Triathlete Magazine's Complete Triathlon Book : The Training, Diet, Health, Equipment, and Safety Tips You Need to Do Your Best

Training, diet, health, equipment, & safety tips - this book has the information needed to participate safely & competitively in triathlete sports. A veritable “triathlon bible,” this book covers everything that anyone—from beginner to expert—would want to know about competing in the phenomenally popular swimming, bicycling, and running races.In one handy, easily referenced guide, Triathlete Magazine's Complete Triathlon Book offers the best advice, stories, and tips from the top coaches and athletes who have contributed to the magazine over the years. Appealing to both novices and the most seasoned athlete, the book strikes a balance between technical depth and beginner- friendliness by getting right down to the guidelines that all triathletes can use. In addition, the book offers advice for the various categories of triathletes: beginners, veterans, short-course specialists, Ironman specialists, and others. Bearing the name of the most popular source for information on the sport, this book is sure to become a classic among triathlon enthusiasts. Offers advice on training for a triathlon, looking at the swimming, biking, and running portions of the event, provides information on equipment, nutrition and health, and mental preparation, and includes a glossary of triathlon terms, first-person testimonials, photographs, graphs, and charts A comprehensive, illustrated guide to the triathlon draws on expert advice from leading coaches and athletes on essential training, diet and nutrition programs, health and fitness, equipment, and safety for athletes at all levels. Original. In 1978, a small but spirited group of endurance athletes completed the first Ironman Triathlon (2.4-mile swim, 112-mile bike, 26.2-mile run), just to see whether they could.