GUIDES.
These guides are here to educate and support you on your triathlon journey — training, racing, and season planning:
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More on your triathlon journey
Distance, your first race, open water, bricks, race week, nutrition, and more — nine guides in a sensible read order after the path above.
Triathlon Distance Explained
How to choose a triathlon distance — compare sprint, Olympic, 70.3, and Ironman by training demand, recovery cost, and race-day requirements.
Your First Triathlon Explained
First triathlon guide for race week and race day — registration, transitions, kit, pacing, and what your first result actually tells you.
Open Water Swimming Explained
Open water triathlon swim guide — why pool CSS and race pace differ, with practical sighting, pacing, and start-execution fixes for race day.
Brick Session Explained
Brick workout guide for triathlon — train the bike-to-run transition with classic, simulation, multi-repeat, and long bricks placed by phase.
Olympic Race Explained
Olympic triathlon pacing guide — 1500 m swim, 40 km bike, and 10 km run targets from CSS, FTP, and FT, with execution tips for age-group racing.
Race Week Explained
Race week triathlon checklist and strategy for the final seven days — taper correctly, confirm nutrition, sleep, packing, and bike setup before race morning.
Race Analysis Explained
How to analyze triathlon and tune-up race results: interpret splits, run fade, and pacing execution against CSS, FTP, and FT, then decide if threshold syncs are justified.
Long-Course Nutrition Explained
Long-course triathlon nutrition guide for 70.3 and Ironman — carb targets, hydration, sodium, and gut training to support pacing and run performance.
Returning From Injury
Returning from triathlon injury guide — keep training where possible, redistribute load safely, and follow a structured ease-back to full training.
Tyre Pressure Explained
Triathlon tyre pressure guide — set PSI from system weight, tyre width, and surface to balance rolling resistance, comfort, and puncture risk.