It feels like this race should be my New Year's day- or my birthday. It was a year ago, in 2011, that this race really ignited the spark to re-enter the multisport training/racing scene with oomph. Af [...]
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As race day draws nearer, there's slightly more time to think back on the preparation and a little more on the year gone by since TotalSports Challenge 2011. It's been a busy year. At last count, appr [...]
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Open water swimming is special. There's something quite primitive about it- much like trail running I guess. It's just you (mostly) and the environment. Of course, being surrounded by the cold wat [...]
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Open water swimming is quite different to pool swimming, yet in some ways, very similar. A lot of the physiology is the same, just some of the skills required are a little different. The strokes and s [...]
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Having considered myself rather fortunate to get an entry to the 2011 event, I eagerly made my way in the early hours of the morning to the start near Lakeside. I knew very little about the event goin [...]
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This last weekend saw the running of the annual Surfer's Challenge hosted by New Balance, South Africa. The event is essentially a "runner vs paddler" with both disciplines taking off from Long Beach, [...]
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No, that wasn't a typo for "Altitude Training". This is very definitely about training your attitude. Now we pay a lot of attention to interval training, long slow distance, speedwork, HIIT, strength, [...]
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When you're gearing up for a race, and looking to estimate your effort close to race day, try this swim set to get a good feel for your current swimming prowess. You can also use this set throughout t [...]
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This is a goodie. A really unusual but exciting event. 5km of open ocean swimming. Now, we paddle this route often. On a calm day, on a North Wester and in a South Easter. The view is always fa [...]
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It's that time of year again when the sun shines just that little brighter and just that bit longer putting an extra bounce into every step- and making that swim training all the easier. And what bett [...]
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It feels like this race should be my New Year's day- or my birthday. It was a year ago, in 2011, that this race really ignited the spark to re-enter the multisport training/racing scene with oomph. After a decade of relatively non-activity, and then slowly getting less slothful, completing 2011 as a [...] read more
As race day draws nearer, there's slightly more time to think back on the preparation and a little more on the year gone by since TotalSports Challenge 2011. It's been a busy year. At last count, approximately 35 races were attended of which some were swims, others were trail runs, other MTBs, and t [...] read more
Open water swimming is special. There's something quite primitive about it- much like trail running I guess. It's just you (mostly) and the environment. Of course, being surrounded by the cold waters of the Atlantic, a wetsuit is necessary, for me at least. And over time, I have collected and ab [...] read more
Open water swimming is quite different to pool swimming, yet in some ways, very similar. A lot of the physiology is the same, just some of the skills required are a little different. The strokes and styles are also quite similar, but there's an unpredictability in the open that requires a little mor [...] read more
Having considered myself rather fortunate to get an entry to the 2011 event, I eagerly made my way in the early hours of the morning to the start near Lakeside. I knew very little about the event going into it, I just knew that I wanted to do it. More than that, I didn't really prepare. No route map [...] read more
This last weekend saw the running of the annual Surfer's Challenge hosted by New Balance, South Africa. The event is essentially a "runner vs paddler" with both disciplines taking off from Long Beach, Kommetjie and covering the miles of beach towards Noordhoek before tailing it back. The conditions [...] read more
No, that wasn't a typo for "Altitude Training". This is very definitely about training your attitude. Now we pay a lot of attention to interval training, long slow distance, speedwork, HIIT, strength, power, stretching, core... and more. We rarely focus on our attitude specifically. Ironically, it i [...] read more
When you're gearing up for a race, and looking to estimate your effort close to race day, try this swim set to get a good feel for your current swimming prowess. You can also use this set throughout the season to monitor your progress. The aim is to keep the swim steady with a slightly harder push [...] read more
This is a goodie. A really unusual but exciting event. 5km of open ocean swimming. Now, we paddle this route often. On a calm day, on a North Wester and in a South Easter. The view is always fascinating since you have this wreck on the beachfront, the hustle of Tableview on the one side, Robb [...] read more
It's that time of year again when the sun shines just that little brighter and just that bit longer putting an extra bounce into every step- and making that swim training all the easier. And what better way to train than to race? We've had one open water swim come and go already on a typicall [...] read more