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A Brief Triathlon Training Guide
I thought I would try to write a very basic triathlon training guide especially with novice triathletes in mind. It can be difficult to know where to begin to put all of this stuff together. If you don't have your guideposts you could do several things wrong: get confused; mentally frustrate yourself into quitting; overtrain; under-eat; injure yourself; make yourself believe you're totally prepared when you're not so that on the day of the triathlon you can't even make it across the finish line; make your spouse angry with you...
This triathlon training guide should serve as something like skeletal frame for you to flesh out with your own set of goals and circumstances.
ORGANIZATION
The first step in proper training for the triathlon is getting organized. This begins in the mind. Get a clear picture, first of all, of what you want to accomplish in the triathlon and, just as importantly, which triathlon event you are preparing for (sprint, long, or ironman). If you are new to this super-demanding sport, you might not actually set your goal to win. You might want to finish in the top 10 for your first one, then set up the goal to come in top-five in the one after that, and then once you really know what you're doing you can set your sights on victory.
You'll need a training log, a training schedule (which includes nutrition), a good coach, the right equipment, and if possible fellow triathlon trainers to run, bike, and swim with. You cannot just improvise your triathlon training and expect to achieve your goals.
BE FOCUSED
You're going to hit mental walls with this training. You're going to reach points when you've still got months to go and you already feel like you're not getting any better, any stronger, any faster. You're going to be worried that you just aren't good enough to attain your goals or be competitive. It's important for you to know this in advance so that when these feelings come over you you can handle them properly. Stick to your training schedule, consult your coach and your log book, talk to your fellow triathletes about it. You will break through that wall! Just give yourself the necessary time and stay intense.
DON'T OVERTRAIN
You need to work closely with your coach if you're a novice in triathlon training so that you have a correct training regimen and schedule for yourself. If you overtrain, you're not doing yourself any favors. You have to know when to push your hardest and when to take a day off. This should be mapped out in advance as much as humanly possible; then you can work with your coach to fine-tune it with some improvisation so that you do not injure yourself, don't burn yourself out, and are peaking when the day of the race comes.
You'll also be making sure you don't fail to train and condition enough as you avoid overtraining.
PROPER NUTRITION
For many a novice triathlete, the training regimen involves a whole new way of eating. You'll be eating many different foods, cutting out some familiar ones, and probably eating six smaller meals per day instead of three squares. Refined sugars and fried stuff will be out, mountain trail mixes and whole grain bread and lots of fish and lean cuts of beef will be in.
RELATIONSHIPS
Triathlon training can take over your life. Spend quality time with your family or lover. Gently but firmly make them understand what you're doing and why you're doing it. They'll be missing you sometimes. Here's the good news for them: you will have more energy for them when you do spend time with them...and as far as your spouse/lover goes, you'll be better in bed, too!
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