cross-training

Like most runners who can also ride a bike but swim like a soggy pipe-cleaner, I've often thought about trying a triathlon and immediately given up on the idea.

Another big factor has been the sheer amount of training triathletes do; not for me. And yet...

my Tuesday started with a 7.30am warm-up for a nicely intense track session with Ric Rojas: a series of alternating 400s and 200s with 200m jog/walk recovery between each effort, starting easy and getting progressively harder.

Many of us ride bikes, too. Bikes have even infiltrated this site (thanks Bobby). So it's good timing that the Enthusiast group has just launched a wing-ding new road bike site YourCycling.com

I'm a runner and no bikie gear-head, but I do love the look of a nicely-set-up road bike, and I do follow the TdF every year, so it's great to have a sister site to drop in on.

Enthusiast-in-chief at YourCycling is Whitey Debroux, who is already getting plenty of stick from site visitors claiming he has a habit of falling off when turning his head to look at girls.