Triathlon Training Articles

Practical, no-nonsense advice for the age-group triathlete. From time-crunched scheduling and race strategy to mindset and technical skills, this is where I share the "why" and "how" behind training smarter.

Signal over Noise
Training Philosophy Tom Fokkens-Ancery Training Philosophy Tom Fokkens-Ancery

Signal over Noise

The endurance industry is crawling with Fixers: people with a surplus of opinions and a total deficit of skin in the game. They will sell you a ceramic pulley wheel, a ketone ester, and a wind-tunnel-tested aero bottle before they ever suggest you just ride your bike consistently. The hardest part of modern performance isn't the physical load. It's the mental discipline to say "no" to the noise.

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Beyond the Numbers: The 3 Durability Benchmarks That Build Real Performance

Beyond the Numbers: The 3 Durability Benchmarks That Build Real Performance

We have more sensors than sense. The modern triathlete is drowning in data yet becoming more fragile. Why? Because we are optimising for vanity metrics like FTP and VO2 Max, numbers that only matter when you are fresh. But the race doesn't happen in the first hour; it happens in the fourth. This manifesto challenges the "ceiling" mindset and introduces three benchmarks to measure your true Durability. Stop chasing the peak. Build the floor.

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