Audio (4:30 min) and text interview: 2008 Olympic Champion Anna Tunnicliffe was smaller and lighter than most of her competitors in the Laser Radial Olympic fleet, but she makes up for lack of stature with phenomenal fitness. Here she talks about some of her on-the-water training drills, including the Pyramid of Pain (our words, not hers, but once you've heard it you might agree)...
Coach to Tom Slingsby, Michael Blackburn is a great sailor in his own right. Blackburn has won an Olympic bronze medal in the Laser, and won the Laser World Championships aged 35. Even as he approaches middle age, Aussie is as fit as a butcher's dog, and a good man to ask about how to hike the Laser...
After five years of Tornado campaigning, Carolijn Brouwer is back in the Laser Radial. She won the Radial Worlds twice, but that was a long time ago and she's struggling to get her 'hiking legs' back. Here she talks about getting back to hiking fitness and the importance of core strength training for injury prevention and being able to sit out as long and hard as possible...