Steve Trew explains why sometimes knowing nothing is better than knowing not a lot. Some time ago, I was sitting in on a prospective coach practical assessment for middle-distance running. The gentleman concerned already had a strong coaching background, but…
True champions use the race conditions to their advantage, says Steve Trew. "Smart people use oppressive conditions as a help rather than a hindrance" (Illustration: Peter Greenwood) General belief has it that when one of the greats in world middle-distance…
Push yourself harder than ever before, says Steve Trew, and you may find you have ‘sisu’. We used to call him “God”. We being the middle-distance squad of Enfield Harriers in the early 1970s, and God being one of our…
A little dreaming can help you match the times of star athletes, says Triathlon Plus and triradar.com contributor Steve Trew. Dreaming of better peformance can help make it a reality Haile Gebrselassie does a session of mile repeats in 4mins…
Triathlon Plus/TriRadar columnist Steve Trew pinpoints the moment he ditched cake and beer for an athlete’s mentality. It’s a January evening down at the track. “Why do you run, Steve?” Who’s asking me? Stuart Storey. Fellow club member but most…
Triathlon Plus/TriRadar columnist Steve Trew asks why one triathlete’s achievement is another triathlete’s failure. Back in ’85, I ran the London Marathon and also the Malta Marathon. The times for both were remarkably similar – around 2 hours 53 minutes.…
Triathlon Plus/TriRadar columnist Steve Trew surveys the toll of triathlon on his body and finds it was all worthwhile. Add up this sum; one broken wrist, plus three stress fractures (all on the right leg), plus one broken finger, plus…
Triathlon Plus/TriRadar columnist Phil Graves proves a tumble on the Tarmac happens to the best of us. People say it’s just a case of when, not if, when it comes to bike crashes, and I’ve had my fair share of…
Time for the quiet life? Is it heck – Steve Trew looks at the crazy compulsion of triathlon’s world of pain. Back in the days when I was a runner, it was 11:30pm on a Sunday and I’d just got…