RACE FASTER masterclass

There are over 150,000 active triathletes in the UK. A good percentage are beginners whose ambition is understandably more completer than competer, the desire to reach the finish line providing enough motivation to train hard and to train consistently. But what about elevating your performance to the next level? And, with many of you firmly embedded in the 2021 triathlon season, what can you do right now to send you firing up the results list?

Simple. Tap into the tips prescribed by our band of coaching experts. What follows are training, nutrition and gear pointers that’ll gain you easy speed without expending a single ounce more energy than you are today. They’re not marginal gains, they’re significant gains based on a huge multisport knowledge base.

It begs the question, of course: what is a good triathlon finishing time? In all honesty, it’s hard to prescribe a one-size-fits-all answer as no matter how fit you are, finishing time is significantly affected by age, gender and, of course, distance. So