Endurance Edge Personal Training

14/10/2026

Don’t let being a Masters athlete make you take life too seriously, there is way more important stuff in life😀

12/10/2026

Feeling so privileged to race in the World Gravel Championships!

11/10/2026

10/10/2026

A couple of my young Endurance Edge clients out there giving riders and myself some encouragement!😂

10/10/2026

BEFORE AND AFTER!

What an absolute epic UCI World Gravel Championships!

With the worlds best gravel riders toughing it out in horrendously sloppy muddy trails, it was one of the hardest (but best) gravel races I’ve competed in🤪

Pretty happy with my ride, finishing 39th in the 55-59 age category against some of the fastest gravel riders I’ve raced against.

No mishaps or mechanicals and I feel that I definitely gave it my all… so pretty content😀

Big thanks to good mate Troy Wainwright for the massive effort he’s put in, not only in providing accommodation and great times in his new home in Busselton, but handing out drinks at feed zones.

The bike will be put away for a little bit now while my awesome wife and I go for a little holiday!

09/10/2026

Less than 24 hours away😀

03/10/2026

Last long gravel hit out before next Saturday’s World Gravel Championships this morning with these awesome fellas on a superb day👌
101km with a few efforts 👌😀

25/09/2026

Two weeks tomorrow!
UCI World Gravel Championships 🤪

20/09/2026

THE ACCUMULATION OF LONG TERM MICRO EFFORTS AND INTUITION.

The positive adaptations of our physical as well as mental capabilities are built upon sustained, but small upward regular progressions in the most relaxed and intuitive way possible.

If intuition is ignored and we try to advance to quickly, injuries and regression will stop the upward progressions.

It’s a hard process to teach, as generally it’s a life-long learning process that takes discipline but also consistency.

It’s amazing the magic that can happen physically and mentally when we take a relaxed but consistent approach to the challenges that we strive for.
Advancing when we feel good and have a good outlook and backing off when we are tired, stressed and have uncontrollable external circumstances. This is where the discipline is needed.

As a personal trainer and coach, I’ve always said that a perfect program is the one where you have a 75 cent notepad and write down a score of 1-10 of how you feel each day (mentally and physically)
Adjust the training effort to suit the score and injuries and burnout will be much lower😀

Sometimes the athletic stubborn mindset is detrimental to performance and as athletes, do not think holistically enough…

We as humans and the rest of the planet function best when everything is in balance, not always easy to find in this fast paced world, but something that most people strive for..

But if we just add the right amounts of manageable stress when we are able, then we adjust and adapt much easier.

We then start to feel healthier, stronger, more capable and also happier.
These are the fundamentals of not only performance but of long term sustainability.

I’m a huge believer in this process and follow these principles to the utmost..

I feel much gratitude (and not being immune to anything in the future obviously🤞) at 57yo that striving for these priorities to the best of my ability has helped me to get me this far….

I am very disciplined with my consistency, but also commit to using a massive amount of intuition, learning what I need for optimal health but still producing really good performances and results.
Sometimes having to step outside ‘the normal training practices’
But with no injuries, illnesses, burnout and being a pretty happy and contented athlete for many years, it hopefully can’t all be luck…?

Numbers, watts, calories, lactate measurements there is almost so much information that many are starting to lose our INNATE natural human ability.

INTUITION.

Written by
Lance Portman.

Endurance Edge

12/09/2026

Had a nice smooth Dwellingup 100 State Marathon Mtb Championships today😀
Once again, such an amazingly organised event and super great course designed by Tony Tucknott👌
Big thanks to all of the organisers, volunteers and spectators 👏😀👍🏻