This article was first pulished in the NZ Triathlon and Multisport Magazine (May 2014) Arthur Lydiard, is one of those people who make me proud to call myself a New Zealander. Without Lydiard and his pioneering ways I doubt New Zealand would have the amazing endurance following that it does now with not only running but all of the other endurance sports. I also believe that I would not have found my love of endurance that has lead me to where I am today. Without his coaching

In 2007 I decided to work on developing my kayaking throughout the winter to improve this aspect of my multisport game. As a training goal to get me through the Dunedin winter I planned to compete in the National 10km Kayak Championships. At this time I was in my 3rd year of my PE degree, so with unlimited access to all of the Sport Science journals in the world I set up camp in the library for a couple of weeks researching how I could improve my kayaking. What was evident wa

Recovery is one of the most important training principles, yet it is the one that endurance athletes tend to neglect the most (Check out this video to find out more on recovery). Endurance athletes usually have very strong work ethics. Many get caught up and think that the more mileage they do the faster, stronger and fitter they will become. Unfortunately or fortunately (depending how many hours in the day you have to train) his is simply not the case. If it was, there would

I have had a lot of questions about my training and preparation for the Great Southern Brevet. In this article I thought I would open up and lay it all out there so you could see the training or lack of training that I did. Lining up for the Great Southern Brevet I was nervous to see how my training had prepared me for this demanding 1100 km event. I had been quite limited with my training, juggling my coaching load, day to day running of Exponential Performance Coaching and

In May 2013 EPC Nutrition Consultant Whitney Dagg had her first attempt at a 100 km race. Her race of choice was The North Face 100. The North Face 100 is Australia’s premier ultra trail run held in the breathtaking Blue Mountains National Park. Below Whitney shares some inside tips on nutrition for ultra running events and some of the things that did not go so well for her. Fuel: I had all my food measured into approximately 25g portions of carbohydrate. This consisted of GU