Category Archives: Training
T3 Triathlon announce next swim clinic
After running a number of successful swim clinics in Loughborough and on the Isle of Wight in recent months, Mark Threlfall and Luke Watson of T3 Triathlon have announced the date for their next event as Sunday 2nd February at Welbeck College (near Loughborough).
If you would like help and advice with your swimming technique this is a great opportunity, giving you enough time to put the improvements into practice before the 2014 triathlon season.
New tri:aveyron camp launched by pro Rich Sumpter
If you are looking for a base this summer to stay and train that has a fantastic hall, a gym, group training sessions & seminars that is competitively priced, then look no further:
tri:aveyron is the newest training venue in France and costs only £250 per person, (per week, based on 3/4 sharing). Chosen by the New Zealand age-group team as their base for preparations for the World Championships in London 2013 & Canada 2014.
Top 5 tips for off-road running
By Yeray Luxem, XTERRA European Series Silver Medalist
Check out these top 5 off-road running tips from Belgium’s XTERRA specialist (and 3rd at XTERRA England), Yeray Luxem. Already this series we’ve had top 5 running tips from Gregg Shrosbree, top 5 XTERRA training tips from Lesley Paterson, top 5 mountain bike tips from Emily Iredale and now it is the turn of Luxem to share with us his insights and advice.
Luxem is a run specialist, coming to XTERRA with a background of being a Belgium national steeplechase champion and starts the 2014 season as one of the favourites for the XTERRA European Series and XTERRA England on 23rd August 2014.
Here are his top 5 running tips.
Top 5 trail running tips from Gregg Shrosbree
Hitting the trails this winter? Training for XTERRA England next year? Then check out these top 5 trail running tips from Gregg Shrosbree.
Gregg is someone who can speak with some authority, having come 5th at XTERRA England 2013 (1st age grouper), beating several pros along the way including former world champion Nico Lebrun and Asa Shaw, who would come 2nd at the XTERRA World Championships 2014.
Here are his top 5 trail running tips.
Top training tips for XTERRA by Lesley Paterson
Who better to dish out XTERRA training and racing tips than the 2-times XTERRA World Champion Lesley Paterson?
Yesterday, 3rd place XTERRA England finisher Emily Iredale shared her uber-biking tips for off-road success but today it is the turn of one of the worlds finest to share some inside knowledge for the readers of Beyond Going Long.
So whether, like Lesley, you are racing XTERRA England next year, or looking to train over the Winter on your mountain bike or the trails, this is the latest installment in an unmissable series.
XTERRA tips: Top 5 mountain bike tips
Riding tips from XTERRA pro Emily Iredale
In a new series, we’ll be hearing from some of the worlds best off-road triathletes providing their top-5 training and racing tips. With off-road multisport growing quickly, culminating in the new annual highlight that is XTERRA England and we’ll be covering the international XTERRA series throughout 2014.
So, with that in mind, our first guest writer is Emily Iredale. Fresh from racing her way to 4th in age-group at the XTERRA World Championships in Maui, Hawaii and the result that took her there, that of 3rd overall at XTERRA England, Iredale is a top mountain biker and new talent to the sport. A mountain biker at heart, Emily has used her 3rd place at XTERRA England as a spring board to racing the series in the elite category and is a genuine threat to the XTERRA England 2014 title.
Here are her top 5 tips for the mountain bike leg.
Swim Smooth Swim and Triathlon Clinics in Spain
Casa de Triatlo – the first 6 months
Here at Beyond Going Long we’ve been following the progress of this new Swim Smooth and Triathlon coaching camp in Spain, the Casa de Triatlo. Now 6 months in, here’s an update on how it’s all been going from Martin Hill, a certified Swim Smooth Coach and BTF Level 3 coach.
Trisports Lanzarote sponsor Cat Morrison
Trisports Lanzarote, the luxury triathletes training and holiday destination, have announced that they will be sponsoring one of the worlds top triathletes from 2014. Cat Morrison will be supported throughout the next year and beyond, and will be supplied with training kit and use of the facilities as a winter-training camp with which she will launch her assault on the international racing scene next year.
Debs and Darren Elliott, the gracious hosts of Trisports Lanzarote, toasted the partnership with Cat in style!
Cat Morrison will also be working out of Trisports Lanzarote as a BTF qualified coach and will be leading special training camps for triathletes of all abilities and levels. The first of which will be from the 3rd-10th April and will be focussed on those racing and training for a middle distance triathlon.
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