The Coach’s Blog

Thoughts and opinions from the coach

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Coaching the Coast to Coast

Being an endurance coach is extremely rewarding. You get to see some incredible feats. Adventure racing is exciting for me as a coach and I have done a fair bit of it now with Defiance and Coast to Coast.

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What Am I Looking For?

I know a lot of the time I find it hard to read the athletes mind but what about the athlete reading the coach’s mind?

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Race

The word “raced” gets inverted comma’s because its a term usually reserved for going as fast as you can over the distance. This wasn’t that…..

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The Season Is Here

The weather is warming up and the races have started. It’s go time baby.

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Comm Games

My thoughts and experiences coaching at the 2022 Commonwealth Games in Birmingham.

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Back

Getting back into the rhythm of training agin and some thoughts on coaching

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Cold

Cold weather, Comm Games, Bike Fit, A Week off, One Pagers

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Rebuild

Training again at 60 isn’t easy. But it’s a lot of fun and a great learning curve.

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A Coaching Reflection

Part of my process is regular reflection. So I thought I’d bring you into that world a bit today.

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Blog One

The coach’s blog starts here. Today we have training loads and race prep.

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