different interval sessions by time or heart rate, and even include warm-ups and cool-downs.Pros Tons of info; intuitive to useCons Expensive; too much info for someTimex iControl Triathlon 30 and Ironman 50 £33-£48 (Men’s and ladies versions)Key feature

as the Concurve Lycra Cycling Shorts, £38) than bike in running shorts. If bike-short padding is too cumbersome for you, consider more lightly padded triathlon bike shorts.The shoes and socksGo for wool and nylon socks (eg Hilly Mono-Skin Off-Road and Running

back into it full time and glad of the break. The break has helped my mind and motivation as well as my body, because I'm far more keen to run now than I was a month after London. In fact I've just taken up triathlon. – BowiPodGetting straight back

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

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

significantly faster on the roads, even when I'm doing the same distances at the end of a triathlon. I think the difference is that when using a treadmill, you can force yourself to run at a set pace for a set amount of time, regardless of how you feel. I never

with spectators to cheer you on. National Highlights...Llanelli Waterside Half, March 2 Llanelli Waterside Half-Marathon (Dyfed, March 2) Securing the future of a new race can often be a daunting prospect for event organisers. Not so for Llanelli Triathlon Club

Most triathletes come from a running or biking background, so it's no surprise that the swim is usually the part of the race triathletes like least. Pool swimming generally poses few problems but taking to the open water is another matter. There's no doubt that swimming in cold, ...

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you feeling unsatisfied, so you eat twice the amount," says Gina Kerr from the North West Triathlon Club in Londonderry. "After years of trying – and failing – with 'diet' foods, I removed low-fat products from my diet, which were more often than