people so you motivate each other. Do a road or cross-country race and use the treadmills together at your local gym. Join a tri club and use the sessions and advice on offer." - Tim Don "Tell yourself that training in the miserable winter makes you a

It might be the off-season, yet winter needn’t be a case of hiberating under a duvet and waiting for Spring to appear. The months of October through to February are a great time to take stock of your achievements from the recent triathlon season

, and they all get so much from listening to each other; it's very motivational," he says.2. Go the extra mile If you haven't changed your race distance since you started triathlons, then the chances are your training hasn't change much, either. Even if you