In this latest article, coach Kevin looks at how much recovery you need – how you can track recovery and some of the important skills you can develop as an athlete that goes far beyond just training.

In this latest article, coach Kevin looks at recovery tools and how effective they are. Read on to find out more

In our recent blog, we investigated the effects of missing an entire night's sleep on race performance. We summarised that a complete lack of sleep the night before a race may alter your perception of effort and possibly slow down your reaction times on race day. In this blog Coach Jon gives us his tips on how to keep those pre-race nerves at bay and get the best night’s sleep before your race.

Ever feel yourself lying in bed, restless, the night before a big competition? “What if I don’t sleep at all?! Will my race be ruined!?”

In this blog, Coach Jon aims to find out whether lack of sleep the night before a big race really matters.

A good night’s sleep is vital for your health. It’s just as important as eating healthy and exercising. Unfortunately, there’s a lot that can interfere with natural sleep patterns. People are now sleeping less than they did in the past, and sleep quality has also decreased. In this article, Coach Tim discusses the importance of sleep.

Recently the Tri Training Harder Coaches had the privilege of listening to Simon Wegerif, founder of ithlete, to pass on his knowledge of HRV to our coaches. Simon is the leading figure on HRV, and its impact on athletes. Below we summarise the answers to some of the critical questions we asked. If you want to find out more about HRV and how it can be used in your training, check out Coach Jon’s Blog or head over to myithlete.com.

Here, Coach Philip reflects on the current industry situation and how coaches are doing their part as always, for the athletes. The industry is currently confused and in some instances desperate, but we need to rise above this to ensure the athlete’s health always comes first.

Continuing the Tri Training Harder theme of recovery for this week, coach Jon Reilly takes a look into heart rate variability (HRV) as a tool for measuring recovery. What is it, does it work and could it be used as an early warning for COVID-19?

This week’s Tri Training Harder theme is recovery. Over the last few weeks, varying degrees of lockdown has swept around the globe. But with all this extra time at home, are we getting enough good quality sleep? In this blog, coach Jon Reilly talks through the importance of sleep during the COVID-19 lockdown.

COVID-19 is here and it looks likely to stay for the foreseeable, uncertain future. Our approach within Tri Training Harder has been to switch our athletes’ focus to what they ‘can’ achieve during this unusual period whilst prioritising their health and immunity.

But why are we doing this? Coach Alan Ward writes about the impact of exercise on our immune system to explain some of our considerations.

What should you do after your main race and when should you decide on what to do are some of the most common questions people have around racing and the aftermath. Here Coach Diogo discusses how to work through the impulsive purchase of a race entry when standing on the finish line of your most recent event and how to learn from a mistake he made early in his racing career.

Have you ever come back from the off season and had your trusty triathlon buddy come back better than you?  You know the scenario, you were always neck and neck in training sessions, that one person you could gauge whether you were improving or not by being able to keep up with them....and then suddenly, come Spring time - it's like they have been secretly training all winter and have left you behind!