I know most triathletes have now finished their race season. That often means it is a time for reflection: What could you do better?

Chances are that you are now beginning your plans for next years racing. Yes, there are still a few races to be done but I’d say most peoples focus is now on next year. Something that is often overlooked, is that different times of year require different nutrition strategies.

As a triathlete, we all make sacrifices – manly our time. We give it away to our training in the quest to get better. That level of sacrifice makes us feel like we deserve something good.

I love this time of year for setting myself goals – For me, it is better than New Year. Perhaps it’s that back to school feeling but I know many other people feel the same. We start thinking about next year and what we want to achieve? What races to enter?

There is a general theme in the Developed world which goes something like this: During the week, eat relatively well and at the weekend……… Well, DON’T! This is a recipe for disaster when it comes to body composition and performance goals, for two reasons: The weekend’s excesses are often so significant they are enough to […]

There are a few basic nutrition principles, that everyone should live by. Things like eating plenty of veg and fruit. Being aware of how many is too many calories.

Fuelling your performance whilst losing some fat is a challenge and requires some specialist interventions. Yes, losing weight is easy but that can often leave you feeling tired and unable to train well – We all know what happens then, right?

Well my friends the truth is that nobody really knows that for sure. Whilst people have conducted studies into endurance nutrition, unless you are very very lucky they will not have conducted a study into you. And quite simply it is only you that matter.

Whenever we embark on a challenge, a REAL challenge, there should be a bit of fear. In fact I once heard it said:

It is a simple fact that when you train hard you will get hungrier. There are various reasons for this, obviously there is the energy imbalance but there are also some hormonal factors. Whatever the reasons, being hungry can cripple your training and any weight loss goals.