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Tenola’s Ambassador Tom Radley Season Review of 2020
“if at first you don’t succeed tri tri and tri again”
Despite the challenging year that we have all faced it has been good to look back over my results and progress that has been made. Quickly realising that covid was going to put a pause to international racing allowed me to target some of the stronger domestic races in the UK that were taking place.
Triathletes - How to choose the best swim fins for triathlon training
Review any website and you will find a variety of styles and blade lengths, but which is best for triathletes? The wrong style or blade length could affect your swim technique and how that translates into your kick when not wearing fins.
6 Key Benefits of the best swimming fins for beginners or experienced Triathletes
For beginners and more experienced triathletes finding the best swimming fins can be tricky. First of all though we explore 6 benefits of swimming fins.
Triathletes Guide to Choosing Swimming Goggles
With so many swimming goggles on the market, all claiming to be better and more advanced than each other, it’s no wonder we find it difficult when trying to decide on the best triathlon goggles for ourselves. It’s not the price of buying a pair, since price varies from £10-£45 (to suit everyone’s pocket), but its spending your cash and then ending up with a pair of dodgy goggles which need to be adjusted every few lengths of the pool to prevent leakage.
6 Pieces of Essential Triathlon Training Swim Gear
In this article we look at some useful swimming gear for training in order for you to get the best performance during your triathlons. In future articles we will look at each item in more detail so watch this space…
7 Tips for looking after your triathlon swimwear
Do your swimsuits/tri-suits start to go baggy after a few months having been used in a chlorine environment? Then there are a few simple things you can do to extend the life of the product.
How to choose when buying a Tri Suit - Pt 2
A Tenola tri-suit has been designed to be used in each discipline of triathlon (swimming, cycling, running). The tri-suit, can be a single or two piece, to wear throughout an triathlon competition. When choosing a tri suit, there are a few basic things to keep in mind which dictate your choice and how it will perform in competition.
How to choose when buying a Tri Suit - Pt 1
Triathlon suits come in a range of colours and designs. There are various styles of tri-suits available two piece, sleeved, non-sleeved, with zips, and no zips tri-suits. So how do you decide what tri-suit is for you?
What are the best triathlon swim shorts for pool and open water training?
An alternative to wearing a full wetsuit in the pool or open water is triathlon swim shorts and we recommend the neoprene buoyancy swim shorts by Lomo. These are designed to help elevate your hips as you are swimming so that your body angle is in an optimal swimming position. There are several brands on the market at present, all offering a similar thing. In this article we will be discussing the Lomo brand.
How to swim in a triathlon wetsuit
This article is the first of a series of tips on being prepared for your first open water triathlon.