Many NZ triathletes have been training all winter for the ITU World Champs Beijing in September. Here is a pre-race checklist that covers just about everything that you will need for transitions, in addition to some tricks of the trade.It also is handy to use for any races you plan on doing from Sprint to Ironman – some rules may mean that bikes will be racked the night before race day and not allowed to do a [...]

2k swim, 90k bike, 21k run Well the basics are like what Arthur Lydiard devised in the 50s and 60s to produce multiple gold medalists and world record holders in the form of Snell, Halberg, Magee and Baillie etc etc…. What you need to do is to build up the stamina and strength to complete the distances. And remember it is a triathlon, not a swim race, bike race or run race. If you have [...]