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Insights & Inspiration

Treadmill Running: Your Secret Weapon for Better Performance

TREADMILL RUNNING: YOUR SECRET WEAPON FOR BETTER PERFORMANCE Running on a treadmill often gets overlooked, but it’s more than just a rainy-day alternative. It’s a powerful tool that can help you improve your running performance, reduce injury risk, and...

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CAN LEVER REALLY HELP YOU RUN AGAIN AFTER INJURY?

THE SCIENCE BEHIND BODY-WEIGHT SUPPORT AND HOW IT SPEEDS RECOVERY Every runner knows the frustration of being sidelined by injury. You feel your fitness slipping away, your routine disrupted, and your goals put on pause. The question every injured...

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SAM LONG’S SECRET TO BUILDING BIG VOLUME WITHOUT GETTING HURT

The smarter way to build your season without setbacks. One of the most dangerous phases of any season isn’t race day. It’sthe build. As training volume ramps up, most athletes don’t get injured from onebig moment they get taken...

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Your Bike Fit Begins With Your Saddle

What even is a bike saddle? When we stand up while riding our bikes, we can better transfer our mass onto the pedals. The problem is, there is a high metabolic cost to switching from one pedal to the...

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WHY RECOVERY RUNS MATTER MORE THAN YOU THINK

THE SCIENCE OF ADAPTATION, FATIGUE, AND STAYING CONSISTENT Most runners think of recovery runs as optional. Easy miles. Something you do when you are not training hard. From a physiological perspective, this is a misunderstanding of how adaptation actually...

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Sported: Top 10 New Products of 2025

At Sported, we’re constantly testing, riding, racing, and refining what we stock - with one simple goal: bringing genuinely good products to the triathlon and endurance community. As we head into a new season, here are 10 products that...

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Sported Coaching Training Camp 

Dates: 24-26 APRIL 2026 Location: Oceanic Spa Hotel Khiorfakkan If you have enjoyed the Triathlon season in The United Arab Emirates and would like to take your training and racing to the next level then join this camp and learn...

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Veronika Bracke reporting on her Ironman 70.3 India in Goa

Some races are not about times or PBs. Ironman 70.3 Goa was one of thoseraces for me. More than five years ago, my first attempt at this distance ended in theheart failure ICU, not at a finish line. Coming...

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Qatar T100 Race report

A nice end-of-year-race to close out the first half of the triathlon season and first time to race in Qatar. I have had some health and fitness issues this year, arthritis in my knees, and in June I was...

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The Ultimate Christmas Gift Guide for Triathletes

Make This Christmas Count with Gear They’ll Actually Use Stuck on what to get the triathlete in your life? Whether they’re an age-grouper chasing a PB or simply love the lifestyle that comes with swim-bike-run, finding the right gift...

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Fueling for Endurance Swimming: How to Prepare for the Elite Swim at OceanMan

We were asked this week: "How should I fuel for the elite swim at OceanMan?" It’s a great question - and one that many endurance swimmers underestimate. At OceanMan, athletes will complete 6 laps of 1.25 km, exiting the...

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Q&A with Julie Derron

We were very fortunate to catch up with Julie Derron, winner of Dubai T100 last weekend and get a few insights into the world of a professional triathlete. Julie is coached by Brett Sutton, one of the leading triathlon...

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