Tri Girl - Thanks for the feedback and yes (In answer to your question on the shorts thread) I am planning to do an HIM (well actually IM is the goal but that's a little way off. I have "Endurance Athletes Edge" by Marc Evans which I find a little to calculated IYKWIM and "The Triathlete's Training Bible: A Complete Training Guide for the Competitive Multisport Athlete" by Joe Friel. I like Joe's book the best and have read it through heaps as I bought it a couple oof years ago when I was training to do an English Channel crossing - the are virtually no endurance swimming training publications so I just adapted his program suggestions for an IM training program - it obviously worked as I managed to get from England to France.

What did you think of the pregnancy chapter? I am pregnant again and have trained through more consistently this time but have just made my goal maintenance of base fittness so that I can get back into a proper program sooner after the baby is born.

I agree that it would be best to look IRL before I buy but these books are so rarely on the shelves, even here in Sydney

I think I might get it (Christmas pres ) especially if you say that you still sometimes go back to it - sounds like you've been on the tri scene for a while.