Your First Triathlon, 2nd Ed.: Race-Ready in 5 Hours a Week Author: Joe Friel | Language: English | ISBN:
B008CJBX52 | Format: PDF
Your First Triathlon, 2nd Ed.: Race-Ready in 5 Hours a Week Description
Joe Friel is the top coach in triathlon and his book Your First Triathlon is the best-selling book for beginner triathletes. This clear and comprehensive book makes preparing for sprint and Olympic triathlons simple and stress-free. Joe Friel's practical training plan takes fewer than 5 hours a week, giving aspiring triathletes the confidence and fitness to enjoy their first race.
Your First Triathlon offers a 12-week training plan for total beginners as well as custom plans for athletes experienced in running, cycling, or swimming. Four easy-to-use plans include achievable swim, bike, run, and optional strength workouts that will gradually but surely build anyone into a triathlete.
Joe offers helpful advice to simplify the complexities of the swim-bike-run sport. Even a total novice will learn commonsense tips and tricks to navigate packet pickup, set up a transition area, fuel for race day, finish a stress-free swim, and ensure that race day goes as smoothly as planned.
Joe Friel is the coach experienced triathletes trust most. His book The Triathlete's Training Bible is the best-selling triathlon training resource and now his trusted advice is available to help beginners enjoy their first triathlon experience.
- File Size: 2257 KB
- Print Length: 256 pages
- Publisher: VeloPress; 2 edition (June 1, 2012)
- Sold by: Amazon Digital Services, Inc.
- Language: English
- ASIN: B008CJBX52
- Text-to-Speech: Enabled
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I'm more a runner than a triathlete but triathlon is always something that's been in the back of my head. Your First Triathlon is a good general book with a lot of good information. It is not too overwhelming (leaving aside the training plans) and covers everything fairly well including quite a bit on strength training and nutrition which you don't always find a ton of in other books or it is very cursory.
The initial few chapters were great introduction and well written. I thought the fact that the author acknowledged this can be a lifestyle as well as the need for support to be helpful for newbies. This is no small goal you've set out for yourself. The gear and what is required vs. what is nice to have broke things down well. The only irritant I have (and this is a common complaint for me for triathlon books so far!) is there is the assumption you already have a bike. Repeatedly you are told "Don't buy one" (not unique to this book) and not given a ton of advice if you do not have a bike (any bike) for what you should do. Just told "Don't buy one now you'll regret it". That is all well and good if you have a bike or someone to borrow one from. For those of us who have not been on a bike for a while and who do not possess one I'd like to see some one (anyone!!) actually offer up an opinion of what you can do in this situation.
Well, since no other has done that, I will tell you what I did. I did not have a bike. So, clearly, I need a bike. I also didn't want to invest thousands into a sport I wasn't sure I'd like and for a bike that might be too specific too it. I mean I can see myself going casually riding and maybe with a group but beyond that not so much - not planning on going for 5 day rides or something.
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