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 [...]

Yup, it’s official: Ironman UK 2009 will be held in Bolton. My first thought was, “Why do we want to go to Bolton to do Ironman?” But then I reasoned that There are as many triathletes up north as there are down south. The road quality can’t be any worse than Sherborne. The weather can’t [...]

Having avoided it for so long, have I become a social networking junkie? I’d like to believe not, I only visit facebook for a few minutes a day (and by the way, I still have way too few friends!) and I have yet to throw a snowball at anyone – what’s that all about then? [...]

Newly added to Will Newton Multisport Coaching for 2009 is Event Coaching Support. I currently have 6 events which I plan to attend and during the weekend of which I will provide coaching support to clients whose package includes race-support, who are racing. And of course, chat to all and sundry in the sunshine (??). [...]

Yup, they’re a nuisance to cyclists of all types and all abilities – at best, a bit of a jarring bump, at worst, bent wheels, road rash, chipped teeth and the screeching of brakes from the car about to run over you as you fall into the middle of the road. Let’s hope it’s always [...]

Just to be clear, I’ve never been one to spend hours on forums, social networking sites, or surfing youtube for hours on end, looking for funny stuff – I leave that to my wife. But after numerous invites to be added as a friend, I have finally given in and created a Facebook account. So [...]

Three posts in row which preview 2009: I really do have to write about something else… or do I? Today it’s the new Dura-Ace groups, including their revolutionary electronic shifting. Well, not actually revolutionary: Mavic had something back in the early to mid 90′s, called “Zap” Shifters (if I remember correctly). A friend of mine [...]

Thanks to Graham for forwarding the course details for Vancouver to me. After a bit of fiddling about, I have as best I can, added this to mapmyride.com in order to get an idea of the course profile. And here it is… Vancouver Bike Route You’ll need to click on “Show Elevation” to view the [...]

You wake up on a morning and the weather is like… yesterday! It’s pouring with rain, the wind is bending the trees almost to horizontal and the stream at the bottom of the garden has swollen so much that it’s flowing over and around the weir rather than through its the channel. Worst of all, [...]