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Is poor sleep sabotaging your performance? The importance of sleep for athletes – and how to improve yours

Doing all the right things in training but struggling to recover properly, or see results? Sleep could be the culprit! Find out how your sleep regime could be impacting your performance, and get some tips to help you improve your sleep.

By Jenny Lucas-Hill

Content Director

Last updated -

16 Jul 2025

Eat, train, work, repeat. Sound familiar? For many age group triathletes, when it comes to improving our performance we’ll focus mainly on the training we’re doing, the nutrition we’re taking on board...

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Jenny Lucas-Hill

Jenny Lucas-Hill was Content Director at TRI247 until Sept 2025. A five-time Ironman finisher, she's also a qualified personal trainer and sports massage therapist.

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