Hi all, it's taken me 3 days to get though this thread butt what a great and motivating read.

I did one tri about 4 years ago and loved it but have spent the last few years concentrating on my long distance swimming so cycling and running have been off the books for ages. Now that I have a 14month old I find it more tricky to get swimming in so I'm going to work towards my longtime goal of completing an IM.

I'm like a few on here and come to tri with a good swim but poor cycling and running skill/speed. However having found this (and with the help of a local tri club and LBS) I'm sure I can get the necessary advice and help to work on my ride and run.

I won't be able to compete in any tris until May as I'm pregnant again but I think I will do a swim race or two over the summer (I'm another Aussie).

Anyway can't wait to share my training experiences with you all and looking forward to reading about how everyone goes.

Light_sabe_r: How did your GREAT bike go Have you got a photo? Have you put tri bars on?

Bilateral breathing: Though this was discussed ages ago, I just wanted too say that from experience if you can teach yourself to bilat breath it will improve your swimming over longer diistances. I breathed every 2nd to my right for about 20 years quite happily but 2 yrs ago decided to teach myself to bilat breath (with the help of my coach). I took a whole season, my swimming even regressed a bit in the process but I can now easily breath to either side and it has really helped balance my stroke. So it can be done if you work really hard at it and are committed. Incidentally I always still breath every 2nd to the right in sprints up to 200m.