Consistency: Even when you don’t feel like it. Persistence: Even when it gets hard. Both of these are powerful, but they really come into their own when we reach the edge of comfort. How do we show up when we are squeezed? What kind of behaviour or attitude do we have, when it’s a little...

There’s a bit of a trick in long distance endurance events. The trick is, when you get to a decent straight section that doesn’t require a lot of brain power, you pretend to almost fall asleep. You don’t actually sleep of course, but you relax your eyes, your hands, your shoulders… even your eye-lids. While...

It’s natural for the sprinter to want to get faster. It makes sense for the singer to want to find greater range in their voice. It’s perfectly normal for the artist to want to create more powerful work. When we look at our skillsets (particularly those which make up our livelihood), we want to develop...

Yesterday we headed out to freedive for scallops. Rumour was that they were deeper than normal, and only the scuba divers could get to them. So, we were 50/50 on the decision, however, it was on the way to our end destination anyway, so if there was going to be a time to try it,...

When I was first learning about endurance training from my friend and mentor Pete Jacobs, the biggest shift was learning to back off. We would head out on a ride, and I remember people would pass us up the hill. I remember thinking, wow, I’m riding with this guy at the world-class level, and everyday...

When we enter a marathon, there’s an expectation that we’ll need to be able to run 42.2km on the day that the starter gun fires. For most of us, while not easy, this makes marathon training pretty simple: Get an understanding of where you’re at as a runner, make sure you have enough time, and...

At 1:30am I made my way out into the International Terminal at Auckland airport. Because of the up-regulated security measures from Carona Virus, things were slow. Check-in for my domestic flight was only 5 hours later. So, rather than take the 30 minute walk each way to an overpriced airport hotel for a bed for...

The new Formula 1 pit-stop world record is 1.82 seconds. In this time, the car comes to a complete stop, and the crew swaps out the tires (to be honest, they may do some other things that I’m not sure about as well.) The thing is, to regenerate, maintain, refuel or recreate, we often need...