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Beginner Triathlon Kit List for Women

The essential beginner triathlon kit list for women! Download our free Beginner Triathlon Kit List Guide to learn exactly what gear you need to train and complete your first triathlon race with confidence. Our guide provides an inside-out list of essential equipment, and a complete list of equipment you’ll need on race day. This includes nice-to-have options like race belts that may help you be more efficient and comfortable. Print off the checklist to be Read more…

By kellypuffer, ago
Lady Dora open water swimming

Open Water Swimming Tips for Triathlon

We want you to love open-water triathlon racing too. So skip the challenging parts by reading our 10 secrets and you can immediately start to enjoy this journey. Let’s say, we’ve done the suffering for you, so you don’t have to!   Here’s one important thing to note. Maybe for the first time you don’t enjoy it. You are worried and anxious and so you immediately don’t think that open swimming, is ‘your’ sport. Well, that Read more…

By kellypuffer, ago
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Open Water Swimming for Triathletes: Navigating Hazards

Practicing open-water swimming in the company of others is the best way to have fun and stay safe. If you can’t find someone to swim with, make sure you have a ‘spotter’ that looks out for you on the side! Or maybe now is the time to search for that triathlon club to swim with a group. Sometimes you’ll find a open-water area which is private but open to swimmers at specific times, so this Read more…

By kellypuffer, ago
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Pool vs Open Water Racing

We want your first race to be ace, so it’s worth taking the time to look around and see what’s out there and the different varieties of races available to you. Getting that first race experience right is going to make or break your triathlon journey. It’s one you are going to remember for the rest of your life. And it’s one that, when enjoyed, will take you to new levels of enthusiasm and enjoyment. Read more…

By kellypuffer, ago
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Speedy wetsuit removal for triathlete women: tips and tricks

Save time & energy removing your wetsuit! Removing a wetsuit after a swim might seem like a simple task. But not until you’ve tried it. Exit the water and wait too long to take it off and it’ll turn into a lovely vacuum almost impossible to get out of without getting someone to help you out, but still with great difficulty!    So you’re running into the transition and struggling to remove your wetsuit because Read more…

By kellypuffer, ago

Efficient wetsuit dressing for triathlete women

    We have found 5 triathlon wetsuit dressing tricks to help us put on our tri wetsuit easily.  We also reveal how to avoid friction marks on the skin, especially for the sea swims with that extra salty water! Just imagine this for a minute. Adrenaline is rushing, you are a little nervous, you’re not thinking straight. You fight with your wetsuit pulling it here and there just to get it on. You make Read more…

By kellypuffer, ago

How to set up the Transition Zone

We have learned the hard way for the first few races, making some mistakes along the way causing a fair amount of unneeded stress and embarrassment.  That’s why we want to share the what to do’s and what not to do’s that we have personally learned for when you set up in the Transition Zone for a triathlon. There are rules on how you must enter the transition and how to set up your equipment Read more…

By kellypuffer, ago

Triathlon Pre-Event Race Pack: What and How

Understand what to do with everything in your pre-race pack and avoid that added stress!   In triathlon races, you are given a dedicated race number to you can be tracked, identified and easily seen by the race officials.  Before the race, the organisation will inform you via email or on their website as to when you can collect the pre-race pack. You’ll also be able to see what number you are via the website Read more…

By kellypuffer, ago
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Open-water swim kit list and tips

So you’ve found a safe lake or you’re taking a trip to the sea, it’s time to grab that wetsuit and remember how it feels to be a fish once again. We don’t all have a lake, river or sea within a 10 minutes drive, so it’s quite necessary to be 100% sure that when you jump in the car, you’ll have everything you need for the open-water swim and after. That’s why we have Read more…

By kellypuffer, ago

Master the clipless pedals in 10 simple steps

But wait, let’s start with what are clipless pedals and why use them? Let’s say we would describe them as brackets on the bottom of your shoes that allow you to clip into the pedals on the bike so your foot is always attached. Yes we know what you’re thinking, we agree – whoever thought of the name “clipless” is a wombat! It’s all to do with efficiency and power! Cycling from 3 o’clock to Read more…

By kellypuffer, ago