I’ll go ahead and give away the payoff right at the start – Ian took home a bronze medal at the 2024 World Triathlon Standard Distance World Championship in Málaga, Spain in the men’s 45-49 age group. What’s more, he also set a personal best time for the half-distance at Challenge Gran Canaria in April […]
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If you’ve perused my coaching related writing over the past few years, you might have picked up on something I’ve referred to often: a ‘male athlete archetype’ where the athlete in question already knows everything there is to know about triathlon training and certainly doesn’t need a coach to help guide him. I know a
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“Ah, mate, I forgot to mention – that doesn’t work. Not for pro racing, anyways.” – Tim Reed Some of you may remember when 2016 70.3 World Champion Tim Reed tried to race IM Australia as a pro on 15 hours of training per week. I don’t know specifically why he did this, but I
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This is a crosspost of an article I wrote for JET Coaching, a coaching group out of Melbourne, Australia. Enjoy! As an 18 year veteran of pro triathlon racing, I often get approached at races by age group athletes asking all manner of questions. Taking a look at my bike or gear, it’s usually something
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Japan 70.3 – a long, wet, treacherous slog all the way to the line. As I approached the finish area I was happy that I ran through the field to a podium finish. Third place wasn’t what I came to Japan to do, but it wasn’t horrible. It was better than sixth, which was the
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Before I talk about how my race went at Augusta 70.3 a few weeks ago, I really need to talk about the picture below. It’s from my first ever 70.3 race at the inaugural Augusta 70.3 back in 2009. Straight out of a full season of ITU racing, I threw together what appears to be
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I know what you’re thinking: “Kevin, please teach me to do beach starts like you.” Well I’m sorry to disappoint but beach starts like this can’t be taught. It’s pure talent on my part. Sorry, everyone! Seriously, though, I’m horrible at beach starts. The one pictured above from Costa Rica 70.3 last month is especially
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I’ll start with the burning question that I’m sure is on everyone’s mind – what happened at my first race of the season, Campeche 70.3? Well, I got sick. I try to keep the tri-excuses off social media but hey, you came to my website. You assumed the risk upon entering… I swam in the
Let’s take a moment to appreciate the value of a good timing split. It’s simple but it can affect your racing mindset in a big way. How far am I from the guy up the road? Is the time gap increasing or decreasing? Did someone put 27 minutes into me on the bike? (Yes, that
It’s Mexico, something’s gonna get weird. Don’t get me wrong, I love racing in Mexico – almost every race is in a tropical paradise resort city, the people are welcoming, and the courses often suit me with non-wetsuit ocean swims and hot temps. But if you’re not prepared for a small dose of chaos during
