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High performance principles from 30 years of coaching the world's best triathletes — without the noise.

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Chop Wood, Carry Water

What a Zen saying reveals about endurance training and the daily work of improvement

Build the Engine First

Why rushing the Train to Train phase limits what athletes can ultimately achieve

5 Principles That Survive Time

The training truths that hold up across juniors, elites, and masters

Triathlon Is a Complex System. We Keep Treating It Like It Isn't.

What complexity science actually means for how you train

Overthinking Makes You Slower

The athlete who reads everything, questions everything, and somehow keeps getting in their own way

BTS on Vasco's Win in Samarkand

Background on translating podiums to a WTCS winning performance.

The Bullshit Asymmetry Problem

When looking rigorous beats being rigorous

Relentlessly Obsessed: What I learned from Simon Whitfield

Insights from the career of triathlon's first Olympic Champion

Top 20 Rules for Faster Triathlon Swimming

Do the rules still hold up 14 years on?

Risk and Reward

"Why Smart People Make Stupid Decisions" - Jan Frodeno