We have good weeks and bad weeks, sometimes it’s not that easy to pick exactly what factors influence our training performance. One thing that experience teaches us, is that whether it’s been a good week or a bad one. You’re still the same athlete.
There may be something to learn from either type of week. There may be certain foods to avoid to help you dodge bad training sessions. I’ve been watching signs for many years now. I usually train and race well when the moon is growing in size towards …

This morning we all met for a two and half hour run at Brisbane’s bayside suburb of Wynum. Brisbane has the best winter weather. We started at 6.30 and ran along the foreshore as far north as we could, turned and ran back past the cars, following the bike path along the bay around to a bush walking path which led out to the other side of Lota creek. The temperature was mild enough to run in shorts and a light top. The sky was clear and the sun was …

Toys – I often laugh about the number of toys the guys have to play with in their training. Twenty years ago, I could not have believed that a guy could be running along the road in the suburbs, being tracked by three or four satelites in space???
I personally don’t have the need to be tracked by satelites when I train, I don’t need to have music playing through my head phones, but I had a brief look around at my own collection of toys and, I am a bit …

Training is going very well, my squad is mainly involved in “off season” training for the Gold Coast Marathon. Not a serious attempt to set hot PBs on the course. More of a case of using the event as an excuse to train on our running through winter so we hit spring, strong and at close to ideal race weight.
Yesterday I presented an Ironman training seminar aimed at saving athletes from going down some of the “training dead ends” I have been down over the years.
When I look back at …