, schedules and exciting developments. The Olympic Triathlon event will be held in Hyde Park on Saturday 4th August and Monday 6th August. There are three price categories: £20, £40 and £60.With a strong field of British triathletes, qualification for 2012

This year we followed four Olympic-distance newcomers as they trained for the Virgin Active London Triathlon, using TW's 10 Week Olympic Training Schedule. Now we can reveal how they fared on the big day and whether or not they acheived their race

Once upon a time long-distance triathlon was seen as something of a grail, holy or unholy, depending on how you felt about a 140-mile race. It was the preserve of the experienced, the specialists and, maybe, the slightly unhinged. Not any more

at this summer’s Olympics in London.Helen has teamed up with Triple Dry (specialist, triple-action anti-perspirant) to create a race training guide that will ensure you enjoy a great summer of racing too. With the summer triathlon season fast approaching, now

. If you stick to this plan and you're racing an Olympic-distance triathlon or shorter, you should consume enough during the bike section to complete the run without additional food or fluid intake. On a hot day, take water from drinks stations during

as hard as you can go.Olympic distanceOver-distance brick: Completing some over-distance bricks in training will give you the confidence that you can tackle an Olympic-distance triathlon as well as training your body to burn fat and raising your lactate

placed on it during the Olympic-distance triathlon. "To avoid burning out use race nutrition during training," says Fiona Hoare, who has competed in the World Championships. "If you're hungry or thirsty it's too late, so drink every 20 minutes, up to a

, Florida. The best 100 triathletes in Wimbleball earn themselves a place for the American race, which could ultimately open a door to the prize of a place at the Ironman World Championships finale in Hawaii.The triathlon starts with a swim in the flooded

the national long-distance triathlon championships, and decided to take three months unpaid leave from work so that I could train full-time. I ended up finishing tenth. I had a terrible race, and was exhausted from beginning to end. I had overdone my training

you prepare for the perfect race day.Worried about swimming in a pack? Here are the answers to the triathlon questions you might be afraid to askDon't just plod your way through the last few training days before a race - these sessions are the ideal