To achieve anything in sport, an athlete must go through a lot of things in life. To be consistently participating in Ironman’s over the past 12 years, I have learnt a lot of lessons, some the hard way. I am often told you make Ironman’s look easy, and I wanted to share a few things I have gone through to get to 25 Ironman finishes, especially while living and training in India. 1. Sacrifice: “The bigger the dream, the bigger the sacrifice one must make.” For any athlete, tr

Should you exercise when you are sick? With the monsoons chances of you get a viral is much higher, the question trainees always ask me is, “Should you exercise when you are sick?” With this article I am writing a few pointers for you to follow, as always please take physicians advice before heading out, this is not medical advice. Exercise adds stress to the immune system, when you are healthy it is a good stress, however when you fall sick this may overburden the immune sy

It’s ok to take a break, No really it is! This week I gave pretty much my entire Tri & Running team the shock of their life’s, some called it the “dream week,” others couldn’t believe what they saw on the workout calendar. All their workouts were structured around low intensity, with a few optional workouts thrown in, heck some also got a few days extra off. As expected there were two responses: The typical mileage junkie response: Coach, how can you do this? Won’t this affe

There has been a rise of Indian athletes training for Ironman/ 70.3 races all over the world, a common question I get asked is how much will it cost me? This article breaks down both racing, and travel expenses. Again, sky is the limit when it comes to expenses, and I am writing mostly from my 20x Ironman race travel experience, and those of my trainees. Race entry fees: For 70.3: Some races offer early bird entry (16-18,000) 250-275$, most races will be in the 19-25,000 (30