If you’re considering training for your first triathlon, TRX Education Manager Steve Katai offers some expert advice on how to incorporate the TRX Suspension Trainer into your tri training.
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Hello i want to start triathlons next summer. But literally have no idea what i do between october-april so the off season. i usually run 5 times a week but with 2 other sports to worry about what do i do ? have you got any tips or websites i can check out
You still need to bike and swim, if only one or two days each week.
You can swim and bike indoors if the weather does not allow you to do them outdoors.
http://triathlontrainingprograms.org Get started right, this video will set your mindset up correctly for your first triathlon race as a a triathlon beginner.
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This 3+ minute movie gives you a quick overview of Team Training New England’s women’s sprint triathlon training program. You’ll see all the different skills that you’ll learn, all the different kinds of training you’ll receive and all the fun you can have. Team Training New England is located in West Hartford, CT.
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I’m on the high school swim team, and it is mandatory for us to compete in the triathlon. It is 500m of swimming (piece of cake) 13miles of cycling (not too bad) and 3miles of running (absolute hell). But my coach has been slacking off, and we’ve hardly done any training. The triathlon is in two weeks, so I think I need to train on my own. What kind of training should I do?
This is a good site.
http://www.beginnertriathlete.com/cms/article-detail.asp?articleid=433
My Sporting Times – http://www.mysportingtimes.com – Triathlon Training Tips – T2 Transition From Bike To Run
1) Approach – Remove feet from shoes as you approach dismount point
2) Think! – Only remove helmet after you have racked your bike
3) Top Tip – Having that unique towel helps you find your transition area
4) Top Tip – Talcum powder helps get moist feet into running shoes
5) Laces – Elastic or quick tie laces will speed your transition
6) Think! – Turn your number belt to your front for the run
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I’ve been training on a pretty good regimen but idk how fast I should be running swimming and biking. I could use some advice thanks.
That’s a tough question. It depends on the distance, how fit your are and what your goals are.
I’ll use an Ironman race as an example but the same principles apply to triathlons of different distances.
An ironman race is 2.4 mile swim, 122 mile bike and 26 mile run.
Usually you have a time limit for each stage. 2 1/2 hours for the swim, 8 for the bike and up to 17 hours from the start of the race for the run. So assuming that you max out your time limits you need to be able to swim 1 mile per hour, 14mph on the bike and run 4 mph.
If you’re fast and can do the race in 10 hours (1 hour swim, 5 hour bike, 3 hour run) you’d be looking at 2.4mph swim, 22.4mph on the bike and 8.6mph on the run.
probably the key for most agegroupers is being able to cycle consistently at 20mph. If you can do that you probably have the aerobic fitness to knock out a good run and swim. If you can’t your stand alone run times won’t be much use as you’ll be knackered when you come off the bike
Ginny is training for a triathlon, a timed race that combines swimming, biking and running.
Consider the following sentence: "Ginny has only 20 hours per week that she can devote to training for her race."
Which basic principle of individual choice does this sentence best illustrate?
a. Many decisions are taken at the margin
b. Resources are scarce
c. All costs are opportunity costs.
d. People usually exploit opportunities to make themselves better off
B – because the the only limiter stated is time and time is a resource.
However when training for a triathlon 20 hours is more than most people can consistently dedicate to training and not suffer over training. That’s assuming an average age group athlete. With experience and good genetics you can train at this level but for most people the question is worded badly 
I have about 2 months to train for a triathlon (my first one) The distances are: swimming, 200 meters : bike 11.3 miles: run 5k or 3.1 miles. Right now, I can bike about 2 miles and run a fourth of a mile ( 400m, once around a track) and i should be okay on the swimming, but may need to work on that a little ( i cannot swim any until next week since the city pool will not be open until then.) Any suggestions?
Your main goal at this stage should be to build up your endurance so that you can successfully complete the distances required.
How much training you should do will depend on how much time you have available and also how well you recover from session to session. Whilst you will feel tired from the training, if you get too tired and struggle to maintain the quality of a session you should have a rest.
Ideally you should have at least one full day off training per week. In addition, don’t try to do two hard sessions in one day, or two sessions of the same discipline (ie swim, bike or run) on two consecutive days.
If you can, try to do 2 bike, 2 run and 2 swimming sessions per week. For each of them try to build up (over a period of weeks) the duration that you can maintain for each of them.
So for example with your running, your starting point might be to aim to run for 10 – 15 minutes. You could split this down into 5 minutes of jogging, followed by 2 minutes of running and repeat until you don’t feel recovered after the two minute walk and wouldn’t be able to maintain your pace on the run. Then keep adding more of the 5 minutes jog, until you can start extending that to longer, and reduce the duration of the walk until you can run continuously for 15 minutes or longer.
Do the same with cycling, but alternate steady cycling with easier cycling to build the total duration.
For swimming, it would be a good idea to get some coaching as the better your technique, the less energy you will be wasting. But again you should aim to build the duration you can swim for using the same principles as for running and cycling. So swim for a length or 2 (or more if that is easy), have a rest and repeat.
You can find an 8 week sprint triathlon training programme for beginners at: http://www.intelligent-triathlon-training.com/sprint-triathlon-training.html
You might need to adapt this to suit your current levels of fitness but it will give you an idea of how to structure your training and the sorts of sessions you can do.
It is a good idea to sit down and write a plan of what training you are going to do so that your training has structure and focus. However don’t feel like you then have to stick to this – if you are tired and need time off to recover then take it. Or if you have a friend you can swim/cycle/run with then join in with them. Variety is important as this will stop you getting bored.
triathlon training camp at tucson in march 2011.