18/11/2025
.99 taking out the win at in a fantastic performance.
I spoke to his RPG coach as to what he felt helped Alex carry across what he does in training to racing which has not happened so well in previous races.
In Coach Kev's words:
"In the final six weeks before Vietnam 70.3 we did a 'racing skills workshop' of sorts - each week had a new topic we would focus on in terms of carrying his training over to his racing. The topics were 1) Race nutrition part I, 2) Racing nutrition part II, 3) Connecting training to racing, 4) Connecting racing to training, 5) Race week process orientation and 6) Pre-race sensations don't determine outcomes.
I asked Alex this morning what parts he thought were most helpful, and he reports that the two weeks where we worked on race nutrition were the most important to him - we tried a bunch of different things to figure out what worked best for him. We tested fructose vs just glucose based nutrition, less sodium, fewer carbs/hour, cyclic cluster dextrin, isotonic gels, etc. He also said parts 3 and 4 weren't as effective (connecting training to racing and vice versa). That being said in my coaching opinion, I think 5 and 6 were good for him - staying focused on the process rather than the outcome and then ignoring the pre-race sensations (like my legs are fatigued, etc., on the days before the race). I think Alex started to see how important it is to control the mind and not let thoughts of doubt start to take over and influence the race performance. "
