by heymacu | Jul 2, 2020 | Uncategorized
My favourite pastime as a young skater was watching Worlds videos. Before there was Youtube and live streaming, we had to patiently wait for the Worlds DVDs to physically arrive in NZ soil before we could watch the competition. And once they were here, I would spend...
by heymacu | Jun 8, 2020 | Uncategorized
Short answer: yes. It was always cool and always will be and you’re late to the party if you’re only discovering skating now. Blog post over, bye! Ok just kidding… If your algorithm is not showing you any skating accounts, we need to fix that immediately. It...
by heymacu | Jan 16, 2018 | Uncategorized
As long as I can remember, all I’ve ever wanted to do was to compete at the World Championships. That was THE goal. My dream came true in 2011. I represented New Zealand for the first time at just 17 years old. I remember standing at the marshalling area with my coach...
by Macarena Carrascosa | Nov 16, 2017 | Uncategorized
Hello! This blog post is the 4th instalment in our Periodisation series where we’re talking about how to plan out your year to suit your training schedule. We’ve covered how to set up your year here and already talked about the off seaon (or the R season) and the...
by Macarena Carrascosa | Nov 9, 2017 | Uncategorized
Hello, As promised, I’m back with the third instalment of the periodisation series. If you’ve missed the first 2 posts, you can find out more about periodisation and how to set your plan up here and more about the first phase of training here. Today we are moving on...
by Macarena Carrascosa | Oct 25, 2017 | Mental Training, Off-skate, Planning, Pre-Competition, Training, Uncategorized
Rare photo of me actually relaxing in Noosa, Queensland. It didn’t last long. Hi! We’re gonna keep going with the theme of planning out your training year today. If you missed the first post about this, please read here before getting into this post....
