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With this New Year comes a new focus. Since 2008 I have been in and...

Not appearing to be wishing my life away…but looks like 2023 season could be pretty...

Well, what a season that has been… After too many seasons to recall, Gra is...

It was a bit different turning up when it was dark, but I got to...

People often say that a change is as good as a rest when your mind...

Not sure where or how to start this… January 2021 was the first time that...

As the season is starting to get underway we like to reflect on what we...

Hi All, to make it easier for athletes to consider Synergie Coaching, thought I’d do...

There have been two events in the Regional Series, a series of eight events for...

The Synergie Coaches were invited out to the BEST Centre in Mallorca to support Southampton...

Team England confirm triathlon coaches for Birmingham 2022 Commonwealth Games The coaches that will support...

Beginning of 2021 – I had just had 6 weeks off due to inflammation in...

We had yet another very early start, i.e. 3:50am, in order to get to Portland...

After my last two races, I was pleased that Coach 2 & I had decided...

Not the best start to this weekend as I got the TT bike down for...

Great to be catching up on stuff, shows that athletes are out at the races...

Great to have been able to support Oly in his record breaking, continual around the...

Bewl Standard Distance Triathlon – Sunday 8 August 2021 So going back to Saturday morning,...

Saturday 7 August 2021 – Bewl Open Water 3.8K Swim Another venue that we hadn’t...

As I have never done this race before, I thought that I’d give it a...

The really early morning alarm call is slowly but surely becoming a habit with yet...

Another early start with a wake-up call at 4:30am for a trip to West Bay...

Another early alarm call, i.e. 4am.  Not too far to travel for this one as...

It seems like a long time ago but I have finally managed to do a...

You know we love to celebrate success at Synergie – whatever success looks like in...

Not such an early start today as I was due to start at 12:15pm.  So...

This event was carried over from 5 April, obviously due to the lockdown (up yours...

Here we go again, six days later. I first did this race back in 2000...

Right, here goes.  I haven’t written a race report for coming to a year now...

No race report as Bertie was out representing South Central Academy rather than Synergie Coaching....

As you know Di & I are ready to welcome athletes back into the pool...

We are now taking bookings for swim analysis & movement screenings. Over the last few...

Wow, over 100 days of lockdown and it is almost time to get wet again!...

As a coach times feel different. I never thought I’d be referencing the Kubler-Ross change...

Use it or lose it and getting it back. Apologies to Robert Burns – let’s...

Di & I will still be doing online consultancy & answering questions for free but...

This event was very close to not happening due to one of the many Storms...

Well, it’s now 2020 so here we go again with the season’s opener. As per...

  At Synergie Coaching, we see the transitions young people workthrough to combine their sport,...

This race came about because two people I highly respect as athletes (no names, no...

This story began in October 2018 when I entered the Bowood House Duathlon & got...

Almost that time of year when the Synergie Coaching athletes focus turns to training rather...

Spoiler Alert – Gra bagged some more bling… This was the weekend of awful weather...

As this middle distance race is run on a Saturday, we headed off to Woburn...

This was another new race for me.  I did my normal thing of my usual...

Not sure about the name… HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO ME, HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO ME, HAPPY BIRTHDAY...

It’s been a full on season for Livvy & Leo with races at Twyford, Bowood,...

Croyde Ocean Triathlon – Sunday 14 July 2019 We decided to make a long weekend...

There were two reasons for going back to this event. The first was I wanted...

Historically England was a feudal country with well connected families taking control of different parts....

“You will absolutely love this race” I was told on several occasions by wife Ann,...

This is an old favourite in the UK racing & Graham’s calendar. We did our...

Coach 2 signed me up for this one as Arundal had been pulled earlier in...

Ann was racing at (another) European championships! You expect major championships to be in major...

This was my first Olympic distance race of the season so after my usual Saturday...

The prep for this one was that last Bank Holiday Monday, myself & Coach 2...

Just as the athletes have been getting ready for the season by analysis; reflection &...

Wow- lost the site for a couple of days following a bit of a hack....

Graham spent the day becoming a knight… I know that this is another duathlon &...

Getting ready for the season, analysis allows those tweaks to be made.

Leo has been getting race ready with a couple of biathle at Cheltenham & Leweston....

My warm up for the race was a 28 mile bike ride to Applemore Sports...

Having a look at some of the South Central Academy athlete’s swim technique at pace.

That time of year when training camps kick in. Di was off with England Golf...

Although it’s been quiet on the race scene, athletes never stop – nor do coaches!...

It’s looking like Di & Scott will have a couple of places on their coaching...

  Have a look at our assessments – we can do vouchers. The Functional Power...

Conkers.  This is way we make our annual late season trip to Dorney Lake so...

There are four reasons why we are returning to Perranporth: Our lovely B&B To eat...

Wow, what a season so far! Barbara has secured her place at the Youth Olympic...

Sounds like a race of ouchies… We travelled to Weymouth on Saturday afternoon.  It does...

We travelled up on Saturday morning after I did my usual 3K pool swim &...

This race was an unusual format and different to what im used to, shorter races...

Things have been a bit busy in the last few weeks so best condense things...

The oldest race series on the British Triathlon calendar has finally come to an end –...

Another event that I entered because of the logo. We travelled to Kent after my...

This doesn’t really happen very often but I had to attend this race by myself...

Another new race for me.  We decided to go up to Bude nice & early...

My second South Central Series race and yet another stunning venue, This time Stowe, lovely...

Di has been putting on a series of 1hr Skills School sessions in Moors Valley...

Ryan decided to make a weekend of it. After packing up from Leeds a quick...

Leeds was the third race in the National Series for the Youths & Juniors, although...

Alex & Ryan were out at this one. Sunday 3rdJune saw a beautiful day at...

Sunday 3rdJune saw a beautiful day at South Central’s 3rd  series race of the year...

Llanelli is the first triathlon in this year’s National Series for Elite Youth & Juniors....

Can you enter a race just because you like the look of their logo? Well,...

With his legs recovered from all his Stormin’ Gra decided to venture back into triathlon.  We...

This is one of the races in the South Central Regional Race Series. Over the...

While Graham was storming the castle, Alex was having a storming race at Burnham on Sea....

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The Performance Assessment Weekend is the coming together of Youth & Junior athletes to undergo...

Well it’s almost that time of year – Easter Eggs are scoffed and triathlon is...

After a long winter’s training it was nice to be back in a race scenario,...

Back to Inside Park for another 2.5hrs enduro ride. Hopefully this time I won’t have...

Graham popped across to Romsey. Unlike my last running race, this was really spring like. ...

I haven’t done this race since 2011 so I thought that it was about time...

Having bust some bits on Box Hill, Graham went to play in the mud. The...

BallBuster Duathlon – 4 November 2017  Graham was back on Box Hill, getting things busted…...

A huge Thank You from the coaches to the athletes that represented Synergie Coaching this...

We were supposed to be in Lynmouth in Devon this weekend to do the Tri...

The reason we entered this race was for the B&B –  would it live up...

New Forest Sprint Tri  Graham S, Ann & Graham P were all at at this...

We arrived in Bourg D’Oisans late Saturday 22 July 2017.  Bourg is situated just past...

Haven’t had a race report from Lou about this one but there is photographic evidence...

I have been looking forward to this one for a long time, having never done...

Sam was out at this one, her is her take on the day. This was...

This being a local race, only 10 minutes from our front door, it had to...

I didn’t know what to expect going into this race, after a bout of nasty...

Having raced at the Blenheim Elite Sprint Champs the weekend before, and having a disturbed...

Graham was racing in the Age Group waves: As for the race, it was supposed...

I entered this race back in October 2016 so I have been looking forward to...

The reason for entering this race (1) to acclimatise to cold open water swimming (race...

Gra seemed to have been stitched up on this one but with good results… Two...

There is a rumour (based on race results) that Lou won her age group at...

The Resolution Run, Moors Valley Park (10K) – 19 March 2017 This was the first...

This will be a first in my triathlon history covering 20 years of racing.  I...

It sounds a bit strange to do a triathlon this way but the reason I...

I decided to do this race as it was the inaugural race.  It was also...

Both Lou & Graham ended out at this one. Lou was so overcome at taking...

I have been doing triathlon since 1997 so 19 years on I have finally gotten...

Not sure who the main attractions are…but could Graham battle it out with the Thorpe...

The reason for doing this one was because I still had money left over from...

Graham was out, once more, representing GBR – this time at the European Championships. Lost...

Another weekend, another race.  Following on from last week’s Olympic Distance race, I moved down...

We were looking forward to going back to St Neots so that Nikki could remember...

What a great start to the season. In the last few months the coaches have...

This was going to be my first proper test.  It was not quite full Olympic...

Graham’s first triathlon of the season & first win! Radley Good Friday Tri – 25...

Di & I were hosting a Super Academies Camp for 27 athletes from four Regional...

Here is what Graham was up to in January: On 1 January I did the Broadstone Quarter Marathon...

On 6 December I did the MTB race in Blandford.  It was a dry(ish) day & not...

On 8 November it was another Training Day consisting of a run session & a...

Gra wasn’t feeling the love for this race. My race report will be very short...

Myself & Coach 2 have been waiting for this 2 week break away to France...

I decided to have a quick blast before heading off to France for a two...

Someone went and put a race in the middle of my holiday… Due to various...

Usually the Big Cow events are held in Emberton Park but this race was being...

I had been looking forward to this race for a long time.  In fact it...

This race was going to be my first A race of the season. It is a...

This was going to be my first proper test at the iconic Ringwood Tri (not...

This was my second race of the season, but the first triathlon of the season. ...

This was going to be my first race for 2015 & six months after my...

Sharing the Vision – Project 500 Workshop The workshop was to promote the Project 500...

This was another race that seemed like a good idea when we entered it, after...

What a way to start 2015 – New Years Day Tri, Edinburgh  This race taught me...

Sunday 21st December 2014 saw the last training session of the year and it was...

Gra has been getting down & dirty – here is a quick round up of...

The wheelchair race was won by another local boy, Daniel Cook of Poole cruising home...

This was going to be my last tri of the season – usually we go...

Graham was after another GBR vest. This would be my second A Race of the...

This was Matt’s “A” race of the season In 2014 the only races I had...

Matt was using  this as a build up into his main race of Ironman Wales:...

Looking to take it to the next level? Because I am! As part of my...

Graham went off road as Nikki looked skywards. I entered this race in February as...

Dan went back to Liverpool for the National Championships. A change in course meant a...

Dave always wanted to race on each continent, here is his latest challenge. It has...

Whilst the coaches were up at the Commonwealth Games in Glasgow, Graham was still out...

Four years ago prior to Ironman Germany Tim dropped a chest of drawers on his...

Still waiting for Lou’s race reports…may be some time! However, looks like Lou has had...

The coaches got a chance to get put to play; here is Di & my...

  I qualified for this race last September so it has been a long wait...

  Great to hear about Dave Pratten smashing the field and winning his age group....

Graham became a Diva… My week running up to this race wasn’t the best.  My...

You can tell the season is in full flow as everyone is getting busier.  ...

Di was checking out what may be the next stage in our continued professional development...

Dan went one better than his bronze at the National Paraduathlon Championships by taking second...

Stunning results by the GBR Paratriathlon team in Yokohama. ITU now shows the following results:...

  Day two of Graham’s monster weekend:   My plan was to do a two...

Day 1 of Graham’s big weekend of racing. This would be my first tri of...

Some of the athletes have been out taking on single discipline athletes, with both Graham...

Been a busy few weeks – just as the athletes have been getting on with...

Dan was out at the first major para race of the GBR calendar at the...

The Mad March Triathlon gave a couple of the Clayesmore Triathlon Squad a chance to...

Been a busy start to the year. As well as all the coaching & coach...

Graham went out to get down & dirty. After having done one of these races...

Happy New Year to all. 2014 is looking like it’s going to be an exciting...

Having not “raced” in any way, shape or form for almost two years I decided...

While the athletes have been getting back into training, the coaching staff have been continuing...

Sunday 6th October 2013 will see Synergie Coaching starting their regular coaching days at Clayesmore...

After my race at Cambridge the previous week, I believed in my own mind that...

Graham was out racing this one.   This was my 2nd “A” Race of the...

Simon Ward hosted this webinar which gave some great advice on how to research and...

  Having spent most of June chasing 2013 World Triathlon Championships qualification, the month of...

The coaches have been getting out & about talking to supporters for the team and...

  Great news for all the Synergie Coaching athletes as we are really “chuffed” to...

Synergie Coaching are pleased to announce that from September 2013 they will be establishing two...

At about 9am I entered the 8 mile circuit at Buckingham Palace and already lots...

  Di’s day out in Surrey Having completed a Fundamentals Mountain bike course a couple...

Graham managed to take time out from his busy schedule to complete his race write...

Given the recent revelations about Jamaican & American sprinters returning adverse findings and the doping...

Dave used to always use Pete Meteau as a fall guy when anything went awry,...

Graham was still on the road… Seven days after the Dambuster Tri we have now...

This was a webinar facilitated by David Longford from World Sports Law Reports and the...

Graham was experiencing the life on an international triathlete.  We arrived back from Turkey in...

Due to the fact that paratriathlon makes it debut at the 2016 Paralympic Games in...

Graham grabbed another GB vest. I qualified for this event 12 August 2012 & have...

Dave was racing at the National Champs This was my second middle distance race of...

This was stage one of my two year plan which started in September 2011 when...

This was my first triathlon of the year and was originally scheduled at the beginning...

As part of his build up to a pretty crazy month’s worth of racing in...

Whilst I was helping out at the Leonard Cheshire Tri Together training day at Crystal...

Whilst Dave had the sun of Lanzarote – Graham had the weather of Ringwood. Hooray,...

I signed up for this race because we were on holiday  in Lanzarote when it...

Historically Easter Weekend is when some of the Dorset based athletes used to get into...

Graham decided to mix it up a bit and rather than do a 10km run,...

Graham was out at another 10km run. A new one on the race diary as...

Looks like “Coach Nikki” is making sure that Graham keeps his focus… It was so...

Both coaches attended the 2nd Science & Triathlon Conference held at the Swiss Olympic Centre...

Graham had a pleasant day with the runners. Woke up this morning pleased to find...

Graham likes this local race and once again went out for a blast. First of...

Whilst Graham was out running around Broadstone, Di and I headed across to Poole to...

On 8 November it was another Training Day consisting of a run session & a...