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Summary: Great Book for Beginners!
Review: This book is an excellent read for the beginning triathlete. It takes you step by step through nutrition, basic aerobic fitness and finally into triathlon training. The only thing that I wish it contained were swimming and biking techniques. It explains which swimming stoke to use, but doesn't elaberate on the stoke itself. The author does, however, site many other authors on technique throughout this book that would be helpful. It seems that if the author added an extra chapter devoted to some basic biking/swimming techniques, this would be all the information you would need to get started.
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Summary: Great Book for Beginners!
Review: This book is an excellent read for the beginning triathlete. It takes you step by step through nutrition, basic aerobic fitness and finally into triathlon training. The only thing that I wish it contained were swimming and biking techniques. It explains which swimming stoke to use, but doesn't elaberate on the stoke itself. The author does, however, site many other authors on technique throughout this book that would be helpful. It seems that if the author added an extra chapter devoted to some basic biking/swimming techniques, this would be all the information you would need to get started.
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Summary: Wonderful book for the first timers!!!
Review: This book is just wonderful for those who wonder whether they can do their first triathlon. Author gives very useful advise for buliding up aerobical base and then prepare to the first olimpic distance triathlon.
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Summary: Excellent resource for Beginners!
Review: This is a comprehensive resource for anyone thinking of taking on their first triathalon. It covers all three sports in detail and has an excellent training schedule. The only downside is that it is outdated (over 10 yrs old!) esp. when it comes to equipment.
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Summary: For Novices Only
Review: This was a well-written book but it is not for those who are in any way competitive. It was written from the perspective of a back-of-the-packer, actually mostly a dead-last finisher and this is fine, as long as you also have the same ambitions: to finish dead last and not care. For those interested in taking up the sport and have never done any physical activity before this is a great book, it will give you the confidence to start and achieve your goals. One day if you decide that just finishing is no longer good enough then you can buy the Triathlon Training Bible (which you probably should have done in the first place) and continue to improve.I have never run a triathlon and do have limited time to train but I returned this book after I bought it because it simply aimed far to low for me. Not a bad book, but it is for a bare novice at sport, let alone triathlon, at best.
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Summary: For Novices Only
Review: This was a well-written book but it is not for those who are in any way competitive. It was written from the perspective of a back-of-the-packer, actually mostly a dead-last finisher and this is fine, as long as you also have the same ambitions: to finish dead last and not care. For those interested in taking up the sport and have never done any physical activity before this is a great book, it will give you the confidence to start and achieve your goals. One day if you decide that just finishing is no longer good enough then you can buy the Triathlon Training Bible (which you probably should have done in the first place) and continue to improve. I have never run a triathlon and do have limited time to train but I returned this book after I bought it because it simply aimed far to low for me. Not a bad book, but it is for a bare novice at sport, let alone triathlon, at best.
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Summary: It does work
Review: When I decided to do my first triathlon, I bought this book to guide me through the process. Just last week, I completed the Escape from Alcatraz Triathlon, which is supposed to be one of the most challenging in the world.
Just as the book promises my time was not great, but I was able to enjoy every moment of the event and finish the race.
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Summary: Miles Versus Minutes
Review: While the training schedule is nice and well explained - the premise of the training schedule is based on minutes exercised, rather than distance. Had I known this prior to puchasing the book, I would not have bought it. A triathalon is based on completing a certain distance in 3 disciplines, not a set number of minutes. This is my first triathalon, so my expectations were not too high in terms of other content, but the minutes versus miles schedule is a big turn-off. Additionally, I found the author providing a lot of anecdotal information about his races. I was looking for general information on how to prepare for my first race, not a story about how this guys gets ready too slow in the morning, so he got up before everyone else. The author also states up front that he is not a master in any of the 3 sports composing the triathalon, and references 3 other books to read. Had I known all of this ahead of time, I would have bought the other books he references instead.
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