Going Long: Training for Triathlon's Ultimate Challenge, 2nd Edition

by Joe Friel, Byrn

Overview

Internationally recognized triathlon coach and best-selling author Joe Friel teams up with ultra-endurance guru Gordon Byrn in Going Long, the most comprehensive guide to racing long-course and Ironman-distance triathlons. Combining science with personal experience, Friel and Byrn prepare anyone, from the working age-grouper to the podium contender, for success in triathlon's ultimate endurance event.

• Whether you are preparing for your first long-course triathlon or your fastest, Going Long will make every hour of training count.
• 40 sport-specific drills to improve technique and efficiency
• Updates to mental training
• Key training sessions, workout examples, and strength-building exercises
• A simple approach to balancing training, work, and family obligations
• A new chapter on active recovery, injury prevention and treatment

Going Long is the best-selling book on Ironman training. Friel and Byrn guide the novice, intermediate, and elite triathlete, making it the most comprehensive and nuanced plan for Ironman training ever written. Going Long is the best resource to break through an Ironman performance plateau to find season after season of long-course race improvements.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781937716424
Publisher:	VeloPress
Publication date:	09/13/2013
Sold by:	SIMON & SCHUSTER
Format:	eBook
Pages:	372
File size:	17 MB
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About the Author

With a masters degree in exercise science, Joe Friel was a marathoner and running coach throughout the 1970s and early 1980s. After his first triathlon in 1983 and falling in love with the sport he began coaching multisport athletes becoming one of the first triathlon coaches in the country. The following year he opened a triathlon store in Ft. Collins, Colorado—probably the first in the world. Throughout the 1980s his race management company organized several triathlons in Colorado. He left retail and race management in 1987 to focus on coaching. The athletes he coached for over 30 years ranged from novice to high-performance amateur to professional to Olympian. In 1997, he was a founding member of the USA Triathlon Coaches Association. He served as co-chair in 1999-2000. In 2000, he attended the Sydney Olympics to assist with team preparation. The following year he was the coach of team USA for the World Triathlon Championships. Throughout the 2000s he was a frequent speaker at USAT coach seminars. He wrote 17 books on training, the most notable being The Triathlete’s Training Bible, which is now in its 5th edition and translated into 15 languages. It remains the best-selling book in the world on triathlon training. In 1999, he co-founded TrainingPeaks, online training software for endurance athletes. As an athlete he competed in hundreds of events including national and world championships, was an All-American Age Group Triathlete several times and a USAT-regional multisport champion. He stopped competing after a bike crash in 2014 restricted range of shoulder movement. He continues to present at triathlon camps and clinics for triathletes and coaches around the world. Joe currently lives and trains in the mountains of northern Arizona and is working on his 18th book—this one for coaches.

Gordon Byrn lives in Christchurch, New Zealand.

Table of Contents

Foreword by Scott Molina
Foreword by Ryan Bolton
Prefaces
Acknowledgments

Part I: Getting Started
Chapter 1 The Iron Journey
Chapter 2 Approaches to Training
Chapter 3 Understanding Fitness
Chapter 4 Equipment

Part II: Ironman Training
Chapter 5 Training Overview
Chapter 6 Training for the Swim
Chapter 7 Training for the Bike
Chapter 8 Training for the Run

Part III: Beyond the Basics
Chapter 9 Strength Training
Chapter 10 Nutrition: The Fourth Discipline
Chapter 11 Training the Mind
Chapter 12 Case Studies

Part IV: Finishing Strong
Chapter 13 Recovery and Wellness
Chapter 14 Peaking for Your Ironman
Chapter 15 Racing Long

Epilogues
Appendix A: Defining Your Training Zones by Sport
Appendix B: Testing and Warm-up Protocols
Appendix C: Swimming Glossary
Appendix D: Brick Workouts

References and Recommended Reading
Index
About the Authors