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Packing for any race, whether it’s a destination race or right in your hometown, is crucial for your success. After training with certain gear, gadgets and fuel, your body is counting on another day without any surprises. As race day approaches, it’s easy to get so wrapped up in nerves and excitement that you forget something very important. Whether you’re worried about remembering to charge your watch or packing your running shoes, having a packing checklist is key to helping minimize the race week stress. Use this Race Day Packing Checklist to ensure you are prepared and confident heading to the start...

ORCA has a range of Triathlon apparel to choose from.  Decisions such as one-piece or two-piece tri-suits, sleeved or sleeveless, as well as the type of material - RS1, 226 or CORE are all very individual and personal choices. Factors such as height & weight, body shape, sun protection and very importantly COMFORT & FIT can all help you decide which option is best for you.  Orca has developed its aerodynamic products in a wind tunnel, testing the increased performance of the sleeved versus the sleeveless version and achieving a perfect fit.  Whether racing long or short, or just for...

  HOW TO STRENGTHEN YOUR MUSCLES FOR EACH TRI DISCIPLINE BY ANDREW STARYKOWICZ This is our 7th Orca Flash Tip and this time 70.3 and Ironman Champion Andrew Starykowicz gives us some simple ways to use our surroundings to increase triathlon performance by balancing the body and strengthening the key muscles needed for each individual discipline. 1. The Climbers Pull-up circle helps to strengthen your upper back to balance the hours spent doing freestyle in the pool. 2. The One Legged Squat is ideal to strengthen key cycling muscles – you’ll know you’ve got this exercise down when you can get your butt all the way down to your heel. 3. Finally the Crab isolates the glutes and...

  HOW TO IMPROVE YOUR SPEED ON THE BIKE USING INTERVAL TRAINING BY SEBASTIAN KIENLE Ironman World Champion Sebastian Kienle is very strong on the bike, and in this fifth Orca Flash Tip he gives an interval training set to follow that he has used over the years to gain speed on the bike, so we know will help you improve your bike skills too! He suggests you go for a two hour bike ride outside at an easy pace. When you get home immediately hop on your magnetic trainer using either a TT or a road bike and start intervals of the following sets: 10mins Ironman race...

  HOW TO IMPROVE YOUR RUNNING SPEED USING INTERVALS BY ALBERT MORENO In our 6th Flash Tip, 70.3 Pays D´Aix runner up Albert Moreno shares with us one of the key workouts he's been using to become one the fastest runners in the Half Ironman distance. This workout mixes hills and flats to improve run speed and strength and involves sprinting uphill for 40sec, then jogging back down the hill at a recovery pace. This 40sec sprint with recovery run is then repeated but this time on the flat. You then repeat this sequence in sets of 10. Put this workout to the test and we can guarantee you’ll soon be seeing the results!...