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Coach Tim Brazier Endurance Coach at Cartel Coaching

13/10/2026

A good decision today beats a great decision in two weeks.

Em’s ankle has been a big topic for us lately. Race or don’t race. Push through or pull back. Every day the answer changed, and every day she rode that roller coaster all over again. That’s the part people underestimate. The indecision itself is exhausting. It takes up space in your head that should be going into recovery, sleep and getting ready to perform.

Most of the time you won’t have perfect information. Waiting for it usually just means carrying the stress for longer. Make the call with what you know, commit to it, and adjust if you need to. That’s a far better place to train and race from.

In this episode we also cover everything Port Macquarie. If you’re heading there for Ironman Australia, have a listen before race week. Link in bio.

I’ve been informed (by Emma | Triathlon + Bikes + Life ) that my efforts at documenting my ankle recovery have been… und...
02/10/2026

I’ve been informed (by Emma | Triathlon + Bikes + Life ) that my efforts at documenting my ankle recovery have been… underwhelming. A solid 3 out of 10 for content, apparently.

So consider this my redemption post

Weeks one to six were ergs. Then more ergs. Then, for something different, ergs.

Not exciting. Not worth a post at the time. But that’s the point. Recovery from an injury like this isn’t one big session that turns it around. It’s turning up and doing the boring work, day after day, when nobody’s watching and there’s nothing to show for it yet.

From there it was slowly layering in ankle mobility, then stability work. Bands, single leg work, patience. Lots of patience.
And then… the ski fields 🎿

Before anyone panics, it was in a locked boot. The boot holds the ankle and foot rigid, so there’s no rolling, no twisting, no load going where it shouldn’t. And the doc was all good with it.

Because rehab matters. But so does living. You can respect an injury and still find a way to get out there and enjoy yourself.

The boring work is what earned me that day. Stack it consistently and the good days come back. 💪

23/09/2026

Most of the swim work I see people doing is about propulsion. Better catch, stronger pull, more power. All useful. But it’s the second thing, not the first.

If your hips are dropping, you’re swimming uphill. You’re dragging a shape through the water that doesn’t want to go through it, and every bit of power you add is just going into overcoming yourself.

Long body line. Tall neck. Head in the right spot. Hips up.

Get that and you go faster while doing less. It’s not a trick, it’s just physics. The quickest swimmers in the pool usually aren’t the strongest. They’re the ones taking up the least space in the water.

Sort the position. Then add the power.

This is the stuff we pull apart properly inside our coaching community on Skool. We’ve also got a few spots left at camp if you want hands on with it. Or just listen to the podcast, that one’s open to everyone.

22/09/2026

Whether it’s your first triathlon or you’re chasing your fastest one yet, this camp is built for you.

Think of it as the best long weekend of your tri year. Four days of proper coaching, great training and even better people. We’re running two levels, Beginner and Intermediate, so you’ll be training with athletes at your stage and getting the attention you need to actually improve.

What’s included:
🏊‍♀️ Proper swim analysis
🌊 Open water swim sessions
🏃‍♀️ Run drills and technique analysis
🚴‍♀️ Coached sessions with the Cartel team
🤝 A crew of like minded athletes (and plenty of laughs)

Come on your own or bring your mates. Either way, you’ll leave fitter, more confident and with a whole new tri family.

📅 12 to 16 November
Spots are limited, so don’t wait on this one.

Link in bio or DM us to lock in your spot 👊

04/09/2026

Most triathletes treat running as the sport you don’t have to learn.

We spend hours on swims drills. We look at every minute detail of our bikes, our fit and aerodynamics. Then we lace up and assume the running looks after itself.

It doesn’t.

Running is a biomechanical skill, and skills need rehearsal. Nobody produces a stride at hour four of an Ironman that they’ve never produced fresh.

That’s what drills are. Not a warm up ritual, rehearsal. You teach the body how to hold posture and meet the ground until it happens without thinking. Then when the thinking goes, and it will, the movement stays.

Skip it and you pay twice. In efficiency, and in your body.

Whether you come in through our community on Skool or work with us one on one, the methodology doesn’t change. We get you running with mechanics that hold up when it counts.

Come and have a look.

Early July I was in the snow. Ten days later I broke my foot in two places walking the dog.No fall worth retelling. Just...
21/08/2026

Early July I was in the snow. Ten days later I broke my foot in two places walking the dog.

No fall worth retelling. Just an awkward step and two fractures.

The timing couldn’t have been worse. Ski season just getting started, work trips, kids life…

Four weeks in, what’s struck me most is how fast the calf goes. I’ve told athletes that a hundred times. Watching it on my own leg is different.

So: seated ski erg most days. Leg curls, leg extensions. Single leg calf raises on the right side, because there’s a small strength transfer to the injured side even when you can’t load it. Upper body to hold onto something. And as soon as I was allowed, moving the foot up and down to keep the ankle’s range and stop the joint seizing up.

None of it’s exciting. That’s kind of the point.

We work with a lot of athletes rebuilding from lower leg injuries, and the pattern’s always the same.

People either sit still and lose everything, or rush it and go backwards.

I’m going to take you through the rehab properly. Every stage, what I’m doing, what I’m not doing yet, and why.

If you’re rebuilding something too, come along.

17/08/2026

Do you choose the hills or do you avoid them?

Most runners route around them. Fair enough, they hurt. But a hill asks more of you than flat ground ever will. It loads the calves and the glutes, it lifts the heart rate without you having to chase pace, and it stresses the whole system in a way that’s honest. You can’t fake a hill.

A few things worth holding onto on the way up:

Stay tall. The moment you fold at the waist you shut your hips down and leave your calves to do all the work.

Drive the arms. Your legs follow your arms more than most people realise.

Shorten the stride, lift the cadence. Let the gradient set the effort, not the watch.

Eyes up the hill, not down at your feet.

The best part is what it gives back once you’re on the flat again. Strength you didn’t have before, and the confidence that when the course goes up, you go with it.

Cartel Coaching we lean into them.

Special thanks to our non paid actor and resident ex pro, Callum Millward

14/08/2026

If you train with us, you’ll be in the gym.

No apologies for that one. Strength and plyometric work is programmed into your week from your base phase all the way through to race specific blocks. Not as an extra. As part of the plan.

You’re not going to get bulky. That’s not what we’re training for. We’re training for durability, because durable athletes spend less time on the sideline and more time actually enjoying the sport they signed up for.

I coach athletes at every level. People brand new to the sport, people who took up triathlon for their health, right through to athletes racing at Olympic level. The principles don’t change. Strength and durability matter the same amount regardless of where you’re starting.

Come see how we do it.

11/08/2026

One of the most common things we see is an athlete who understands the plan completely. They know the intent. They know why the easy run is easy.

And then there’s a little voice sitting on their shoulder, and his name is Strava.

So the run goes a bit faster than it should. Or a bit longer, because 9.4km looks untidy and 10 looks better. None of it feels like a big deal in the moment. That’s the problem. It’s never one session. It’s the compounding of dozens of small deviations over a block, and by the time it shows up you’re not sure why you’re flat, or sore, or why race day didn’t reflect the work you put in.

The number you rounded up wasn’t the point of the session. The intent was.

We get into this properly on the latest episode, which is all about running injuries 🩼

And if you want the longer version of this conversation, we have it live every week with our athletes inside our Skool community every week.

Come and join us.





Five mistakes I see in adult onset swimmers. I am not telling you this to make you feel bad about your swimming. I am te...
13/07/2026

Five mistakes I see in adult onset swimmers. I am not telling you this to make you feel bad about your swimming. I am telling you because every one of them is fixable, and most of you are one honest conversation away from a better stroke.

You swim at survival pace and wonder why you have no speed. You reach for the fins the moment it gets hard. You clip the watch on and let a number run the session. None of that makes you a poor swimmer. It just means the work has been dodged, not done.

So here is what I ask of you. Turn up to think. Put the toys down and let the swim be honest, even when it is slow. Get a real hold of the water out front and pull yourself past your hand. Take the watch off once in a while and feel how you are actually moving. That is where the swimming lives.

I will not make your sets boring, and I will not let you hide. If you are ready to stop grinding out lengths and start swimming with intent, come and do the work with us.
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