Our first four week block will focus on developing the propulsive phase of running. One key element to this is the activation of large muscles that will propel us forwards namely the gluteal muscles, the hamstring muscles…
London Fields Triathlon Club meet this Sunday at 1pm at the Bear Pit (below Pub on the Park) for our AGM. It’s our annual chance to decide club policy and who will lead the club in it’s many activities. All members are welcome – the more the merrier, we need you!
So it’s been a pretty incredible year for this little triathlon club from East London.
It was a pretty special weekend in Lulworth Cove with about 40 LFTC clubbies and friends competing in the CTS Dorset event. We woke to the most perfect winter’s day you could imagine.
It’s our first guest blog! Gabriel gives us a few tips about ‘An Advent of Running’. You might ask ‘Does this not contradict last week’s blog?’ Well, it is a run focused, but it is a little and often and that is the key. See ya, Tim (LFTC Coach).
Who is the athlete with ‘Smith’ on his New Zealand tri-suit? Kind of looks like me doesn’t he?
Well it has been a while but I finally have a few minutes to put pen to paper. I should be at the Lido but my first cold in years has me sitting at home instead. Matt Dixon of Purple Patch Fitness is a fantastic coach whose principles and ideas make a lot sense to me…
Apologies, I have been a little distracted by the natural beauty of the Bay of Islands since leaving the ITU Triathlon World Championships and Auckland behind on Tuesday. If you have not yet checked out the highlights of the men’s and women’s elite races they are worth a look.
Well NZ has really turned on the weather…not! Howling winds, driving rain, rough seas and a sprinkling of sunshine. It is still a very cool vibe here in Auckland though. I’ve never seen so many fit people wearing pointy hats in one place. Shared a shuttle from the airport with and Jodie Stimpson and Anne … Continued
The plaudits have been rolling in since Sunday, and they are well deserved: well done to our Events Coordinator and Race Director, Shahab on organising a fantastic race! And thank you very much to our marshals, without you the race cannot have been such an amazing success. The weather was very kind to us, and we repaid it’s faith in us tenfold: I will never get tired of people telling me what a great club we have and what a fantastic show we put on – take a bow team.
Congratulations to all the athletes who took part, there were some super quick times across the board. Well done to all the LFTCers who took part, you certainly answered the call to arms and I cannot wait to see where we are in the London League standings after Kath Braiser, Ellen Greaves, Harry Myers and Cecily Turner came third, first, first and third in their respective categories. Ellen took the overall female honours accompanied by Danny Russell, who finished the 400m swim and 5km run in under 23 minutes!
Unfortunately the darkness is closing in and it is time to move our Tuesday run session back to our winter training base, Well St Common. The upside of Well St Common is that it is well lit. The downside is that it is not as secure as the Victoria Park running track and in training … Continued