coughs, injuries, stomach pains) means no training.Unfortunately, this is all completely my fault. After a stag weekend in Valencia, my immune system was considerably weakened. This, followed by a flight back to London in a pressurised cabin

as part of his training. "A good 10-mile time trial is close to the highest amount of pain I can deal with, so training at this intensity to build lactate endurance helps my bike-leg speed in triathlons," he says. "When it really starts to hurt it

that. You're just trying to push the limits of your threshold.What are your strategies for dealing with pain?Training can be a struggle. In a race it's fine because you've got the finish line to aim for, and the harder and faster you go, the quicker you