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Training Programs - Coach Kate’s Endurance Sport Lessons
Training programs are hugely beneficial for endurance sport. An effective program will slowly progresses your training load to reflect...


Training for Senior Athletes - Coach Kate's Endurance Sport Lessons
This article is a summary of the key points discussed by Joe Friel in his book 'Fast After 50' enhancing training for senior athletes. If...


Iron Deficiency - Coach Kate’s Endurance Sport Lessons
Iron has several roles in the body including the transport and delivery of oxygen, and energy production. It is also key for both...


Consistency - Coach Kate’s Endurance Sport Lessons
Consistency is the backbone of an endurance training program. If you take a look at the world’s best endurance athletes you won’t find...


Mental Fatigue - Coach Kate’s Endurance Sport Lessons
Many of us are familiar with physical fatigue, from training, from work. Mental Fatigue - Endurance Sport Mental fatigue can also...


Tapering for an Event- Coach Kate’s Endurance Sport Lessons
Taper is a period of time before an event where training load is decreased. This can be a reduction in training volume (time/distance) or...


Polarised Training - Coach Kate’s Endurance Sport Lessons
Polarised Training Polarised training is completing majority of training at low intensity, with small amounts of training at moderate &...


Sport Nutrition - Coach Kate’s Endurance Sport Lessons
Sport Nutrition Sport nutrition / supplementation is a lucrative industry. There is plenty of ‘advice’ available for athletes including...


Caffeine Use Endurance Training - Coach Kate’s Endurance Sport Lessons
Caffeine is one of the few legal (since 2004) performance enhancing (ergogenic) drugs.
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