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 enlarge | Author: Eric Harr
Publisher: Rodale Books
Category: Book
List Price: $18.95
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Avg. Customer Rating:  48 reviews
Sales Rank: 19999
Media: Paperback
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 308
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.9
Dimensions (in): 9.1 x 7.5 x 0.8
ISBN: 1579547486
Dewey Decimal Number: 796.4257
UPC: 039697547482
EAN: 9781579547486
ASIN: 1579547486
Publication Date: May 16, 2003
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 Great book for first triathlon July 24, 2007
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
I ordered this book a few days too late. I had completed my first sprint distance triathlon and then received the book about 3 days later. After reading it, I found that it would have been extremely useful BEFORE doing my first triathlon and less useful after completing my first triathlon. A lot of the information in there I had now learned by doing. It gives some helpful suggestions, but after doing your first one I feel that there are better books out there for taking you further. After I did my first triathlon and I plan on doing another one, I feel this training plan does not suffice and I will need to search out more elaborate materials. All in all, great book for the beginner triathlete BEFORE their first race, but it's not a bad book if you still have a lot of questions.
 Great Book from couch to finish line July 10, 2007
What a great book for beginners. I completed a sprint distance without books... and than bought this and the triathlete magazine book. This is much more approachable. The book is written in plain english with lots of practical tips.
Only complaint (and this is minor) is that there is very little on recovery.
It is worth 2 or 3X the cost if for no other reason than to provide a calming "voice".
helpful for all levels May 27, 2007
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
This book has been so helpful in my training. I am just starting out and plan to run my first race in Aug. There are training schedules for all levels of athletes. So if you are a casual excerciser, swimmer, runner, or cyclist, you can pick a training schedule to fit your fitness level. His swim advice was so helpful. I could barely get across the pool the first time I tried. After reading Eric's book, I was able to swim my sprint distance twice. I couldn't believe it.
There were also helpful plugs for certain products throughout the book. I know one reader thought it was a big commercial, but let's face it... we all have our favorites, and if we want to reccommend them- what's the big deal. Besides, you don't have to buy brand new.
Anyways- I found the training schedules do-able as a wife and mother of a 19 month old who works PT. Except for the swimming, I can take my daughter with me when I train. I figure, on race day I should be able to sail through without the extra 25+ pounds, HA, HA.
A great help for this beginning triathlete May 20, 2007
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
I am a single sporter, running marathons and half marathons, and wanted to move into something else. Triathlons seemed to be the best option so I jumped into it and did a lot of research. This book is one of the items I have that have helped me with my training for a triathlon. As a beginner I have found this book invaluable. Not necessarily for the training portions of the book on biking and running, but more for the motivational support that Harr lends. I would have run a triathlon whether I had read this book or not, but it feels comforting to have my trepidations voiced and answered.
What I found particularly helpful was the chapter on swimming and the final chapter of the book that helped explain the race day. I am not much of a swimmer so that chapter help me to visualize and apply some techniques that have improved my swimming and my confidence with this sport. Additionally, the Race Day chapter helped me to visualize and to prepare for what it is I will run into and encounter during the actual race, which is something that I think I needed to read about most of all.
Overall I would say that any beginning triathlete should give this book a good read. I would recommend.
4 stars.
 decent beginners guide May 15, 2007
2 out of 5 found this review helpful
This book will give the absolute beginner a hand in laying the groundwork for triathlon. Not much more.
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