In an article on the Training Peaks blog, Matt Fitzgerald describes how to nail the Ironman marathon: “Get as strong as you can on the bike.” I always read what Matt has to say, ‘cos it makes a lot of sense. I think he may have missed something here though, and only given us part [...]

Do you “just” ride your bike? Or do you “just” run? If you do either with no thought to your technique, you’re certainly among the majority. Most of us in the triathlon world recognise very quickly that swimming is a very technique-dependent sport. And a whole industry has grown up with underwater cameras, endless pools, [...]

We tend to think of habits from a negative standpoint, those little things we find ourselves doing seemingly without having made the conscious decision to do them – and in a nutshell, that’s the point: When we do something out of habit, we don’t consciously decide. Instead, over a period of time, we have programmed [...]

On my Twitter feed recently, I mentioned my efforts to get down to my training weight & had a question from Mark (@SPARKSIE10). He asked, “Hey Will, how have you determined your optimum weight? Experience? What’s your target body composition? I thought this would be a good one to answer as a blog post, because [...]