I heard on News Radio today that Tony Abbott will be running a triathlon (a 3.8km swim, 180km bike ride and a 42km marathon run).

”I haven’t done anything like the training that I should have for this event because it is impossible to get out for the two and three hours a day that you really should if you’re going to do a flash time,” he conceded yesterday.

So, Tony Abbott is planning to a physically grueling triathlon without having done “anything like the training that I should have”.

Some would say that this tendency to not prepare for important events (like a triathlon, or health debate) is symptomatic of Tony Abbott’s failings. How can we know that Tony will prepare for important policies or events if he ever gets elected as Prime Minister?

(Hat Tip.)