RISE OF THE MACHINES

Traditionally the choices for triathletes looking to improve in the sport have been to get a coach, join a club or go it alone. Now, there’s a fourth option to consider – using tech to set your training, assess your progress, correct any issues and adapt your programme to suit your needs.

Sounds neat, right? Or, perhaps, a bit pseudo-science? Whatever your view, there’s no doubt that trying to utilise tech for performance is an emerging area that looks set to ramp up in the coming years. Here, we take a look at some of the big players already coming to market.

INCUS

ANALYSE YOUR EVERY MOVE

If a product holds such potential that Alistair Brownlee invests, it makes the marketing team sing and the potential consumers listen. So it is with the Incus Nova (Incus Nova Trisport bundle £499.99; Incus Nova Swim Run bundle £299.99), a teardrop-shaped device akin to a miniature aero helmet that slips into an Incus tee, vest or chest strap to deliver a host of metrics that distance it from its competitors.

Key to this product separation is swim feedback, which is next level and unsurprisingly so, as the Incus was researched and developed out of that hotbed of British swimming, Loughborough University. One of the key developments is analysing