Training
How to Improve Your Running Drills
Integrating running drills directly into runs can foster faster skill acquisition and ensure technique holds up under race pressures.
Karl Hayes
Karl is a Gold Coast based father of 3, a keen home improver and an age group triathlete who races on the M5 Acadamies triathlon team. ‘A good life balance is incredibly important’.
Training
Strength Training for Age-Group Triathletes
While consistent training is vital, endurance athletes can achieve substantial progress by optimising their sessions with strength-building tricks, emphasising the importance of recovery and strategic workouts.
Training
How to Tackle Hills on a Triathlon Bike (TT)
Climbing on a bike can intimidate new triathletes, but with the right strategies in gear choice, posture, and energy management, one can conquer hills efficiently and minimise fatigue.
News & Racing
Ashleigh Gentle and Tim Berkel headline Huskisson Triathlon Festival
This weekend the 16-18th of February will see nearly 5000 swimmers, cyclists, runners and triathletes take part in the annual Husky Triathlon festival. This year is the 13th time the triathlon festival has taken place with fun runs, races for kids, ocean swims and triathlons to suit all abilities. “
Training
5 Running Drills for Triathletes
Professional triathlete shares the top five running drills honed over eight years, emphasising technique over speed for maximum efficiency in performance.
Interviews
Training While Pregnant From an Age Grouper & Professional
Dayna Wilkie, an age grouper, defies expectations by continuing her triathlon training during pregnancy, post a double arm injury, finding a new sense of motivation while emphasising the importance of listening to one's body.
Training
The Essential Guide to Cycling in Winter
This comprehensive guide provides cyclists with strategies to optimize their training during the winter, emphasising the physiological demands and the importance of structured training plans.
News & Racing
Laura Siddall crowned 2017 Ironman Australia Champion
After taking the plunge two years ago to leave her project management engineering role in Sydney and chasing her dream to be a professional triathlete, Laura Siddall has today secured her first Ironman title. Chasing the faster swimmer Karen Thibodeau (52:24) out of the water, it took Siddall (swim
News & Racing
Yamba Northern New South Wales to get Ultimate Half Distance Triathlon
One of the most active event companies in our industry would have to be New South Wales based triathlon and multisport event company Elite Energy. CEO Mark Emerton is never afraid to try new concepts. With what he and his team are rolling out this year we are seeing continual new ideas being trialle
News & Racing
Craig Alexander wins 2017 Husky Long Course
Australia’s most successful long-distance athlete Craig Alexander has won his fourth Huskisson Long Course Triathlon holding off all challengers to take victory over Michael Fox and Kieran Roche. The competitors all racing over a 2km swim, 83km bike ride, 20km run were all greeted with perfect conditions for racing.
News & Racing
Iron Century couple moves in to their third week
In Sydney on Saturday January 28, 2017 a couple embarked on what some might say was an impossible adventure as they attempt to break the iron distance and half iron distance triathlon world records for the most consecutive days completing the distances. Fast forward 19 days and Deb Hazelden ha
Triathlon Training: 10 Things You Need to Know to Train Smarter, Not Harder
So you've heard the phrase "Train smarter not harder" but what does it actually mean? How do we train smarter, and aren't those that train the hardest the ones who rule supreme? There is no sure fire answer to this question, although I can tell you from years of competing in