The 33Fuel Blog
If you’re considering long distance triathlon, there are many things to think about but the one too many overlook is the need to really love the Ironman bike… The dream of high-fiving your way down the finish chute and hearing the immortal words 'YOU ARE AN IRONMAN' bellowed over the microphone is shared by a lot [...]
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In this year’s London Marathon, only a handful of runners raced to anything like their potential because their marathon pacing was off.
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No pain no gain right? Well, not exactly. Too much pain, too often is a fast-track to overdoing it and slowing up. Here are the five key overtraining symptoms to look out for Falling asleep mid-lap? Hello overtraining...If you're taking on endurance sports chances are you have a strong go-getting Type A personality streak and, generally, [...]
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Tapering for endurance events is a much-overlooked part of training and is a huge marginal gain available for free to anyone prepared to do nothing. Because doing nothing is exactly what's required to taper for a marathon, ultramarathon, Ironman or other endurance challenge. It sounds easy, but it is in fact really bloody difficult - [...]
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Winter training is when the best training intentions can all too easily be blown out the water While gym rats, crossfitters and the like have it warm and toasty indoors, for us cyclists, runners and triathletes our playground is outside where winter means it's a) freezing, b) dark most of the time, and c) probably raining. [...]
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