in the World and European Junior Championships, 2008Michelle Dillon, Two-time Olympian and 2007 London Triathlon winner Richard Hobson, Five-time British Middle Distance Champion and triathlete coach at www.triliving.co.ukSteve Trew, BBC triathlon commentator

rest."It can be hard for triathletes to truly switch off when the seasons ends. "Age-group triathletes generally are very obsessive; they tend to be successful, highly motivated individuals, which means they struggle to take time off," says Freedman

, and that's something I really care about."To develop mental resilience, Ben Bright suggests occasionally attempting a training set you've never achieved before, such as 15 x 100m front-crawl intervals with 10 seconds' less rest than usual between each. "I