Triathlon category: 149 books
Iron Dads
Managing Family, Work, and Endurance Sport Identities
Language: English
Release Date: May 4, 2016
Among the most difficult athletic events a person can attempt, the iron-distance triathlon—a 140.6 mile competition—requires an intense prerace training program. This preparation can be as much as twenty hours per week for a full year leading up to a race. In Iron Dads, Diana Tracy Cohen focuses...
Trizophrenia
Inside the Minds of a Triathlete
Language: English
Release Date: October 9, 2009
Life is better when you're a triathlete. That is what author and triathlete Jef Mallett believes, and millions of triathletes around the world agree.
Trizophrenia: Inside the Minds of the Triathlete, by nationally syndicated illustrator and veteran triathlete Jef Mallett, offers up the first...
Triathlete Magazine's Essential Week-by-Week Training Guide
Plans, Scheduling Tips, and Workout Goals for Triathletes of All Levels
Language: English
Release Date: November 29, 2009
From Triathlete magazine - the most popular and extensivesource for triathlon information - comes this guidebook of weeklytraining plans for triathletes of all skill levels.
Iron War
Dave Scott, Mark Allen, and the Greatest Race Ever Run
Language: English
Release Date: September 25, 2011
The 1989 Ironman® World Championship was the greatest race ever in endurance sports. In a spectacular duel that became known as the Iron War, the world's two strongest athletes raced side by side at world-record pace for a grueling 139 miles.
Driven by one of the fiercest rivalries in triathlon,...
by Mackinnon, Kevin
Language: English
Release Date: January 15, 2005
Language: English
Release Date: January 15, 2005
This book provides a comprehensive plan that helps parents guide their children towards a healthy love of sports. It will show parents, and their kids, how to get involved in triathlon and other "lifestyle" sports that can be pursued for a lifetime. A Healthy Guide to Sport will show you how sport can be the most enjoyable, healthy, and educational activity our children get to do.
Never A Bad Day
A Collection of Columns from the Legendary Story Teller and Endurance Sports Icon
Language: English
Release Date: March 1, 2014
This book is a collection of editorials from Competitor magazine and Triathlete magazine. The stories bring out the human side of running, cycling and triathlon in a unique way. Through humor and inspiration, this book will become a must have for all endurance athletes who have made these sports not just their hobbies, but an integral part of their lives.
by Scott Rigsby
Language: English
Release Date: November 5, 2009
Language: English
Release Date: November 5, 2009
After losing both of his legs in a car accident at age 18, Scott Rigsby battled his way back from depression and addiction to achieve the unthinkable—become the first double-leg amputee ever to cross the finish line in the sporting world’s most grueling and prestigious competition, the Ironman...
The Travelling Triathlete
A Middle - Aged Man’S Journey to Fitness
Language: English
Release Date: October 12, 2011
While flicking through some photographs of a holiday in the Caribbean in 2009 Craig Jordan was appalled by what he saw, an overweight out of shape middle aged man on a very slippery slope. Craig decided there and then on a campaign to get Fit for Fifty and this became his mantra but the question was...
The Triathlete's Training Bible
The World’s Most Comprehensive Training Guide, 4th Ed.
Language: English
Release Date: November 15, 2016
Joe Friel is the most trusted coach in endurance sports. This is the most comprehensive guide to preparing for triathlon available. This is among the top-selling titles among all endurance sports books. This all-new edition will inspire triathletes to renew their approach to the sport.
Complete Nutrition Guide for Triathletes
The Essential Step-by-Step Guide to Proper Nutrition for Sprint, Olympic, Half Ironman, and Ironman Distances
Language: English
Release Date: December 4, 2012
Triathletes spend a lot of time and money making sure they have the right gear, optimizing their training plans, and selecting their races. And part of that preparation for big race days is taking care of diet to be sure the body is properly fed to maximize athletic performance. Enter The Complete...
To the Finish Line
A World Champion Triathlete's Guide to Your Perfect Race
Language: English
Release Date: October 3, 2017
Chrissie Wellington, the world's number one female Ironman athlete and four-time World Ironman Champion, presents her struggles, wisdom, and experiences gained from her hard-won career as a triathlete.
With close to 2 million core participants, triathlons of various distances and challenges...
Ironmom
Training and Racing in a Family of 7
Language: English
Release Date: June 4, 2013
From the personal tragedy of a stillbirth to an Ironman and beyond, author and stay-at-home mom of five children Mette Ivie Harrison learned life lessons about accepting herself, moving forward, pushing to become better, and bringing her family along the way—sometimes kicking and screaming. In...
FuelSmart for Race Day
Three-day carbo-load guide for runners, triathletes and cyclists
Language: English
Release Date: September 23, 2012
After all those early mornings, the niggles, the sheer hard work, why compromise? Be the best you can be. FuelSmart.
FuelSmart will steer you through the critical three days running up to an endurance event, such as an ironman, triathlon, marathon, half-marathon or étape, with advice on...
Triathlete Eq
A Guide for Emotional Endurance
Language: English
Release Date: June 10, 2013
All endurance sports are as much a test of your emotional endurance ability as they are a test of your physical ability. Though most are aware of this, few actually know how to train for, and apply, emotional endurance skills during a race. This very cutting-edge book brings together the experience...