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Efficient wetsuit dressing for triathlete women

The Easy Method to Triathlon Wetsuit dressing. It’s not often women wear swimming wetsuits, and if it’s the first time, it’ll probably feel quite strange and tight.  You also need to be extremely careful with how it is treated as its neoprene material is surprisingly delicate and can rip super easy. Triathlon wetsuits for women are significantly different to those designed for sailing or windsurfing. We have found 5 triathlon wetsuit dressing tricks to help us 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

Open water kit list and a few of our favorite sneaky wetsuit tricks! Many triathlon races are open water swims and although we often train in a pool, it is a different kettle of fish swimming in the open water (excuse the pun). It’s vital to practice swimming in open water, with the right kit, before the race.  So you’ve found a safe lake or you’re taking a trip to the sea, it’s time to Read more

By kellypuffer, ago

Master the clipless pedals in 10 simple steps

What doesn’t kill you makes you stronger BEFORE you master those clipless pedals! Embrace the challenge. It happens to us all as we have all been beginners at some point. It doesn’t hurt, and it’s actually quite funny because it’s all slow motion. You know that you are falling, but you can’t do anything about it! I think we worry more about the embarrassment. So we’ve put together a few tips to help you on Read more

By kellypuffer, ago

Swim check-list on the go

Never have to dry yourself with your socks again with this swim checklist! If it’s happened to us, for sure it’s happened to others. Forgetting to bring your underwear and having to go about the entire day commando?       Realising you left your towel hung up in the spare room from the last session and so you find yourself trying to dry off with your socks? Trying to comb your hair with your hands Read more

By kellypuffer, ago

5 things to do after a workout

Post-workout routines are easily forgotten until the next day, right? We do it too because we are human beings. We have worked out hard, we are exhausted and often we just want to jump in the shower and have done with it. But it’s not until the next day when your body is feeling tired, you feel super weak, and you start developing those little aches and pains which you really could do without! Let’s Read more

By kellypuffer, ago
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What to drink on a bike ride

Ever wondered what to drink to keep that energy up on a bike trip?  It’s all about keeping your body hydrated and with the energy you need to keep you going right until the end!  Many athletes use different electrolyte drinks, but we like to try and stay as natural as possible. We wanted to share our personal power drink ingredients that keep us going right until the end. If we take 2 bottles, we Read more

By kellypuffer, ago

How to be bike confident and comfy

Congratulations, you’ve got a road bike, you can fly! What a feeling it is to jump on a road bike and feel so free. It’s so much different from that of a city bike or MTB. Plus you have the option to start using shoes that clip directly onto the bike pedals (they’re called clipless pedals – don’t ask why!) We both started off getting a good feel for the bike and once we felt Read more

By kellypuffer, ago

Reasons to love swim, bike & run

20 reasons why we are sure you might like to Tri! Let’s be honest, most people don’t start off loving something when they first try something new. But it’s normal, because it’s challenging, it’s out of your comfort zone, it’s a little stressful, it’s the unexpected (unless you’re a superhero of course)! But after you have tried it a few times, it’s then that you realise how it makes you feel, how happy you have Read more

By kellypuffer, ago

7 must-knows when you start out running!

Start off on the right foot (Not Literally!) with our 7 favorite running tips.  They say if you can walk, you can run! And what better way to get outside and get fit, either solo or in the company of others and with almost no cost or planning required, just step outside and you’re off! But wait, just before you go off running, we want you to know our 7 top tips. They are the most Read more

By kellypuffer, ago