for people with disabilities) shaved two minutes off his time to finish in 1:17; James Smith (Tri 4) improved by nine minutes, with a time of 1:24, and Paul Thomas (Tri 6) slashed more than 15 minutes from his 2008 time to cross the line in 1:47. Something
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
, Great Britain can enter up to 20 men and 20 women for each five-year age-group band. In other words, there are plenty of opportunities to don a GB tri suit."We can take teams in excess of 1,000 people to Triathlon World Championship events," says Howard