The Triathlete's Training Diary For Dummies

by Allen St. John

Overview

The training journal that will help triatheletes go the distance!

Triatheletes will find this spiral-bound diary the perfect tool to track and monitor their multi-sport training and conditioning progress. It's filled with instructional photos and illustrations, including distance charts and exercises to prevent injuries.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780764553394
Publisher:	Wiley
Publication date:	03/13/2001
Series:	For Dummies Books
Pages:	224
Product dimensions:	5.96(w) x 8.46(h) x 0.54(d)

About the Author

Allen St. John is a contributing editor at Bike magazine and has written about road cycling, mountain biking, and other active sports for a wide variety of publications, including The New York Times, Men's Journal, Los Angeles Magazine, and Conde Nast Women's Sports & Fitness, where he also worked as senior editor. He is an avid road cyclist and mountain biker, having raced and ridden throughout the United States and in Europe.

Table of Contents

Introduction.

About This Book.

Why You Should Log Your Workouts.

How to Use Your Training Diary.

Cheater, Cheater, Biscotti Eater.

How This Book Is Organized.

Icons Used in This Book.

Where to Go from Here.

Part I: The Training Basics.

Chapter 1: Creating Your Workout Plan.

Chapter 2: Just Warming Up.

Chapter 3: Conquering the Triathlon.

Chapter 4: Cooling Down and Fueling Up.

Part II: The Triathlete's Training Diary.

Part III: The Part of Tens.

Chapter 5: Ten Things That You Can't Forget on Race Day.

Chapter 6: Ten Ways to Reward Yourself for Finishing a Triathlon.

Index.

Book Registration Information.