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Your race day shouldn’t feel like a high-stakes chemistry experiment. Most athletes juggle gels, chews, and electrolyte tabs while hoping their…
Author Archives: John Hill
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Your race doesn’t actually start at the jump. It begins at the 30-kilometre mark when your glycogen stores bottom out and your gut begins to rebel….
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Hitting the wall at the 30km mark isn’t an inevitable rite of passage for endurance athletes; it’s a clear signal that your fuelling strategy has…
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Research from the Australian Institute of Sport reveals that dehydration can slash your athletic performance by up to 30%. For most athletes, stored…
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Your stomach isn’t a fuel tank; it’s a physiological bottleneck that often dictates your finish time more than your aerobic fitness does. Most…
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Why does a flawlessly executed training block often disintegrate into a sloshing stomach and a heavy-legged 10km shuffle the moment you hit race…
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Petroleum-based lubricants are a performance liability for serious endurance athletes. You’ve felt that searing sting of saltwater hitting a raw neck…
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What if your mid-race nutrition didn’t require a prayer to the gut-health gods? For many endurance athletes, the “spike and crash” cycle of…
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Gastrointestinal distress is the leading cause of DNF results in Australian Ironman events, often ending a season’s hard work before the final 10…
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In the unforgiving heat of the Australian bush, your apparel isn’t just clothing; it is a critical piece of technical equipment that can make or…