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Training notes and race build updates from the road to Kona.
Kona Project Ep. 5: Training Weekend With The Coach
Three months into the coaching process, Andy came up to Preston for a face-to-face training weekend - a parkrun run by heart rate instead of pace, a swim session with real drafting, and a first go on a mountain bike.
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Kona Project Ep. 4: Custom Shoes & A Biomechanics Deep Dive
A trip to Profeet in London for full 3D running gait analysis, a new pair of shoes, and custom-molded insoles - plus an update on how the last six weeks of training have actually gone.
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Kona Project Ep. 3: World-Class Physio & VO2 Max Run Test
The last of the winter testing - a run VO2 max test at Leeds Beckett University, then a full physio MOT at the clinic that's worked with the Brownlees and Jessica Ennis.
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Kona Project Ep. 2: VO2 Max Test, Gym Assessment & Sweat Test
A full day of lab testing with Andy - VO2 max, a bike fit, a movement screen, and a sweat sodium test - and the honest baseline it set for the months of training that followed.
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Kona Project Ep. 1: The Journey Begins
The first conversation I ever had on camera with Andy, my coach - filmed on a training camp in Fuerteventura, a couple of weeks after he agreed to take me on for the Kona Dream Project.
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