Comments for ALLAN PITMAN TRIATHLON COACHING

Comment on It’s only a flat tyre – it’s not the end by Mike Coborn

Mike Coborn — Sun, 05 Feb 2012 04:39:03 +0000

I found this very interesting on the mental training you were doing in your workout.I was wondering if this happened in a race such as the Ironman would you also have to fix your bike by yourself or would you get help? I am new to the sport(and have signed up for a Ironman this fall to celebrate my 60th birthday.)I am trying to put all the different parts of the Tri together.Even the mechanical things..Thanks in advance.

Comment on Suffer in silence by Nick

Nick — Wed, 11 Jan 2012 10:03:44 +0000

Al, I’ve been using the ‘count’ strategy in my running for about a year now and – wow! – what a very noticeable difference it can (and usually does) make. I’m always trying to challenge myself to hit the 92-96 cadence (quite challenging)with the ultimate goal to see if I can hit 100 strides in the minute, even if I only ever do it once. But, consistent with your theme, I can break it down even further and aim for 46-48 for 30sec and it astonishing how you are knocking each km down without even noticing (and, often, they can end up being quite quick!!).
So, yeah, good theme, good strategy. And bloody handy when you’re struggling through the back half of a set of 2km repeats

Comment on Be scared, it helps by Bruce ANNABEL

Bruce ANNABEL — Fri, 23 Dec 2011 01:28:17 +0000

Counsellor

An excellent article with lots of advice for someone like me who goes into a personal ‘cave’ in the week leading up to the race.
I find confidence fades and a focus on what can go wrong pervades the mind.
Confidence in the training programme and feeling well can boost confidence.

Bruce

Comment on The lucky break by Ria

Ria — Wed, 07 Dec 2011 04:04:12 +0000

Congrats Al, you Legend! Love your determination and can’t wait to get started with my training! We’ve got some hard work ahead of us!!
Cheers
Ria

Comment on The lucky break by Dave de

Dave de — Wed, 07 Dec 2011 02:45:29 +0000

Well Done Al,

Each time I read your posts I cant wait to do my first IM, you make me hungry to compete.

thanks for your putting your knowledge and experience out there for the rest of us to learn what IM is all about.

Cheers

Dave (DQ)

Comment on Race it like it could be your last one by Jonathan (Jo) Hamwood

Jonathan (Jo) Hamwood — Thu, 01 Dec 2011 05:15:12 +0000

Agree totally Al. Brian’s passing shook me up too, being in the same age group. How could such a great physical specimen succumb to the ravages of cancer.

Like you, I often pause for a moment in the heat of a race and think “How good is this, doing what I able to do, surrounded by hundreds of fit healthy people. Life does not get much better.”

Good luck in Busso!

Comment on Eating for performance and longevity by mql4 builder

mql4 builder — Thu, 17 Nov 2011 16:34:15 +0000

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Comment on Can caffeine give you a better race? by AP

AP — Mon, 09 May 2011 04:34:27 +0000

Arpit

That could also be caused by the fact that when you reached that point of the race, you realised there was little chance of failure.

So your subconcious hand brake was released, this allowed you to race to your potential.

It’s amazing how well some of us can go once we know we only have one lap left. If only we could be released earlier.

So many athletes race with a block of wood under their accelerator pedal. A bit like driving through a “school zone”

Comment on Can caffeine give you a better race? by Arpit

Arpit — Thu, 05 May 2011 11:42:22 +0000

Hi Al,

This would explain my crazy last 12 k in IM0Z on Sunday. That was when probably the caffeine took over and I was running on adrenaline rather than actual nutrition. Once I crossed the line and the adrenaline/ caffeine effect was gone I was gonesky and almost needed the drip.

Arpit

Comment on Worth a read by Andrew

Andrew — Fri, 08 Apr 2011 23:01:18 +0000

Now for the sake of balance read this -

http://www.skepticalscience.com/news.php?n=651