Jon Ackland
Exercise Scientist • High Performance Consultant • Endurance Coach
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Tell me what you’re aiming for, what matters most, and what feels unclear.
WHO IS THIS FOR
This is your first serious attempt, your second, or you feel a bit stuck.
You want to do it properly this time — with better structure, better judgement, and less wasted effort.
You want expert guidance that builds confidence and assurance.
Not more noise, not more random sessions, and not another generic plan that leaves you second-guessing what matters most.
You want more from the experience than another medal or T shirt.
You want the medal too — but also the clarity, confidence, capability, and personal shift that can come from serious preparation done well.
THE DIFFERENCE
Built around you
This is not a generic plan. It begins with your reality — your work, recovery capacity, physiology, age, and the challenge that matters most.
Built for performance
Decades of elite-level training and coaching experience are carefully adapted to your life, making your training more effective and your goal more achievable.
AUTHORITY
Jon Ackland is an exercise scientist, high-performance consultant, endurance coach, and founder and former owner of Performance Lab.
His work draws on more than 30 years across endurance, performance, and applied sport science — supporting more than 2000 athletes, from first-time endurance competitors through to world champions.
30+
Years working across endurance, performance, and applied sport science
2000+
Athletes supported from beginner to elite, across ambitious goals
Proven Methods
Published training and sport science methods, including multi-edition titles published internationally and applied across Ironman, Coast to Coast, cycling, marathon, and elite endurance preparation
Learn · Adapt · Perform
THE PATHWAY
Effective endurance preparation is not about doing more for the sake of more.
It is about understanding what matters, doing the right work at the right time, and adapting intelligently as training unfolds.
That means SMART TRAINING — getting more return from the time, energy, and effort you have available.
Understand the path
Build clear structure around your goal, body, history, time, and current capability.
Adapt the system
Adjust the programme as training, fatigue, recovery, life, and confidence change.
Own the process
Become more capable, more informed, and more confident in the decisions that shape your preparation.
CONTACT
Every engagement starts with a conversation.
Tell me what you’re aiming for, what matters most, and where things feel unclear.
Get in touch →
Tell me what you’re aiming for, what matters most, and where things feel unclear.