortably in the Aero Position + Sore Quads on the Marathon

I started to type up a response to this IRONMAN athlete’s comment in our blog and realized other athletes are asking similar questions so wanted to share my thoughts as a blog post. I am a sixty one year old triathlete. I am not afraid of working hard to achieve my goals but I did […]

Travel Tips For Racing a Triathlon in a Foreign Country: Part Two

In our previous blog post (Part 1 of “Travel Tips For Racing a Triathlon in a Foreign Country”), we discussed the importance of arriving to your race destination at least a few days in advance, traveling with plenty of local currency, and preparing yourself for a foreign language. In Part 2 of “Travel Tips,”  we […]

Travel Tips For Racing a Triathlon in a Foreign Country: Part One

Whether you have raced overseas before or you have just signed up for your first international triathlon, we have some vital tips for you to make your trip go smoothly so that you can have your best performance on race day. Even experienced triathletes and travelers have fallen prey to some of the most basic […]

How to Become a Faster Triathlete…by Doing Less “Training”

I love athlete questions, especially questions with answers that challenge the triathlon – and especially IRONMAN Triathlon® – culture of “more training is better.” A client of mine completed her first IRONMAN in Cozumel in November where she finished 2nd in her age group out of 39 (which is phenomenal). She decided to do another […]

How to Write a Useful Triathlon Race Report

When I finished an event in the past like a triathlon or a Spartan Race, I would type up a race report and publish in my blog. The write up talk about things like: my pre-race routine, the chaos of a mass swim start, my nutrition mistakes on the run and trading off positions with […]

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What Diet is the Best Diet for Triathletes?

As long as you haven’t been living under a rock, you’ve probably heard about the following popular diets that we’re going to discuss. Diet books (of which there are tens of thousands), diet websites, nutritionists, and even triathlon websites like triathlete.com recommend specific diets – some of which work for endurance athletes while others may […]

The River Glomma Norway 2018

A short film by Alan Ward, tracking the fishing trip of a few anglers seeking out the best Grayling fishing Norway has to offer on the mighty river Glomma.

Jock Sprat

The Jock Sprat is a bug for Grayling but will take Brown Trout as well. You can vary the size of hook and bead to meet your needs. The one shown here is fairly heavy and will get down fast to the deeper pools on the river.

Ballon Caddis

A great little sedge pattern that also doubles as an indicator for fishing the duo.

Summo Shrimp

This is an ideal pattern to be fished for trout with an abundant supply of shrimp, such as those at Grafham Water. I have also considered using this on the river.