on performance. Prevention is, of course, better than cure - there are simple exercises you can do that may help prevent these injuries from developing in the first place, or assist your recovery if they are already present.The nature of triathlon means that you

hours on the turbo trainer, continue to swim endless lengths of the pool and pound the streets for hours. That's training harder; you could be forgetting to train smarter. You could be forgetting the importance of strength.How strength training helps

body part, but stay in motion to keep blood flowing, which will help you heal faster and maintain fitness. You could try swimming, brisk walking, aquajogging or rowing depending on your injury.Eat to healYou may not be training, but your body still

expensive shoes will not prevent an injury but old, worn shoes will make one more likely.A good indicator that you are recovering from your injury is how the affected area feels in the morning. If there is no pain when you wake up or during your training you

from cutting back to a single workout each day, alternating between swimming, cycling and running sessions, instead of packing two (or three) workouts into each day. These lengthy layoffs work. Chris Tremonte, who has completed more than 100 triathlons

Hours spent running, cycling and swimming will, unless you're careful, play havoc with your muscles, resulting in poor performance and an increased risk of injury. Flexibility training is possibly the most forgotten and misunderstood aspects