With less than a  week to go, focus on preparing for race day. Make sure you are well rested going into your race, but don’t stop training completely! Short sessions with brief periods of intensity will help keep your body race ready without building up any training fatigue in the last few days pre-race.

Think carefully about everything you will need on race day, especially in T1 and T2. Think about what order you will need things and lay them out in the most efficient way in your transition area. Practice each transition under race simulation situations to add pressure and make sure you will get through each transition with minimum thought, zero mistakes, and as efficiently as possible.

As athletes, you've already made a big commitment to lifestyle changes and improving your quality of life - your health, fitness and nutrition. 

By participating in the London Triathlon Renewable Energy Cup you are also an ambassador for Renewable World, so you understand the importance of renewable energy and sustainability. Why not make a few changes that will also help the environment - and your wallet!

If you can, get proper triathlon cycle shoes or road bike shoes and cleats for your bike. This allows you to use your pedal stroke more efficiently and develop a more powerful pedal stroke compared to looser cages.

To make the most of your cleats, incorporate cycling drills into your warm up and cool down in bike training. One-leg drills are best done on a turbo trainer. This drill encourages you to not only push down on the pedal but develop a smooth circular motion, ideally eliminating the 'dead spot' at the back/top of your pedal stroke which signals a sub-optimal technique.

Swimming is in many ways the hardest part of a triathlon for those approaching the sport for the first time. Many people don't have a strong swimming background prior to starting. It is also much more of a technical sport than running or cycling with stroke technique and effeciency being critical to a good performance. Finally, the open water scenario adds a further dimension which often inspires more than a little trepidation.

Hi I'm Toby Radcliffe and I am a professional triathlete racing long distance, mainly ironman distance events - 3.8km swim, 180km bike, 42.2km run. I race for the Timex Multisport Team, the most high profile and successful triathlon team in the world. Recent results include winning the Australian Masters Olympic title (2009), 13th at IMUK (2009), and being among only 10 one of ten Brits to race under 9 hours in 2009 at Ironman distance.