Unless it involves swimming, biking or running, it could be tough getting Paula and Lynda Hickman in the same place at the same time. Both women, identical twins, work full-time as computer engineers and spend their free time training for triathlons and duathlons. Triathlon is an event with swimming, biking and running components, completed in that order. In a duathlon, there's no swimming involved.
Athletes run first, bike second and run once more.
Both concur that when it comes to winning, they tend to take turns at the podium. At the world duathlon championships in Calais, France, last year, Lynda came second in her 50-54 age group. Paula wasn't too far behind in fifth place. That year Lynda also won nationals for her age group in both duathlon and triathlon. These women strike fear in the toned thighs of those half their age.