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It has been busy at Slek since June, with two new features that change quite a lot: training squads and a graphical builder for guided workouts. Until now Slek offered individual coaching: one coach, one athlete, complete monitoring. That is perfect for personal support, but far too much for a club that simply wants to send Tuesday night's workout to its members […]
Distance, kit, an 8-week training plan, transitions: follow this step-by-step guide to prepare your first triathlon calmly and avoid the beginner's mistakes.
Struggling to combine sport and a demanding job? Follow this guide to fit endurance training into a packed schedule, with simple steps.
Planning your return after a break is rarely as simple as it looks. After a holiday, an injury, a dip in motivation or a forced pause, we usually want to get back quickly and find our feel again. That is exactly when the mistakes pile up: restarting for good needs a clear, gradual, realistic frame. […]
Once you are coaching 30 athletes, it is no longer only a question of technical skill. It is a question of organisation, of mental load, and of your ability to keep the follow-up genuinely useful for each of them. Plenty of endurance coaches hit the same friction point: messages arrive from everywhere, plans pile up, and every […]
Planning your triathlon season is not just about filling a calendar with workouts and race numbers. It is about organising your progress so you arrive in shape at the right moment, without exhausting yourself or spreading yourself thin. Think the season through in advance and you gain clarity, your training makes more sense and you reduce […]
As you know, Slek changes almost daily, so we are not going to write a post every time. We do try to put together a regular summary, though, so you can see the improvements you might have walked straight past. 📆 A calendar that adapts to what you are looking for. If you use Slek on […]
Keeping a training log is no longer just the reflex of a methodical athlete. In 2026 it has become a real lever for progress, as useful to the self-coached athlete as to the coach who wants to steer load, recovery and consistency more finely. When you write down what you do, how you feel and what changes over time […]
Motivation on its own is not enough to keep improving. In sport, plenty of people set themselves vague intentions and then lose heart for want of anything concrete to hold on to. That is exactly where SMART sports goals make a difference. The method turns a general wish into a clear, measurable and realistic plan of action. Self-coached athlete or […]
Balancing work, family and endurance sport can feel like an impossible puzzle. Between busy working days, family life, fatigue and the unexpected, plenty of athletes feel they are always sacrificing something. Yet that balance is no myth if you set a realistic, flexible and sustainable frame. With better organisation […]
Coaching athletes is not just about supervising training. It also means planning individual workouts, analysing performance in detail and handling demanding logistics. Slek is there to take all of that off your hands.
Triathlon is about as complete a sport as you can find, and about as demanding. Between swimming, cycling and running you have to juggle the training and manage the recovery. That is where a planning and analysis app earns its place, as a real asset in your preparation and your training records. Slek is the app you […]
