Race smart in open water

Never raced a triathlon before? No problem. This beginners’ plan will get you over the finish line and enjoying some serious bragging rights!

Many of us who take up sport later in life might wonder what could have been. What does it take to improve later in life if you’re not on the youth fasttrack? Well, one athlete proving that the journe

A beginner’s guide to cold water swimming

Big cities never sleep. Through the apartment window, facing out onto the Central Market, I hear the joy, laughter and occasional tears of revellers in the streets below heading home to bed after a lo

It can’t have escaped your notice that some of Britain’s top triathletes have been making a name for themselves in single-discipline sports recently. First there was 14x Ironman winner Lucy Gossage wh

There is always a frisson of excitement on race morning, but it was nearly all over before it started in London as an internet outage at the Aquatics Centre led to a 2 ½ hr delay before the action got