However, you have to adapt to conditions. Maitland's athletes work on a sliding scale. If it's icy on the back roads he'll send them out on busier, gritted routes. If it's unsafe to ride, he'll start them off with a turbo session and finish with a run while

Monday: three-hour bike ride; 90-minutes weights; 40-minute swim. Tuesday: 60-minute swim; 90-minute run. Wednesday: two-hour bike ride; 60-minute swim. That might be the start of the training week for a professional triathlete. But they don't have

stuff can help you go faster, even when the benefits are mainly psychological.So while it may be becoming tougher to qualify, there are still plenty of opportunities. Dunbabin, for example, completed his first triathlon at Blenheim in 2005. "I started