Triathlon Transitions For Beginners - 10 top tips on how to make an efficient and effective transition When doing a triathlon, a certain degree of understanding is needed about the transition between the swim, bike and run. In a triathlon – unlike some other sports – these transitions are included in your overall race time, so it is vital that you…read more →
Varsity Triathlon 2013 Oxford take on Cambridge at Grendon Triathlon, resulting in a 2-2 draw overall. Triathletes are known for their ability to cope with early mornings, and yesterday was no exception; at 5:30am on Sunday 26th May, 50 keen areo-helmet-clad athletes met in Oxford city centre ready for the race we had been training for all year. The sun…read more →
The day before Ironman 70.3 St. Polten, Austria, it was announced that the swim had been cancelled due to very cold water temperatures, -5 degrees to be precise, and the air temperature was not much warmer, feeling close to 0 degrees. Given that swimming is my weakest discipline of the 3, I should probably have been reasonably content with this…read more →
Tri Training Harder would like to confirm that camp manager, coach and friend Tim Butt has been admitted to Basildon and Thurrock Hospital after collapsing in his home in Essex. We are pleased to say that Tim is in a stable, yet critical state. Our best wishes and prayers are with him and his family and we can only…read more →
June marks the start of the big British racing session with the London World Championship Standard and Sprint distance qualification races and the European Championships in Alanya, Turkey. At Tri Training Harder we have numerous coached athletes racing in these events along with some of our racing team, Nick Beer and Jenny Latham and very own Ed Brett and Chantal…read more →
A week of team building, solid quality training and a race to finish- a great way to start the 2013 race season. On the 25th April two athletes from our racing team, Ross MacDonald and Jenny Latham flew out to join their team mate, Karen Bonham, the coaches at Tri Training Harder and the Tri Training Holiday guests. Ross and…read more →
3 weeks ago I wouldn’t have thought that I would have the control and mental strength to actually not finish a race (DNF) but still compete in one for the learning experience and more importantly be happy with my decision. Over the past few months I have struggled along with injury and as a result, been unable to get enough…read more →
INJURY OF THE MONTH (April) - Growing Pains Registered physiotherapist Neil Sleeman tells us about growing pains and how they are caused. In this edition I am going to discuss one of my special interests in the world of physiotherapy, namely injuries/conditions affecting children (Paediatric conditions). This will include a number of musculo-skeletal conditions commonly had by children as they…read more →
Does run technique actually matter? The coaches at Tri Training Harder give their answer. After watching Priscah Jeptoo (above) win with ease the London Marathon last week with her characteristic awkward-looking running style, one is left questioning the usefulness of gait analysis, run style analysis and the subsequent technical alterations suggested to athletes by so many running and triathlon coaches….read more →
This weekend, 3 of our racing team athletes and Head Coach Philip Hatzis will be taking to the racing line of the Lisboa International Event (4th May). Two of them, Ross MacDonald and Jenny Latham, will be racing the Olympic Plus (slightly longer than a standard Olympic race) which is being run as a Battle between the sexes event. A…read more →
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