In summer 2004, more than 20 forum members pledged to take on Ironman Switzerland in July 2005 - that's a 2.4-mile swim, 112-mile cycle and 26.2-mile run. Many of them - including Jellybabe - were complete triathlon newbies at the time... Here

for voting!Most likely to cheer you up on a grim dayLet's face it, there are lots of grim days out there. So special mentions to...... 1/2 M girl, AlanD, Any of the regulars on the Scottish Runners thread, Anyone on Porkers thread, Badger, Barnsleyrunner

Ratbag at the Bala Tri in June 2005In summer 2004, more than 20 forum members pledged to take on Ironman Switzerland in July 2005 - that's a 2.4-mile swim, 112-mile cycle and 26.2-mile run. Many of them - including Ratbag - were complete triathlon

When we posed our Reader To Reader question about running and pregnancy, we were particularly impressed by the detailed and well-informed answer from RW forum member Minks. Here's her answer in full."I recently found out that I'm pregnant, and have

the magic 100 mark in 2003, and has been dispensing advice and her own training schedules through her hugely popular forum thread, Shades Marathon Training since 2005.grecian 2000 has notched up 110 marathons so far, and lists his favourite races on his

yourself."A 10.5-mile swim covering the length of Lake Windermere and a 12-hour split-session (six hours on Saturday and another six on Sunday) in training definitely helped her prepare both physically and psychologically, though Dr Nic is quick to downplay

RW's former production assistant Cath Perry is a self-confessed athletics nut. She'll be offering up an unofficial crowd's eye view on the forum though the week. Here's her first instalment - Monday 23rd, the day after the women's marathon... "She

100 miles and raised more than £500; by 6.30pm the pot was up to £950, and an hour later, members had covered 400 miles. By the end of Thursday, the count was 555 miles - and at the time of writing, on Monday morning, £1,120 has been raised. In Liz

year took me from retching after half a mile to a sub-2:00 half-marathon. I wanted more. The RW forum sowed the seeds of this madcap tri adventure. I bought a new bike, a £10 Aldi tri suit and put in a few weeks of training before turning up for a

, with little traffic, and we arrive in Reading just before 10am, and heave to in a car park next to Reading Rowing Club on the Thames. As we walk into a very sunny but chilly car park there's an explosion of greetings from all these strange people with even