is both under and out of the water. This will also position your hand well when it enters the water at the start of every pull.HOW? As you swim, keep your elbows bent, imagining you are lifting your arm out of your pocket with each recovery, and aim
after repeated stress or exercise without appropriate recovery between training sessions. The most serious form of MTSS is a stress fracture.Muscle trauma is often related to overtraining or excessive running on hard surfaces. The muscles swell, putting
the meals for the night before, breakfast on the day and your recovery immediately after and in the days following the big race.Go longYou can use your long training sessions to find out what works best and you can put it all to the test at some
Q. Ever since doing an Ironman 10 days ago I've been starving and craving rubbish like chocolate and biscuits. Is this normal?A. Recovery is an important element of an endurance event such as an Ironman. If you don't do this adequately you may crave
The chef: Runner Rocco Dispirito also enjoys the challenge of triathlons. ‘I’m a person of extremes and it sounds like a sport that was invented on a dare,’ says the half-Ironman and author of Now Eat This! 100 Quick Calorie Cuts (£9.89, Grand
of your time. With a bit of planning - bringing a packed lunch will help you beat the clock - and armed with these training ideas from three of Britain's top triathlon coaches, you'll be able to turn your lunch break into a productive part of your training
a life, and you do. With three sports to juggle, as well as a full-time job and maybe a family, training for triathlon is a compromise between training you know you should do, and the training you know you can do. But that doesn't mean you can
and cycle the next day. Follow this pattern and you'll become faster at individual events that include recovery between disciplines. To excel in triathlon and duathlon, you need to train more specifically and simulate swim-to-bike, bike-to-run or run
can I start?Early-morning runs - how should I fuel up?Goals - what changes are you really going to make to achieve them?Improving - How can I get faster?Improving - I'm 40 and overweight - should I focus on distance or speed?Recovery runs - useful
of recovery between sets), and advanced triathletes can do two sets of six. Hill sprintsThese hard-charging intervals will give you the brute force you need to punch your way over short, steep climbs. Just remember, after you hit the summit use your gears
