've already got as a cyclist. Oh yeah, helmet is compulsory. I've since bought a second-hand road bike for £200. Triathlons are great fun – as a plodder myself I highly recommend you give it a try. This may be of use for training plans: Fun2Tri.co.uk. Good

you not have holidays, you poor troubled soul? – Martin PaceRest should mean rest... I have a mentor for triathlon. He says rest is exactly that R-E-S-T. That means doing nothing, zilch, zero, nada, nowt. – Cath... but only if you're training for tri

. After that, book yourself into a 5K or 10K, start thinking about whether you want to do another marathon on the spring, then get back to training again. – 99%ChimpListen to your body and ease yourself back into it. I've taken it easy these past two weeks

't like the particular emphases of Pose or Chi, have a look at books like Master the Art of Running by Malcolm Balk and Triathlon Training Running by Ken Mierke. Malcolm Balk is an Alexander Technique teacher, so he tries to maximise the benefit

until 34 weeks (though it got very slow) and swam a mile the night before my daughter arrived! I did a triathlon when she was 6 months and carried on feeding till 18 months or more (it is the only time I have any bust!) – and this was my fourth child. So

racing and training. At the start line you should be sweating and your heart rate elevated (60-65% of max). However there are two reasons why this rarely happens: at the start of big races you need to get into position and are probably waiting 10-15 mins