Category: Athlete Blogs

5 minutes with Adrenaline Seeker Leah Therese

5 minutes with Adrenaline Seeker Leah Therese

Some say that life is not about fighting, but about flowing and adapting. In the middle of this pandemic, and the different restrictions that have come with it, a very unique athlete has risen and is building her way to become one of the toughest in the field, Leah Therese. Not only she has faced […]

Triathlon World Championship 2019

Lausanne World Championships 2019 Course Guide

The Lausanne Triathlon World Championships course is challenging to say the least. With a hilly and technical bike leg, and some stairs, hills and multiple turns and u-turns on the run course, it is going to be a course for choosing when to go and when to back off and reserve your energy. The average […]

Ironman Cork

26th May, Ironman Cork, Ireland bike course recon

Padraig Purcell from Davey Black Triathlon coaching in Ireland is taking an Ironman Cork bike course recon on Sunday 26th May. Ironman have made a few changes to the bike route driven by the need to reduce traffic on sections of route. This final draft of the course is much faster and safer overall, and […]

Choosing The Right Action

Five ways to get started on your Fitness Journey

So you’ve been essentially sitting for the last few weeks. Probably feeling unmotivated to get up and out of the house. You’ve decided you are ready to try (again maybe) to get fit and healthy and up to feeling like your best self. It’s tricky to figure out what method is right for you, especially […]

Triathlon Fitness Training

9 Benefits of Training for a Triathlon

It’s no wonder that, in the world of triathlons, a number of professional athletes from other sports turn towards the triple-event endurance sport. Due to the nature of this mammoth race, across land and sea, people of all athletic levels find many benefits from undertaking the training – and eventual racing – for a triathlon. […]

Davey Black Triathlon Coach

BLOG: JOURNEY TO IRONMAN AUSTRIA

The First Journey to IM Frankfurt 2012 by PADRAIG PURCELL Read the latest Blog from Coach Steve’s first ever athlete as a Tri Coach, Padraig Purcell from Cork, Ireland, as he prepares for his next big race. Click here to go to Blog

Davey Black Triathlon Coach

BLOG: JOURNEY TO IRONMAN AUSTRIA

The Beginning by Padraig Purcell Read the latest Blog from Coach Steve’s first ever athlete as a Tri Coach, Padraig Purcell from Cork, Ireland, as he prepares for his next big race. Click here to go to Blog