Training & Racing Insights
our source of race insights, training advice, and expert tips in all things endurance sports
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Defining Moments
Explore the profound impact of coaches, family, and support teams in shaping the defining moments of both elite and amateur athletes.
Serial Winning Coaches
Learning from Serial Winning Coaches - research by Cliff Mallett and Sergio Lara-Bercial.
Heat Mitigation Strategies For Endurance Athletes
A review of various strategies to cope with the heat during endurance running races.
The Impact of Heat on Endurance Performance
How does heat impact endurance performance? Are there benefits to acclimation/acclimatisation and how can you implement such a protocol?
How Accurate Is the Sleep Tracking on Your Watch?
Reviewing sleep tracking devices and their pros and cons for athletes.
Pushing through the pain cave
New research on the pain cave for male ultra runners, reviewed by TMR Sports Pyschologist Dr Josie Perry.
Optimising your Goal Setting
Goal setting for athletes can be split into 4 critical stages to enhance effectiveness - here’s how.
Using Ketones to improve recovery & Adaptations
What are the benefits of ketone supplements on exercise recovery and adaptations for athletes?
The Power of Tiny Gains
Small incremental gains can make a huge impact on your performance - here’s how.
Winter Training Tips
Don’t let winter stop you from training outdoors! Coach Meg gives us some tips for winter cycling (or running) as the days get colder and shorter.
Optimising Recovery
What recovery tools are really worth the investment? A review of various devices and their merits.
Critical Torque Is a Phase Transition, Not a Threshold
Recent research brings nuanced findings on critical power in exercise, challenging the clear distinction between exercise intensity domains and its implications for training effectiveness.
From cannon to tape for Lucy Charles-Barclay in Kona
Learning from Lucy Charles-Barclay’s Ironman training strategies.
Running in Circles
Reflecting on the backyard ultra format of running races and this year’s Big Dog event.
What Is effective training?
Comparing training intensity distribution methods for world-class runners, examining the impact of physiological versus race pace-based approaches on training effectiveness.
Why Generalists (Triathlon Coaches) Triumph in a Specialised World
What can coaches learn from David Epstein’s book “Range”?
World Tour Cycling Teams Continue the Trend of Signing Young Talent
Discover why top cycling teams like Ineos Grenadiers and Jumbo Visma are increasingly signing young riders to long-term contracts, focusing on developing their fatigue resistance to prepare them for the rigorous demands of World Tour racing.
Optimising Drafting When Running
Looking into drafting and pacing strategies for runners, using Eliud Kipchoge’s marathon performance.