Information system and method

A computer-based method of conditioning and/or training a participant for a sporting event is disclosed which includes storing in the computer desired performance data for a desired performance level in the sporting event; storing in the computer event data which is related to the sporting event; storing in the computer participant data which is related to a participant in the sporting event; developing from the stored data a conditioning and/or training schedule for the participant for the event, the schedule including a plurality of conditioning and/or training events; causing a participant to carry out the conditioning and/or training events; monitoring the participant's performance when carrying out the conditioning and/or training events, deriving training performance data relating thereto, and transmitting the training performance data to the computer; monitoring training event data relating to the conditioning and/or training events when being carried out by the participant and transmitting the training event data to the computer, and modifying the conditioning and/or training schedule and the plurality of conditioning and/or training events in response to the training performance data and training event data.