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Your First Triathlon | 
| Author: Joe Friel
Publisher: VeloPress
List Price: $18.95
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Rating:  14 reviews
Sales Rank: 9458
Media: Paperback
Pages: 240
Number Of Items: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.9
Dimensions (in): 8.9 x 6 x 0.6
ISBN: 1931382859
Dewey Decimal Number: 796.4257
EAN: 9781931382854
ASIN: 1931382859
Publication Date: May 12, 2006
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Product Description
Every year thousands of people decide to take on a sprint triathlon for the first time. Now USA Triathlon and USA Cycling certified coach Joe Friel provides a complete guide to finishing that first triathlon. The same principles and training methodology that the pros and committed triathletes rely on are presented here in language that a beginner can easily understand. Friel maps a course to prepare for a sprint-distance triathlon in 12 weeks, with five hours of training each week, plenty of rest, and the beginnings of a lifestyle marked by a commitment to health and fitness and personal growth. Your First Triathlon provides the training plans, workouts, checklists, and instruction that first-timers need. Joe Friel is known for his thorough approach and with his help, what may have begun as a challenge to complete a sprint triathlon will grow into a love for this demanding yet rewarding sport.
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 Good for motivation....that's all July 7, 2006
Bryan (Atlanta, GA USA)
16 out of 20 found this review helpful
This book is great to help you get motivated and mostly teaches you that attitude is key to success. It will not teach swim, run or bike techniques, so don't waste the money if, like me, you are looking for actual instructions. Basically, the swim section tells you that you shouldn't learn alone, to go find an instructor. Thanks...I sure wouldn't have thought of the obvious without paying $20 for Joe to tell me! Hopefully his other books are better, but I sure won't pay to find out.
 Not Friel's Best September 19, 2006
Christopher Nieman (Salt Lake City, UT USA)
12 out of 20 found this review helpful
I followed Joe Friel's cycle training bible to successfully prepare for a 200+ mile one-day competitive cycling event. I appreciated Friel's straightforward writing and forewarning about what it takes, both physically and mentally, to compete as an endurance athlete (by the way, be prepared to give up the spouse and kids for a few months).
When I decided to train for my first triathlon (I'd became reacquainted with the wife and kids and decided I need another break), I went straight for Joe Friel's book, `Your First Triathlon.' Either my expectations were too high or Friel was targeting a much different reader - someone who had gotten bored with baking cookies and knitting and wanted to finish a triathlon.
I felt like I'd been moved from the varsity team to the remedial phys ed class. Triathletes typically come from a running, swimming, or cycling background. Therefore, they usually understand the fundamentals of training and proper diet; they also tend to be highly competitive. My guess is most readers even know the different types of bicycles (Friel uses 4 or 5 pages to describe the different types of bicycles and the advantages/disadvantages of each).
Yes, I'm a newbie who wants to accomplish my "first triathlon" but, at the same time, I'm not totally naive. I want to learn what it takes to successfully compete against the big boys, not just finish the race with my mountain bike and sister's tennis shoes. I guess I just expected higher brow material from a coach who trains some of the world's top athletes.
Even though this book was not for me, I haven't given up on Friel; I plan to purchase his triathlon training bible.
 All you need to begin. July 2, 2006
M. Milano (Rome, Rome Italy)
8 out of 10 found this review helpful
This is not the "athlete's bible" and this is not the resource for Ironman. Therefore the author accomplished his mission : to provide the newbies with the most information available to begin a new life as triathlete. Pay attention i said a new life, that's it. It's not a list of training plans or a generic line to follow, it's the first step to change your life with fun. Really recommended.
Got me through my first triathlon! November 24, 2007
Katie (Washington, DC)
8 out of 8 found this review helpful
I did my first triathlon (sprint distance) in September after three months training, and I was lucky enough to have found this book towards the beginning of my training. Needless to say I am hooked and can't wait to do another one!!! The book did an amazing job of preparing me by arming me with the information I needed to train properly, learn new sports (I had never biked or swam seriously before), eat right, and avoid injury, and yet avoided getting too "hard core" (when you do your first triathlon you keep wondering whether or not you're crazy). Joe keeps it manageable. There is a scary overwhelmed feeling you can get when you start reading about some of the crazy training schedules and techniques out there -- and he really clears through all that and gets to the essentials you need to know to make it through your training and cross the finish line. For example, his race day prep chapter really helped me visualize what to expect on the big day. Also, I really liked his approach to gear -- you can really get sucked into buying a bunch of stuff -- and he emphasizes ways to work with stuff you already have (ex: your old mountain bike) until you're more experienced and can better select the right gear to invest in. Overall, I really liked his fun-first emphasis, while providing what is clearly well-researched and high quality information. Two thumbs up!
Good book for a first time triathlete June 28, 2006
C. Poole
4 out of 5 found this review helpful
Friel does a good job of speaking to the first time triathlete without watering it down too much. This book is an excellent starting point in your training journey, but you will most likely need to follow up with some more in-depth reading on biking and swimming. Overall, I think it was worth my money.
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