Sebastien Locteau

So you ran the first two weeks of the program and you felt fine ? The emails we received were very positive with people who never run that much and felt comfortable. We did the same at the training Centre for the last two weeks and we had great fun....... well before our Ice Bucket challenge (video below) We are nominated all the runireland.com readers to post or link on runireland facebook page and text MND to 50300 ! Sebastien and Alicia Locteau in Athlone indoor track 2017 Week 3 will be a bit more difficult and with  week 4 to follow and easier on your body and you should feel comfortable that week which will show you how comfortable you are compare to the first week when you started. Week 3 Schedule  : Monday :  6.5 km (focus on long strides, good foot landing, body posture)  Tuesday:  6km (focus on head position, imagine someone is pulling your hair up) Wednesday :  8km run followed by 10km bike and 2km run (have a...

I am so proud of my athletes this year !  Barbara Sanchez 41st at European Championship this week, Sarah Kelly and Niamh Kilgallen at British Championship and European Junior swimming championship, Tom Hogan at the European Mountain Running Championship, Dena Hogan at the European Triathlon Age group Championship and all the athletes I train weekly, you really make me a proud coach. You do the work, I am just "painting" the session on the board. So what about that 5km training ? This week I will share a few simple session to start running a good 5km with a good and simple physical base Believe it or not I use this with any runners as a starting point. So I know they all start at the same point Schedule  : Monday :  4.5km (focus on long strides, good foot landing, body posture)  Tuesday:  6.5km (focus on head position, imagine someone is pulling your hair up) Wednesday :  3.5km run followed by 15km bike and 2km run (have a blast ...

16 Years ago, I came to Ireland to coach full time, living my professional triathlete career behind. I have been running from young age and my dad was a very decent 5 and 10km runner.  My passion for coaching swimming and been a triathlete brought my expertise to coach International level in 3 different sports. Next week Barbara Sanchez in Zuric for the European marathon championship, Tom Hogan is coming back from the European Mountain running championship to Niamh Kilgallen at the European Junior swimming Championship and Youth Olympics, Ironman athletes and European Triathlon championship makes me believe I have to do something right somewhere. Tom Hogan running for Ireland in mountain Marathon championship I don't coach a lot of athletes, and not just the good ones, but the ones who have a drive to succeed. It happens I refused to train some athletes, too hard on themselves,too negative and not ready to follow a program or take responsibility for their perf...

My life as a full time coach........ From the Division 1 and 2 National Championships to the Youth Olympics Festival and European Junior Championship and finishing with the British Age Group championship with mixed results in swimming most people would think it would be enough for one man. Young Talented Athletes from Claremorris swimming club and their Head coach Sebastien Locteau But my drive to succeed as a sportsman brought me to open the Sports Ireland training centre "phase 1". Not just a gym but a proper training facility with Richard Feeney to bring one of the first custom gyms where people are like athletes and reviewed on a regular basis. We basically focus on why they join and what are their short term and long term goal with monitoring and follow up. The centre also offer cross fit training, boot camps, slash hammer, tractor tyres, boxing, martial arts, dance classes, usual Pilates, yoga, capoeira  etc….. with physio, chiro, acupuncture and massa...

2012 Olympic games Qualifier Barbara Sanchez Results seems to look good from my side as a coach, Barbara running 2.37 Marathon, James 3rd In limerick Marathon, Swimming National Championship top nartional performances and last weekend the Been one of the Irish Coach for the celtic tri nation in Scotland with the Irish swim team was great. Niamh Kilgallen in action (Sportsfile picture for swim Ireland press release) Realistically results are still not what i am looking for as a coach, there is lots of international coach doing the same, I need to step up myself ! - Celtic tri Nation International swim meet : Sarah Kelly (Ireland) : 200Fly 2.19 & Niamh Kilgallen (Ireland) 50 Breaststroke 34.79 4th, 100 Breaststroke 3rd, 200 Breaststroke 3rd, Medley Relay 2nd. - Sebastien Locteau Swim Coach for Ireland Celtic Tri Nation 2013 -Prague Marathon Barbara Sanchez 11th Female 2h42min05 - Limerick Marathon James Doran 3rd 2h44min08 - Rotterdam Marathon 9th Female, Barb...

Two athletes coached by Performance Coach Sebastien Locteau will represent Ireland at the CELTIC TRI-NATIONS CHAMPIONSHIP Friday 10th Saturday 11th & Sunday 12th May 2013 .  The two Girls will swim part of the Irish senior Team. Sarah kelly from Comans Swimming Club will swim the 200Fly and Niamh Kilgallen from Claremorris swimming club will swim the 200m Breaststroke.  Sarah Kelly brought a silver medal last year for Ireland and after her 8th place at the European Junior Long Course Championship and 12th at The European Senior short course Championship is expected to perform at the meet. Swimming between 52 to 58 000m a week her coach as been pushing her to step up this year. Her coach said "She has the perfect parent as an athlete. Collette her mother brings her everywhere, support her without been pushy and has a major role in her preparation. The key of her success is trust, honesty and great communication".  Niamh Kilgallen who will repr...

Coaching in the last few weeks has been amazing but the cherry on top of the cake happened in one day! 1 European Junior & 1 European Youth Olympic qualification achieved in Limerick, 15miler won in Cork & 5th place in Seville Marathon. Finally being nominated as one of the High Performance Coaches of the Year really made that weekend exceptional.  Those 4 people from 4 different clubs, some from different sports are certainly some of the most talented athletes I have been working with. I have been asked many times by Performance Directors who coached Olympic Medallist and world champion like Chris Jones or Peter Banks to consider specialising. I have been thinking about it over the years and remember Steve Trew support in my career. His autograph on his book says “from here to the stars” and always thought if he believed in me like my athletes do and did, I have something in me which can help me to succeed. One of my weaknesses as I have been told many ...

The last few years have been very interesting. Not many people can say they do a job they love.  My job is a lifestyle, not something you leave behind you when you go home. Many can argue it’s not healthy but if I had a normal 9 to 5 job, I would probably go coaching anyway after work. The last few years have been great and looking at 2011 and 2012 back now it is time to sit down and review what happened, where are we going from there and how realistic my expectations are. I hear people saying I have been lucky with my coaching career, I used to believe them . The truth now that I am older is that there is no way I could have been lucky for 14 years with international results in 3 different sports. I replied sometimes, if I am so lucky I definitely should keep going as luck is part of the game. I am not the most talented coach around, but I am for sure one of the hardest worker and that’s good enough to motivate my athletes and keep them on their toes. Yes som...

Sheffield, England When I came back from Belgium, I went straight to the Irish National Age groups and flew straight away to the British swimming Youth and Age groups championships. As it was in Belgium at the European Juniors swim champs, I had a very small break between sessions and decided to write another small piece during my traveling as I received quite a large and positive feedback from my last article. To introduce Sheffield, it is an old industrial City, Associated with steel since the 1740’s it kept its renown for steel production and coal mine for longer than most industrial cities expanding over two centuries. After a tough 70’s and 80’s the City was revived in the 90’s after a revamp of the cities, roads, infrastructure and house schemes. A compact town, old with new buildings, marina, train, tram.... The town very compact and my runs through it was quite difficult but after a few days of trying different path it got really interesting and...

Sebastien Locteau in Antwerp, Belgium From the 1st to the 8th of July I went with the Irish Junior team and two other coaches to Antwerpen in Belgium to the European Junior Swimming Championship. The results were amazing for Ireland , you can read them on the Swim Ireland website. I took this opportunity to do a few runs through the city, and really enjoyed it. So here we go, an Athenry AC runner in Belgium ! Coaching in a swimming pool is about 32 degree in a hot atmosphere from 6.30am to 7pm in the evening can be quite exausting. Lucky enough I had a few hours of a break between the morning sessions and the semi or Finals in the evening. 2012 Irish Junior swim team,  picture Swim Ireland We stayed in a hotel just opposite to the Antwerp Olympic pool, in which Graine Murphy's coach Ronald Claes who is now in Limerick, was coaching . High performance Director Peter Banks, Kilkenny Head coach John Duffy (Shanni Stallard coach) and Dublin High Performance ...