This blog is a little different and more for our Trisutto family. We all take pride in the results of our individual athletes, as we are all training with programs that have been adapted from our champions, we can all feel connected in a small way to their great exploits. However I personally take that pride when I see a coach, who is behind the scenes providing the knowledge to make the results happen, do a great job. For me it’s those coaches that are my secret athletes; that I have helped in a small way to help them be better at their job. Last weekend, the 70.3 Sunshine Coast was held in Q ..read more

In our last blog we discussed how using the treadmill and turbo could enhance your triathlon. Within our own coaching group we have extended that to commercial swim benches, home made remedies, and swim stretch cords. However, in a lot of European communities since the blog, home detention has now become the norm in controlling this particular virus. One area I didn’t touch on, but I know through personal experimentation and use over many years and that might not be highlighted by the mainstream tri world, is the value in skipping.  Over the years, I have tried to introduce the teaching of ..read more

The off-season can mean different things for different athletes. It can be used as a complete mental and physical break for those athletes recovering after a long season. It can also be an opportunity to hone in and improve a single discipline, or the chance to build on fitness for the next year. Coaches need to recognise how best to plan the off-season for their athletes on an individual basis, taking into account their individual mental and physical abilities and make up. They must also remember that the off-season should also allow renewed vigour to be taken into the following race ..read more

While most are content to accept the heavily corporatised product served up to us by the Ironman brand, a for-profit entity, the Olympic ringed ITU should be a different story. I went to the WTS Hamburg race last weekend and was 20 metres from 2 of the multiple crashes during the women’s and men’s races. These crashes were horrific and seeing the faces of athletes knowing they were going to come down is haunting. Races are now described as ‘the product’, and athletes as ‘the assets’. These obnoxious terms are used publicly. At Hamburg the assets would be better named ‘the cannon fodder ..read more