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Don’t Lose Your Edge: Off-Season Maintenance Plans for Aquabike Athletes

2024-11-30

As an aquabike athlete, you know the thrill of racing against the clock, the strength you feel in the water, and the freedom of cycling on open roads. But what happens when race season is over, or you’re not actively preparing for a specific event?

It’s tempting to think of the off-season as a time to step back completely, but maintaining a structured maintenance plan during this period can be a game-changer for your performance, health, and long-term success.

Here’s why every aquabike athlete should prioritize a maintenance plan, along with how my tailored plans on TrainingPeaks and Final Surge can support your goals.

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2024 Aquabike Standard Distance World Championships Torremolinos Race Preview

Aquabike World Championships Torremolinos 2024
2024-10-13

No less than 567 athletes from 30 countries all around the world have signed up for the third edition of the standard distance aquabike world championships. By the number of athletes this will be by far the biggest aquabike race in the still young history of this multisport discipline. And potentially the most chaotic one.

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Aquabike.World Training Plans feat. ChiliTri

Aquabike Training Plans
2024-10-08

I am delighted to introduce you to our new partner for the aquabike training plans you can find on Aquabike.World.

Karen Parnell from ChiliTri is a Level 3 British Triathlon and IRONMAN Certified Coach, WOWSA Level 3 open water swimming coach, 80/20 Endurance certified coach and NASM Personal Trainer and Sports Technology Writer.

Karen is currently studying for an MSc in Sports Performance Coaching at the University of Stirling.

Alongside the Aquabike.World training plans she also coaches a very small number of athletes one to one for all aquabike and triathlon distances, open water swimming events and running races.

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Finally! First British Aquabike Championships

British and English Aquabike Championships
2024-10-01

For many years British athletes were asking for it, wondering why there are national championships for all the other multisport disciplines over various distances, while aquabike – a discipline which is established for quite a while now on the British Islands -was always left behind.

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Aquabike Long Distance World Championships 2024 Townsville Race Report

2024-09-28

I know this one comes ridiculously late as we are currently working on a big update. The Long Distance Aquabike World Championships in Townsville are more than a month ago now. Nevertheless, the outstanding performances we saw downunder certainly deserve to be honoured.

The Australian winter welcomed the athletes with blue sky and warm temperatures on race day. Though the water was still cool enough to make the race wetsuit legal. It was the first World Championship outside Europe since the very first edition in 2017 which happened to be in Penticton, Canada. As not too many athletes from Europe and North America were travelling over the ocean, the race brought up some new faces on the aquabike world’s podium and certainly a few surprises.

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Aquabike Long Distance World Championships 2024 Townsville Race Preview

Multisport World Championships Townsville 2024
2024-08-21

The Multisport World Championships in Townsville, Australia are already in full swing. As always, the Long Distance Aquabike race will be the big final alongside the Triathlon. It will be the first long distance aquabike championship race outside Europe since the very first edition in 2017 in Pentincton, Canada.

Race the Reef is the slogan of the event. I’m not exactly sure if you’ll get to see some corals during the swim. But the coastal area in north-east Queensland certainly provides a worthy setting for the seventh edition of the World Triathlon Multisport Championships.

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Aquabike.World Needs Your Help!

2024-08-09

The last months have been quite busy. We have many new exciting features in our pipeline which I hope will be available for you before the end of the year. While we are still continuously working to improve Aquabike.World it´s becoming more and more difficult to maintain our little Aquabike World in the usual quality.

One reason is that I had (and still have) to deal with some health issues which not only lead to a race free season for me, but also meant that I have to step down in terms of working hours.

Besides, I can’t maintain Aquabike.World on my own. I always had one of our employees helping mostly with event updates. Although it was always clear that there was no money to be made from this project, I hoped that it would at least generate enough income to pay the employee on a permanent basis. Unfortunately, I finally have to admit to myself that it’s not going to work out like that. I cannot continue to pay an employee out of my pocket forever. That´s why I´m reaching out for some support from the awesome aquabike community to keep Aquabike.World not only up and running but also make it possible to further improve it.

In this post I will show you nine ways on how you can help with that.

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European Aquabike Chamionships 2024 Race Report

European Multisport Championships Coimbra
2024-07-04

For the 6th time aquabike athletes in Europe competed for the title of the best aquabiker of the continent. The race in Coimbra, Portugal was very well organised, but still left some space for improvements which future organizer of big aquabike races should consider.

The race started with a rolling start in the Mondego River, three hours after the triathletes started their race for the European crown. For the first time in an international championship race, aquabikers had the race course for themselves, which was highly appreciated by all competitors.

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European Aquabike Championships 2024 Race Preview

European Multisport Championships Coimbra
2024-06-17

The first races of the European Multisport Championships in Coimbra, Portugal are already done and dusted. The European Aquabike Championships will follow together with the Triathlon Championships next Saturday. Different to previous years it will not be the big final of the Multisport Week though as there are more non-championships races – including a standard distance and a full distance aquabike race – following on Sunday. And there´s another exciting premiere at this year´s European Championships. With the age group triathletes starting three hours before the aquabike athletes, aquabikers will have the full racecourse for themselves.

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