.I decided to enter the Great North Run in 2009 to raise funds for Alzheimer's as my Dad had it so it was very personal to me. By then he was no longer with us but I knew he would be with me then as he loved the big events, he was there when I did the London

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With the GB 400m record still firmly under his belt, Iwan Thomas is now a regular on the long-distance running circuit. The former European and Commonwealth Champion reveals his love affair with the London Marathon - and how to resist temptation

the race. “Triathlon is an endurance event,” says Chris Chamberlain, an exercise physiologist at Royal Holloway, University of London. “Varying the types of ride you do helps your body to access all the different energy systems needed for this kind

.personalbestgb.com), which organises triathlon training camps abroad. He says that as well as a much-needed dose of sunshine, training camps provide an opportunity to meet like-minded people. "We have a really mixed bag at our training camps, from Olympians to beginners

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or the really bad news?" he asks. With a week to go until we tackle the Norseman, the world's toughest long-distance triathlon, I'm hoping he'll tell me the event has been cancelled. I ask for the really bad news.  "I've just looked on Facebook and someone has

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