YOU'D think I'd have learned my lesson after my episode in the Llyn Alwen trail race.
But there I was at track training tonight, two of us shoulder to shoulder leading in the home straight of a 300m sprint, when my schoolboy error struck again!
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WITH the cynics revelling in the shambles surounding the Tour de France this week, it's a good job people like Tanni-Grey-Thompson are still talking sense.
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WHAT'S the best music to train to? I started thinking about this after reading an article in a triathlon magazine about how listening to music can help the body and mind respond to the stresses of training.
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THEY say you don't know what you've got until it's gone... well, in my case on Saturday I didn't know what I'd lost until I found it!
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TWO months to the day until the Llanrwst Triathlon, and I reckon it's time to step up my training.
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GEORGE BEST, Bryan Robson, Eric Cantona, David Beckham, Cristiano Ronaldo - what do these Manchester United legends have in common?
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JUST time for a swim session this morning as I have to be in work early today. I'm running the ship on the sportsdesk as my superiors are off - so in tomorrow's Daily Post expect plenty of coverage of Manchester City and a big picture of Maria Sharapova!
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IT'S divebombing season again - I nearly got attacked when I went for a Monday morning training session yesterday.
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Join Daily Post sports reporter Gareth Bicknell as he embarks on a training programme to prepare himself for a mini triathlon later in the year. Here you will be able to follow his progress and chart the ups and downs he has before the event.
"Yup, seagulls a seasonal running hazard, along wit..."