Chrissie Wellington is arguably Britain's greatest ever athlete. She remains unbeaten over the Ironman triathlon distance and amazingly took her fourth World Championship victory at Kona this autumn, despite nursing horrifically painful injuries

when you're racing. Don't follow them, or get distracted, keep the focus on yourself.Match your race strategy to your confidence levels at the time (and those might change depending on fatigue, injury or training). Don't feel you have to get involved

strategies for coping with race day nerves - and the pressure of being the 2012 Olympic triathlon favourite.Do you have a strategy going into the Olympic qualification races?I'd like it to be a hard swim, hard bike, hard run - but I've got to prepared

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

Captain Simon Powers was first bitten by the triathlon bug when he was posted to Cyprus with the Royal Logistic Corps. Six Ironman races later, he’s stepping up to the challenge of a lifetime on June 2 – The Battle Back 1000.Captain Powers will take

the season, and what are the differences between your base training and your race training? Little Ninja, LondonA. No one day is exactly the same, but I believe that triathlon is a 24/7 job. I devote my life to it. Exercise, resting, sleeping and eating

Mark Kleanthous is a founder member of the British Triathlon Association and member of the Great Britain triathlon team. Over the past 30 years, Mark has completed 71 marathons in under three hours and finished more than 420 triathlons, including 31

was to take on the Channel and to incorporate that into a wider triathlon challenge. I’d already done the Double Ironman and I wanted to see what else I could achieve. It was wonderful that I managed to complete it and raised money for all the charities I