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  Tapering and peaking for your priority race

  Posted on July 19, 2016 by liz in Recycle, Website Articles

  Tapering and peaking for your priority race Tapering and peaking.  I bet some readers will be thinking “more jargon”!   For others this will be a familiar topic that coaches roll out at this time of year. On this basis, the objectives of this article are two-fold.  If you are in the “what more jargon” group […]

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• 10 things to do a week before an Ironman

  Posted on July 16, 2014 by mikeredshaw in Recycle, Website Articles

  Here are 10 things you could do this week to help you reach your potential on race day! Plan the final 3 days carefully.  This will help keep you relaxed and focused on what you need to do.  Registering and swim start are the non-negotiables; build your plan around those two things and make sure […]

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• Time for your taper

  Posted on August 14, 2013 by thomphillips in Masters Article Library, Tapering

  by Thom Phillips Your “A” race is fast approaching, and you’ve been putting in more hours than you care to remember, but as you approach the big day it’s important to maximise those training adaptations through a well planned and structured taper. A taper is a period of 10 days to 3 weeks where you […]

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  Tapering and peaking: what really happens?

  Posted on August 22, 2012 by liz in Masters Article Library, Tapering, year1racebase3(1)std, year1racebase3(2)std, year1racebase3(3)std, year2racebase3(1)mid, year2racebase3(1)std, year2racebuild1(1)mid, year2racebuild1(1)std, year2racebuild1(2)mid, year2racebuild1(2)std, year3racebase3(2)long, year3racebase3(2)longPRO, year3racebase3(3)long, year3racebase3(3)longPRO, year3racebuild1(2)std

  There is plenty of information about tapering available – how to reduce your hours, what sort of sessions you should do and so on.   This article describes what actually happens to our bodies during this time and why it is so important. If you are a novice triathlete training for a sprint distance triathlon maybe […]

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