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Kona

Posted on October 15, 2011 by lord_lordy

 Whilst Steven was out in Hawaii enjoying his 6th time competing at the Ironman World Championships, I was glued to the IornmanLIVE coverage, which was simply brilliant. What an exciting race this year, in both the women’s and mens race. … Continue reading →

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Race Day Tools – Anchoring

Posted on September 19, 2011 by lord_lordy

 I have recently been doing some work with a clinical hypnotherapist. She calls herself “clinical” so as not to be confused with the hypnotherapists of the entertainment world, making subjects believe that they’re chickens at the snap of their fingers…but … Continue reading →

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Predicting Performance

Posted on July 14, 2011 by lord_lordy

 No matter your sport, goals, starting level of fitness, tolerance for training or training approach, as an athlete or a coach when creating a training plan the aim is to try and improve performance through a process of applying and … Continue reading →

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Race Day Nutrition

Posted on April 29, 2011 by lord_lordy

Race nutrition is a sufficiently complex topic as to be considered the 4th discipline of long distance triathlon racing! There are plenty of guidelines given in sports training and nutrition resources, but as any athlete with even a moderate level … Continue reading →

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Camp Epilogue

Posted on April 10, 2011 by lord_lordy

It’s the day after the end of the camp with only Jo and I left in the hotel . After such an amazing week it feels very lonely here without everyone around. If a camp is judged by the party … Continue reading →

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Day 6

Posted on April 8, 2011 by lord_lordy

STEVEN’S DAY The final day of the camp had always been planned as a big day with everyone doing at least the Ironman course. In the planning we hadn’t realised that it would be dark till after 7am so the … Continue reading →

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Day 5

Posted on April 7, 2011 by lord_lordy

 STEVENS DAY This morning was the final race of the camp which would decide the overall camp winner. We all headed down to the beach for the handicap swim race. We were pretty excited about it as we hoped the … Continue reading →

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Day 4

Posted on April 6, 2011 by lord_lordy

 STEVENS DAY I had a bit of a regroup day today. Through the night I’d been getting a stinking cold and I was a little worried about how I would be this morning. Jo took the long swim out with … Continue reading →

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Day 3

Posted on April 5, 2011 by lord_lordy

STEVENS DAY This morning was the aquathlon. It was a key event for us requiring us to correctly get swim and run splits (and thus transitions) as they were essential for handicapping the remaining races and deciding on prizes. I, … Continue reading →

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Day 2

Posted on April 4, 2011 by lord_lordy

STEVENS DAY The weather looked a little better as we headed to the swim at 7:15am with clear skies but still a howling wind. Some keen-os had headed out early with Jo to get an extra 15 minutes swimming (in … Continue reading →

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