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I'm self-taught too, although now I'm racing I've taken some coaching which has made an enormous amount of difference.



My thoughts too - somehow getting decent skating technique has been so...

Did anyone else see the men's xc relay last night? Wow Petter Northug so deserved that medal.

I also like the trousers that the curling team are wearing!

That´s exactly what we were made to do when we took some coaching. It really helps so we try to do a bit without poles in each training session.

Name something you might do if you get a flat tire. Swear


Name something that you always carry with you on a ride. Mobile phone


What is the most important piece of advice you would give a...

Yup, we had snow here too. I've never been on cross-country skis in October before!

You're welcome. I hope you all have fun.

According to my sister and Dad, the Cerist tri Earlybird aquathlon series was fun and not too intimidating. I think they got Dad to help with timing for...

I assume that you know of the Aber tri club. If not, then here they are:
http://www.ceristtriathlon.org.uk/index.htm
They run an aquathlon series every spring, one of my sisters took part a couple...

Yes, the cost is a problem - clearly something with an altimeter that is small and looks ok and does everything else would be great but I'm not prepared to spend huge amounts of money on it.
I'm...

Thanks for the information about these saddles. I got a wsd RL just over a week ago and so far I like it. I can feel my sit bones, but I don't think that is such a bad thing - better than feeling the...

Does it have an altimeter in it, or is this information from the GPS? This looks like a nice heart rate monitor.

Bruno has it spot on!

We always use Heinz beans too, they are really the only ones.

I also like mushrooms, but they are not essential.

The tea needs to be properly strong, served with milk...

Rather than being your father's property? Ok, not being completely serious there, but you do choose your husband yourself.

I changed mine, it was a bit of a hassle, but I like it that we have the...

Is a wedding shower instead of a hen party?

I'll have to be the ignorant Brit here because I have no idea what they are - the sorts of presents that people setting up a home need are what we would...

I came third which I am really pleased about. The first two girls are just in another class, I would never have a chance of beating them.
There are plenty of other skiers around who are better than...

5 or 6. Three in a row is fine, four is sometimes pushing it, it depends on how busy I am otherwise.

Apart from getting tired, the other problem is finding time to other things - grocery shopping,...

Well I like the cover photo.

I like there and go in and out all the time. I'd say they are thorough but never unpleasant, but with an EU passport it's fairly quick.

One reason for checking carefully could be that with the...

Coolest border crossing - by bike!
I used to live on Lake Constance which is bordered by Germany, Austria and Switzerland, so one morning I thought I would ride half way round and get the ferry...

I thought they were too good not to share although as my brother pointed out, stunning scenery and access to a helicopter gave the photographer a lot of help.

It was the Engadine ski marathon...

Well I was in alpinerabbit country last weekend for the Engadine ski marathon - wow what a great event. My time was a little slower than I would have liked, but that's what being ill for three weeks...

If you want hills then you could always come to Bavaria. Heading south from Munich gets you into the edge of the alps and there are some nice routes with everything from rolling hills to full alpine...

That's a lot of skiers. Most races round here are in the hundreds, apart from the big Worldloppet ones.

I raced both days this weekend - a total of 80km and I'm stiff all over today!

I have carbon poles, so no I do not ride them :eek:

Aluminium fatigues, so there's a limited number of times that you can bend them before they get brittle and they are not going to be as springy...

That sounds like fun, go for it!
How many people do you get at races like that?

If you're not going to be able to dry off properly, then I would definitely add a wind vest for the cycling, being wet at 10°C could lead to getting very cold.

For my first tri I swam in bikini...