Run, Ride, Sink or Swim

Here's how Lucy Fry felt about the component parts of triathlon: swimming - fairly terrifying, especially in open water. Cycling - brilliant when done on a stationery bike, indoors. Running - sometimes fantastic, sometimes hideous.

And, as for putting all three sports together, in quick succession, whilst wearing a lycra onesie with no half-decent breast support? No thanks, she thought, except... As increasing numbers of her sporty female friends began signing up to swim, cycle and run their way through weekends previously reserved for partying and hangovers, Lucy couldn't help feeling left out and confused: why had a sport formerly reserved for serious athletes or middle-aged-men-in-lycra, suddenly become so popular with ordinary women (and what tales had they to tell)? One year, six races, and four different countries later, she's got quite a story to tell.

Warm, funny, and inspirational, Run, Ride, Sink or Swim is a book for die-hard triathletes as much as for those who've never entered a transition zone.