@Catriona Tennant asked the question. Yesterday at the open day @Duncan Martin asked the room..so lets see where you are all thinking of heading. @Beppo Buchanan-Smith and @Gosia Murakowska have the small matter of Doha T100 to handle and Im heading up to DIY Celtman solo for my birthday this side of NY. My pics for next year are modest so far. Hyrox Glasgow to push strength over winter. European Cross champs and Aviemore. Support at Celtman of course and will take on a couple of local Scottishchamps hits. Who has what so far?

I’ve always struggled with the clock change, and winter in general- even when I spent lots of time working in the outdoors. I’ve been reading a book called ‘How to Winter’ in an effort to make it easier to deal with the darkness and short days (I live north of Inverness: in mid-winter we only get 6 hours of daylight). The book recommends a number of things , but a couple that have stuck out so far are: - Celebrate the special things about winter, and make it enjoyable. For me it’s going to include plenty of candles, fires, twinkly lights and hot chocolate (the perfect recovery fuel 😋). - If you expect winter to be awful, it will be. I’m going to change my expectations to include plenty of good toughness training in the cold, wet, windy weather, and plenty of other good stuff that comes with the change of season. Anyone got any tips or advice on how to make the most of winter?

First timer on the full IM distance, what’s folks thoughts on wearing cycling shorts/top for full cycle? I have trisuit I wore at Celtman solo, comfort wise was fine but thinking will it be comfortable do the full cycle? It’s a zone3 trisuit. I appreciate time will be lost being a fashionista with multiple outfit changes 😁

Morning all, I do not have a TT/Tri bike. Just asking folks thoughts on tri bars for full IM, are they required?

My Garmin 735xt smartwatch has finally given up, with the battery lasting about as long as a Meat Loaf 80’s power ballad. Could anyone out there recommend an alternative model (Garmin or otherwise) that doesn’t break the bank please? Was thinking of buying another 735xt but it’s at least 5y old tech so maybe there’s a better one out there? Any suggestions greatly appreciated! Cheers