Physical benchmarks continue to be set in pre-season 2012 for the Western Bulldogs, with the playing group tackling a 3.2km time trial around Princes Park early this morning.

The time trial follows the High Intensity Running Test conducted on Monday.

Midfield workhorse Daniel Cross claimed line honours, while skipper Matthew Boyd and Daniel Giansiracusa rounded out the top-three places.

In pleasing signs, young talent Christian Howard, Nathan Djerrkurra, Liam Picken, Jason Tutt and Brodie Moles were the next to cross the line to complete the first eight places.

To view BulldogsTV's video highlights of this morning's running time trial, click on the media player above.