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I am sure many of you have reached the season end with a variety of aches, pains and injuries.  Your physio will no doubt have advised improving your core strength and overall flexibility to smooth the road to recovery and prevent future problems.

Teresa runs a number of sessions and as a Level 3 Triathlon Coach is able to help athletes get maximum gain from each session.  If you would like to attend the classes are shown below.  The cost is just £5 per 1 hour session and all equipment is supplied.

Classes Available:

 Monday 10.00am – East Runton Community Hall, East Runton

Monday 6.00pm – Cromer Tennis Club

 Thursday 7.00pm  – East Runton Community Hall, East Runton

 Friday 10.30am – FFMA Gym, Cromer

We all know that we need to eat more when training but do we know we need to eat less when not training.  How many of us continue to eat the same amount of food per day even on a recovery day and wonder why we aren’t losing any weight or losing body fat.  It’s not rocket science but many of us have no real idea what we should be eating to fuel our bodies during exercise and afterwards.

Fad diets are not the answer, just carefully sensible eating balanced with your training.  Read more here.

There are some class athletes out there who have the knowledge and experience to coach themselves.  They know which combination of sessions will make them go fast, know which new methods and products will help them and which will waste their time and money.  They know when to rest and when to train, they recognise the signs they are doing too much or too little and have the self-confidence to see their plan through to success.  If you count yourself amongst them I applaud you and will enjoy your success.

If you think doing all this and training for your events is beyond your skill and experience, you may well benefit from consulting a coach to help you achieve your goals.   Read more.

Cycling, Running and Triathlon are essentially seasonal sports, they need to be as endurance training and racing is hard on your body but it is generally due to the short days and poor weather limiting available events.  As the season closes you will need a rest to allow your muscles and joints to repair, but it is easy to lose motivation as your mind and body take the opportunity to recover.  This is not helped by the dark cold days and adverse weather which also reduces enthusiasm to train.  For some a few weeks pass then normal service is resumed, unfortunately for many it is not quite so easy.  Read more here

Think you can’t race triathlon because you can’t afford a fancy bike?

Cycles and their associated equipment have dramatically changed in recent years, gone are the steel frames, drop handlebars and shallow rimmed multi spoked wheels, replaced by acres of expensive, aerodynamic carbon.  These bikes look fast just standing still and have eye watering price tags attached to them.  The manufacturers literature and magazine reviews tell us just how stiff and aerodynamic they are, describing the massive improvements on last year’s model.  With all this innovation the bikes must almost ride themselves.  In reality it is not so simple, read more

Teresa writes about her experience dealing with her ‘Demons’ as she trains and races.  She writes from a ladies perspective but many of these feelings live within both sexes.

I don’t know about you but despite watching what I eat and drink (well mostly) and exercising most of my life, I still cannot remove the nagging thoughts that I am fat.  I am not looking for sympathy, but what is it about us women that we rarely see our good points or see our achievements in a good light.  Is it in my genes or is it the fact that being in sport I am consistently surrounding myself with younger and more able bodies.  Read more

If you want to go faster you need to go lighter! This is a generalisation but in the vast majority of cases it is true.  Triathlon is a race of three parts, on both the bike and run lowering your weight will make significant improvements to your race times.

If you cast your mind back to your science lessons, the greater the mass (weight) the greater the force required to accelerate (move) it.  Sorry if you have just eaten that big bar of chocolate but it’s as simple as that.  This is why you spent a fortune on that lightweight bike frame, or covet those latest carbon bits and pieces.

Read more here.