TRIATHLON - A TRAINING MANUAL

Triathlon is the ultimate endurance challenge: it pushes the body to its extreme but gives back an immense and unsurpassed feeling of achievement and reward. This book, by a leading higperfomance coach, shows newcomers the best ways to try out the sport and, for those already partecipating, how to achieve their personal best - safely and efficenty. It brings togheter the full breadth of triathlon training and performance in one volume. Covers training and how to prepare a realistic programme, with example --- Shows how to evaluate your training and adapt it to your strengths and weaknesses --- Includes separete detailed sections on swimming, cycling and running --- Advises on diet and nutrition, weight training, stretching and flexibility, injuries and activity- related conditions --- Prepares a positive, combative mental attitude for competition, then helps you to relax.