Its been an amazingly busy week; Lecturers on Monday and Tuesday,a presentation given on age related changes in physiology of an endurance athlete. My first Swim Analysis sessions of the winter on Tuesday, School Cross Country and Turbo training on Wednesday, meetings after work on Thursday and Essay writing on Friday. U13 Rugby on Saturday morning and some Lab work at Medway park on Sunday ! Oh and a full time job. But sat here now it all feels worth it, guiding athletes to

Great news this week, i've qualified for the European Middle Distance Triathlon Championship in Denmark and the European Aquathlon Championship in Slovakia. This will be my third year as a GBR Age Grouper and have really enjoyed the whole experience . Meeting some great and inspiring people.. I will also be attending as 'Coach' as i have 5 athletes racing over the two events, so looking forward to some good results and Pictures !! Training is picking up and the CX bike is loa

Another busy week, two days a Uni and helped out with some field testing with the Football and Basketball Academy students. Working with three other MSc students to help Tony ( The Sport Scientist working on his PHd, with the Canterbury Institue of Sport). 10m sprint, 20min sprint, Standing Jump, T runs, Yo yo and seated 3kg push pass. So great athletes out there and several who are really going to get the benefit of strength and conditioning. Im looking forward to seeing th

The cold is here, the dark nights are here and the season seems a distant memory and distant future in equal measure. We are discussing the difference in Critical Power and Functional Threshold Power in my lectures and practical lab sessions. One has a lot of Scientific review and study behind it and the other has been the focus on one or two studies in the past 20 years. Which is commonly used blindly; to very good effect. What i am discovering is that the Sports Science aca