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22 articles written by Dougal Allan

Performance

How do you execute the perfect pre-race taper?

Dougal Allan shares his hard-won experience to help you refine your taper, so you're fresh for race day...

4 MINUTE READ
Nutrition

The art of carb loading for endurance athletes

Pro athlete Dougal Allan shares his experiences of trial and error to nail the perfect pre-race carb load...

4 MINUTE READ
Performance

Active vs. passive heat training: which is best?

Pro endurance athlete, Dougal Allan, details his approach towards active and passive heat training when preparing for races in hot conditions...

5 MINUTE READ
Nutrition

How a pro athlete strategically uses caffeine

Dougal Allan explains how trial and error helped him develop a more strategic approach to using caffeine during training and races.

5 MINUTE READ
Nutrition

The art of gut training: plan, prepare and execute

Pro endurance athlete Dougal Allan shares an insight into how he trains his gut to be able to tolerate more carb on race day.

4 MINUTE READ
Performance

How to balance your training with work, family and life

Pro athlete and endurance coach, Dougal Allan, explains how to balance your training, work, family and social time effectively...

6 MINUTE READ
Performance

Lessons from failure: "You either win or you learn"

Pro athlete Dougal Allan shares the lessons he learned from failure during his journey from multi-sport endurance athlete to Emirates Team New Zealand 'cyclor'...

8 MINUTE READ
Performance

Another brick in the wall: How to maintain training consistency

Endurance athlete and coach Dougal Allan outlines the importance of consistency when it comes to training for a goal event...

6 MINUTE READ
Performance

How to be a successful teammate in sport, work and life

Endurance athlete Dougal Allan shares the experiences that have helped him transition from life as an individual IRONMAN athlete to being part of successful racing teams...

7 MINUTE READ
Performance

What makes the perfect training partner?

Pro endurance athlete Dougal Allan identifies the 5 qualities that you should look for in a training partner...

7 MINUTE READ
Performance

Road to recovery: lessons from a pro athlete's concussion

Pro athlete Dougal Allan shares his experience of recovering from a concussion to highlight the challenges that endurance athletes face...

7 MINUTE READ
Performance

Why the timing of your training is more important than the session

The difference between a sub-par performance and success on race day can often be the timing of each training session within the context of your overall life...

7 MINUTE READ
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