time of 10:30; the record still stands. At the World Surf Lifesaving Championships held in Cornwall in 1994, the wave that hit the women's surf ski race capsized most of a heat and one woman received whiplash when she was launched into the air still

, 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

, the majority of whom had not done a triathlon before. It was great to let friends into my weird 'tri world'." Lidbury has a similar approach: "When I raced as an age grouper, the end of the season was always about a few fun events or doing something a bit

.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

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

their advice with Triathlete's World.1. When disaster strikes, analyse the reasonsBen Bright, who coaches former ITU Triathlon world champion Tim Don, says if something isn't working or you have a bad race, you need to understand why."The first step