I was taken by surprise when I was told that the IRONMAN New Zealand triathlon swim start would be a mass start. It is one of the last remaining mass swim starts on the IRONMAN Calendar, so was under the assumption that New Zealand would have followed with wave starts for each age group. Although […]
Attacking a Sugar Free IRONMAN
Posted Ambassadors, Articlesby Vince Sesto Tri Swim Coach Ambassador For me, my experiment with cutting out sugar and processed carbohydrates from my diet is over. It’s now become a natural day to day part of life and don’t see any way that I can now go back. My first IRONMAN was an amazing experience which has left […]
I Learnt a New Word Today…Hangry.
Posted Ambassadors, ArticlesI remember hangry. That feeling you get after a long ride, when you forgot to take enough food and you are desperately trying to cram food into your mouth. Or when you’re told to be at lunch at 12pm, but your meal doesn’t come for another two hours. It’s the feeling you get when you […]
Health Testing for Sugar Free
Posted Ambassadors, ArticlesOne thing that’s been going through my head over the past two months is something my Doctor said to me when I went for my yearly checkup. It had been almost two years since my last cholesterol test. Although my results were pretty good, I wanted to know if it would be worth getting tested […]
The Sugar Free 70.3
Posted Ambassadors, ArticlesIt’s difficult not to get caught up in the hype when you race an IRONMAN 70.3 branded race. There’s a sense of “bling” about the event. You’re made to feel like you are really achieving something really special, so I was impressed with my first ever IRONMAN branded 70.3 race in Ballarat, Australia. I was […]
Setting Goals
Posted Ambassadors, ArticlesSo what are you going to do next? So many people have asked me that in the last few weeks. Competing for Canada at World’s has been the goal for the last two years. First there was the qualification for World’s and then there was the actual competition itself. Now that it finished the obvious […]
No More Sugar!
Posted Ambassadors, ArticlesBack in September the Team 500 Challenge for TriSwimPro was to remove all sugar and processed carbohydrates from your diet. The funny thing is that after all the stress and pain I have put my body through in training and races, this challenge just seemed like something I couldn’t to do. You see, I have […]
So you’re injured, now what?
Posted Ambassadors, ArticlesWith five months to go until my first IRONMAN, the long training weeks have finally caught up on me. After a week of denial and trying to ignore the fact that I feel pain whenever I run, it’s time to accept that I’ve injured myself. It’s hard to not get upset when something like this […]
HIIT Workout for Swimmers
Posted Ambassadors, ArticlesHigh Intensity Interval Training or HIIT, comprises repeated short bouts of sprints or high intensity exercise followed by lower intensity recovery, and unless you’ve been training in a cave for the past two years, HIIT has been a major talking point in the gym. The past week has seen a few people asking me about […]
Making Sure Your Training is On Track.
Posted Ambassadors, ArticlesAs the weeks and months roll on, it can sometimes feel like you are getting nowhere. A good way to get some motivation back and make sure you are on track is through testing your performance. Although, I have found that during the middle of a training block, performance testing can also be varied, as […]
Friday Favorite Workout
Posted Ambassadors, ArticlesMy experience with swimming started as an adult from a need to cross train and give my body a break from my endless kilometres of running. After quite a few years of thrashing around and not going anywhere a focused attempt to improve my stroke and technique saw me start to love getting in the […]
Four Reasons Why You Should be Working on your Weakest Leg
Posted Ambassadors, ArticlesWith triathlon you need to remind yourself that you are not doing three separate sports you are doing one sport, with the aim to be consistent with your pace across all three disciplines. Training for my first IRONMAN has amplified my weaknesses across the disciplines so I am trying my hardest to concentrate on my […]
Tips to Get Yourself into Open Water Swimming
Posted Ambassadors, ArticlesIt is not easy to get started with open water swimming and it can actually be daunting to move from the lap lane into the open water. I took a long time to warm to open water swimming and thought there were no real people involved in the sport, only super human half dolphin, swimmers […]
Natural High Charity Triathlon
Posted AmbassadorsThe Natural High Charity Triathlon is one which I have been doing for the past few years. I have watched it grow into a real family event with various races and activities for the whole family. The triathlon this year was a full sprint, with an open water swim in a private lake in Okotoks. […]
Beating the Triathlon Heat
Posted Ambassadors, ArticlesAs you progress along with your triathlon journey and you enter more and more races, sooner or later you are going to be faced with racing in warmer climates or conditions and in some cases not having the chance to acclimatise to the warmer weather. I am by no means an expert in racing in […]
Fiji Long Course Triathlon 2015 Race Report
Posted AmbassadorsThis is the second year that I have raced the Fiji Long Course Triathlon (trifiji.com.au), and even with a change to the bike course and the experience of having completed last years race, it was not any easier this time around. For the 2015 Long Course race Adam Gordon from New Zealand had a great […]
7 Big Mistakes I made with my Swim Training.
Posted AmbassadorsIn a perfect world, you would have a swim lane to yourself, your coach ensuring that every stroke you made was directed towards improving your propulsion and streamline technique. Your training would always be focused towards continually improving your times until you achieved your swimming goal. As with a lot of people though, this is […]
Panic in open water triathlon?
Posted AmbassadorsI don’t always swim at Black Rock on Sunday’s, it’s on the eastern side of Melbourne, about 25 km from where I live, but it gives me a good excuse to get on my bike for the morning and as with meet up swims I have previously been to, the casual and friendly atmosphere is […]
Squeezing More Time For Tri Training
Posted AmbassadorsOriginally a runner, managing my training time was easy. Soon enough I added swimming and eventually cycling, which added hours to my training week and soon found myself looking for new challenges to push my endurance further. As my training time increased, I looked for ways to spend that time as effectively as possible. I […]
IRONMAN Triathlon in 6 Weeks?
Posted AmbassadorsEarlier this year, I stumbled across a book called IRONMAN Triathlon Training in 6 Weeks…Yep, you heard correctly, 6 weeks! There are a lot of reasons why people do an IRONMAN, but it is hard to understand why someone would only give themselves 6 weeks to prepare for the torture of a 3.8km swim, 180kms […]