:45 to 3:00, I’d be happy. And that wouldn’t require crazy amounts of training, strict dieting. I did 20 years of that.It depends on the weather, but, yes, under 2:10. The course record for New York is 2:08. But here’s another stat for you: Laurent Jalabert

for entries is Friday October 6.Click to enlargeTerms and Conditions1. Only one entry will be accepted per person. The closing date for receipt of competition entries is October 6, 2006.2. The competition is only open to UK residents over the age of 18 with a

, 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

to raise £1m for military charity Help The Heroes.Travelling just over two miles per day Packer, 37, completed the course on crutches in 13 days. He says:  "The greatest realisation I've had doing the marathon is that regardless of what happens to you

if you don’t have your running shoes. Sir Ranulph Fiennes, who travels the world lecturing, never goes anywhere without packing his running kit. “I never quite know how my schedule is going to work out and how much time I’m going to have before or after a

.That was the nightmare in which navy triathlete Charlie Pennington found himself in 2009. His main aim had been to make it to Australia's Gold Coast for the World Championships and he decided to take his wife and eight-month-old son on the 12,000-mile trip. It was a big

Take a quick guess at running’s number one enemy. What do you think it is? Injury? Ill health? Manic drivers? Blistered toes? No, the nemesis of the modern runner is excuses. They stop more people running than anything else. In a perfect world

, and that's something I really care about."To develop mental resilience, Ben Bright suggests occasionally attempting a training set you've never achieved before, such as 15 x 100m front-crawl intervals with 10 seconds' less rest than usual between each. "I

in the World and European Junior Championships, 2008Michelle Dillon, Two-time Olympian and 2007 London Triathlon winner Richard Hobson, Five-time British Middle Distance Champion and triathlete coach at www.triliving.co.ukSteve Trew, BBC triathlon commentator

sexual arousal, or even orgasm, while exercising. There's more: 35 women aged between 18 and 34 were shown a short travel film, then an X-rated film on two occasions. The first time the ladies cycled vigorously for 20 minutes, the second time they did not